1990 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1990 BYU Cougars football Western Athletic Conference WAC T–17 22 10–3 7–1 LaVell Edwards 19th Roger French 10th West Coast Dick Felt 16th 4–3 Cougar Stadium WAC champion Holiday Bowl L 14–65 vs. Texas A&M 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 team participated in the Holiday Bowl. Schedule 1990 AP September 1 7:00 pm w y 16 UTEP Sun Bowl [El Paso, TX 30–10 29,033 https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-idaho-press-penalty-plagued-byu-co/190067667/ South Idaho Press Penalty-plagued BYU Cougars top UTEP September 2, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com September 8 5:30 pm w y 16 Miami (FL) 1 Cougar Stadium Provo, UT ESPN 28–21 66,235 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-byu-gets-last-laug/175658570/ The Salt Lake Tribune BYU gets last laugh by stunning Miami September 9, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com September 15 12:00 pm w y 5 Washington State Cougar Stadium Provo, UT 50–36 65,848 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-guard-fourth-quarter-blitz/190067803/ The Register-Guard Fourth quarter blitz rescues Brigham Young September 16, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com September 22 1:30 pm w 4 San Diego State Cougar Stadium Provo, UT CBS 62–34 66,044 https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-byu-routs-aztecs/190067949/ Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser BYU routs Aztecs, 62–34 September 23, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com September 29 1:30 pm l y y 4 Oregon Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR ABC 16–32 45,022 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-ducks-dump-detmer-byu/190068094/ The Roanoke Times Ducks dump Detmer, BYU September 30, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 13 12:00 pm w 11 Colorado State Cougar Stadium Provo, UT KSL 52–9 65,922 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-byu-defense-rises-to-th/190068237/ The Daily Herald BYU defense rises to the occasion, 52–9 October 14, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com October 27 1:30 pm w y 9 New Mexico Cougar Stadium Provo, UT 55–31 66,086 https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-angelo-standard-times-detmers-5-td/190068456/ San Angelo Standard-Times Detmer's 5 TD passes lead BYU over New Mexico October 28, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com November 3 12:00 pm w y 10 Air Force Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO 54–7 26,513 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-byu-wins-547/190068605/ The Palm Beach Post BYU wins 54–7 November 4, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com November 10 2:00 pm w y 8 Wyoming 25 War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY ESPN 45–14 34,231 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-detmer-shreds-cowbo/190068755/ The Billings Gazette Detmer shreds Cowboy defense November 11, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com November 17 12:00 pm w y 5 Utah Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah 45–22 33,515 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-detmer-leads-byu-by/190068975/ The Atlanta Journal & Constitution Detmer leads BYU by Utah November 18, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com November 24 7:00 pm w y 4 Utah State Cougar Stadium Provo, UT KSL 45–10 65,876 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-guard-detmer-makes-heisman/190069192/ The Register-Guard Detmer makes Heisman pitch in BYU victory, 45–10 November 25, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com December 1 10:00 pm l y 4 Hawaii Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI 28–59 45,729 https://www.newspapers.com/article/anchorage-daily-news-hawaii-fans-taunt-d/190069324/ Anchorage Daily News Hawaii fans taunt Detmer in 59–28 rout December 3, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com December 29 5:30 pm l y y 13 Texas A&M Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA Holiday Bowl ESPN 14–65 61,441 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-aggies-defense-cr/190069498/ The Commercial Appeal Aggies' defense crushes BYU in Holiday December 30, 1990 January 28, 2026 Newspapers.com 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.Sports Illustrated. 3 Sept 1990. Game summaries Game 1: UTEP #fff #eee background-color:#000; color:#fff collapsed September 1 BYU 7 14 3 6 UTEP 7 3 0 0 Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah Box Score 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) 1990 Miami Hurricanes football team #fff #eee background-color:#000; color:#fff collapsed September 8 Miami (FL) 7 7 7 0 BYU 0 17 11 0 Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah Box Score 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 Gainesville Sun. 10 Sept 1990. Utah BYU 14 21 0 10 Utah 10 0 6 6 November 17 Robert Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City 33,515 yes 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 yes "BYU bags another WAC title, 45-22." Eugene Register-Guard. 1990 Nov 18. Roster 1990 BYU Cougars y 57 SO John Ashman C 70 SR Jim Balmforth G 8 SR Matt Bellini HB C 17 SR Andy Boyce WR 71 JR Scott Brumfield T 43 JR Scott Charlton FB 31 SO Brad Clark FB 21 SR Stacey Corley HB 14 JR Ty Detmer QB C y 80 FR Eric Drage WR 18 SO Mike Eckel WR 7 JR Joe Evans QB 76 SR Neal Fort T 69 SO Jon Garber G 63 JR Kent Griffith C 54 JR Kyle Harris T 84 SR Kirk Holle WR 79 JR Mike Jenkins G 52 JR Bruce Jenne C 6 SO Drew Johnson WR 85 SR Fotu Katoa TE 61 SR Mike Keim T y 75 JR Tom Ladd T 82 SