1990 BYU Cougars football team

The 1990 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars offense scored 524 points while the defense allowed 350 points. Led by head coach LaVell Edwards, the club participated in the Holiday Bowl.

1990 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 14–65 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 22
1990 record	10–3 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (19th season)
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1990 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 22 BYU $	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Colorado State	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
San Diego State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Wyoming	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Hawaii	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Air Force	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Utah	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	10	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	at UTEP	No. 16	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas		W 30–10	29,033
September 8	5:30 pm	No. 1 Miami (FL)*	No. 16	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah		W 28–21	66,235
September 15	12:00 pm	Washington State*	No. 5	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah		W 50–36	65,848
September 22	1:00 pm	San Diego State	No. 4	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah		W 62–34	66,044
September 29	1:30 pm	at Oregon*	No. 4	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	ABC	L 16–32	45,022
October 13	12:00 pm	Colorado State	No. 13	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	KSL	W 52–9	65,922
October 29	1:30 pm	New Mexico	No. 9	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah		W 55–31	66,086
November 3	12:00 pm	at Air Force	No. 10	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado		W 54–7	26,513
November 10	2:00 pm	at No. 25 Wyoming	No. 8	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming	ESPN	W 45–14	34,231
November 17	12:00 pm	at Utah	No. 5	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah		W 45–22	33,515
November 24	7:00 pm	Utah State*	No. 4	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	KSL	W 45–10	65,876
December 1	10:00 pm	at Hawaii	No. 4	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI		L 28–59	45,729
December 29	5:30 pm	vs. Texas A&M	No. 13	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–65	61,441
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1990 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 57 John Ashman So G 70 Jim Balmforth Sr HB Captain 8 Matt Bellini Sr WR 17 Andy Boyce Sr T 71 Scott Brumfield Jr FB 43 Scott Charlton Jr FB 31 Brad Clark So HB 21 Stacey Corley Sr QB Captain 14 Ty Detmer Jr WR 80 Eric Drage Fr WR 18 Mike Eckel So QB 7 Joe Evans Jr T 76 Neal Fort Sr G 69 Jon Garber So C 63 Kent Griffith Jr T 54 Kyle Harris Jr WR 84 Kirk Holle Sr G 79 Mike Jenkins Jr C 52 Bruce Jenne Jr WR 6 Drew Johnson So TE 85 Fotu Katoa Sr T 61 Mike Keim Sr T 75 Tom Ladd Jr WR 82 Micah Matsuzaki So T 72 Brian May Jr HB 27 Eric Mortensen Jr WR 29 Brent Nyberg Sr T 67 Garry Pay So TE 95 Byron Rex So FB 22 Mike Salido Sr HB 26 Jason Schmidt So QB 15 Brent Smith So TE 94 Chris Smith Sr RB 23 Eric Snyder Jr G 73 Kevin Souza So C 58 Robert Stephens Sr FB 32 Peter Tuipulotu Jr G 74 Garrett Tujague Jr WR 3 Nati Valdez So G 66 Scott VanWoerkom Sr T 60 David Vimahi Jr TE 89 Matt Zundel Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 20 Josh Arnold Jr LB 45 Rocky Biegel Jr LB 46 Bill Bryant So DB 34 John Christensen So DL 92 Chris Conners Jr DB 1 Chris Connors So DB 24 Tony Crutchfield Jr NG 93 Stephen DeSantis Jr DB 2 Norm Dixon Sr LB Captain 37 Alema Fitisemanu Sr LB 47 Scott Giles Jr NG 90 Lenny Gomes So DB 5 Derwin Gray So DT 49 Eddie Green Sr LB 50 Shad Hansen So DB 38 Tau Harrington Jr DT 55 Pete Harston Sr DB 10 David Henderson Jr LB 33 Mike Hoggan So LB 48 Steve Holmes So DT 98 Brad Hunter So NG 97 Fred Katoa Sr DT 59 Rich Kaufusi Sr DB 28 David Kinard Jr LB 56 Jared Leavitt Jr DB 9 Ervin Lee Jr LB 41 Drayton Martin Fr DB Captain 30 Brian Mitchell Sr DT 96 Scott Moberly So LB 44 Kevin Nicoll Jr DT 99 Greg Pitts Fr LB 39 Dave Porter Jr LB 42 Joe Richardson Jr DB 11 Kyle Roberts So DB 25 Kapi Sikahema Jr LB 53 Randy Slayton Jr NG 91 Mark Smith Sr DL 87 Doug Stone So NG 77 Rick Wilson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K/P 86 Earl Kauffman Jr K 19 Keith Lever Jr P 13 Robert Stark Sr	Head coach LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Claude Bassett – Inside Linebackers Robbie Bosco – Quarterbacks Norm Chow – Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Dick Felt – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Roger French – Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Chris Pella – Kickers Tom Ramage – Defensive Line Lance Reynolds – Running Backs Ken Schmidt – Linebackers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2011-01-02

Preseason

Ty Detmer was entering his third year as a starter and a Heisman Trophy candidate. Head coach LaVell Edwards considered him so valuable that he was allowed to go through spring practice untouched. While Detmer and tight Chris Smith were projected to lead another high-flying BYU offense, Edwards was looking for improvement with the team's defense that had been embarrassed in the Holiday Bowl by Penn State, which had led him to pay a visit to the San Francisco 49ers in the offseason. Even with their defensive deficiencies, BYU was considered a Top 20 squad and expected to once again to win the WAC.[2]

Game summaries

Game 1: UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU	7	14	3	6	30
UTEP	7	3	0	0	10

at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah

• Date: September 1
• Box Score

Game information
2nd Quarter UTEP: Gillespie 44-yard field goal 3rd Quarter BYU: Kauffman 24-yard field goal Passing BYU: Detmer 33/46, 387 yards, TD, 2 INT UTEP: Perez 17/34, 235 yards, INT Rushing BYU: Tuipulotu 12–89, TD, Corley 10–44 UTEP: Bogan 18–65 Receiving BYU: Smith 6–99, Bellini 6–70, Boyce 4–54 UTEP: Barrett 8–165

Game 2: Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	7	7	7	0	21
BYU	0	17	11	0	28

at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah

• Date: September 8
• Box Score

Game information

1st Quarter MIA: McGuire 7-yard run (Huerta kick) 2nd Quarter BYU: Bellini 14-yard pass from Detmer (Kaufman kick) BYU: Kaufman 32-yard field goal MIA: McGuire 2-yard run (Huerta kick) BYU: Boyce 2-yard pass from Detmer (Kaufman kick) 3rd Quarter MIA: Conley 5-yard run (Huerta kick) BYU: Kaufman 29-yard field goal BYU: Salido 7-yard pass from Detmer (Detmer to Boyce pass) 4th Quarter No scoring Passing MIA: Erickson 25/52, 299 yards, INT BYU: Detmer 33/54, 406 yards, INT, Bellini 0/1 Rushing MIA: McGuire 18–63, Johnson 7–49, Erickson 7–20 BYU: Tuipulotu 7–29, Salido 4–18, Detmer 11–7 Receiving MIA: Thomas 9–125, Carroll 8–59, Chudzinski 2–30 BYU: Bellini 10–111, Boyce 9–96, Smith 7–90

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Highlights

Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 14 21 0 10 45 Utah 10 0 6 6 22 Date: November 17 Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City Game attendance: 33,515

Scoring summary 1 BYU Corley 5-yard run (Kauffman kick) BYU 7-0 1 UTAH Lammle 31-yard field goal BYU 7-3 1 UTAH Rowley 56-yard pass from Richmond (Lammle kick) UTAH 10-7 1 BYU Matsuzaki 25-yard pass from Detmer (Kauffman kick) BYU 14-10 2 BYU Boyce 21-yard pass from Detmer (Kauffman kick) BYU 21-10 2 BYU Nyberg 55-yard pass from Detmer (Kauffman kick) BYU 28-10 2 BYU Smith 6-yard pass from Detmer (Kauffman kick) BYU 35-10 3 UTAH Lammle 40-yard field goal BYU 35-13 3 UTAH Lammle 21-yard field goal BYU 35-16 4 BYU Kauffman 33-yard field goal BYU 38-16 4 BYU Drage 4-yard pass from Detmer (Kauffman kick) BYU 45-16 4 UTAH Anglesey 4-yard pass from Richmond (run failed) BYU 45-22

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Statistics

Passing

Player	G/GS	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT
Ty Detmer	12/12	361	562	5,188	41	28
Joe Evans	5/0	11	16	148	0	1
Matt Bellini	11/9	1	2	43	0	0

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Awards and honors

• Heisman Trophy: Ty Detmer [6]
• Maxwell Award: Ty Demter [7]
• Davey O'Brien Award: Ty Detmer[8]

Runner Up WAC Defensive Player of the Year: Alema Fitisemanu

• All-WAC: (1st) Alema Fitisemanu, Matt Bellini, Andy Boyce, Ty Detmer, Neal Fort, Earl Kauffman (P), Rich Kaufusi, Brian Mitchell, Robert Stephens, (2nd) Mike Keim, Rocky Biegel, Tony Crutchfield [5]

East West Shrine All Star Game: Alema Fiitsemanu, Rich Kaufusi, Chris Smith, Andy Boyce

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL Team
Neal Fort	Tackle	6	143	Los Angeles Rams
Brian Mitchell	Defensive Back	7	172	Atlanta Falcons
Chris Smith	Tight End	11	295	Cincinnati Bengals

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References

1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
2. Sports Illustrated. 3 Sept 1990.
3. Gainesville Sun. 10 Sept 1990.
4. "BYU bags another WAC title, 45-22." Eugene Register-Guard. 1990 Nov 18.
5. CougarStats
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2007-04-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/maxwellaward.htm
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2007-02-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm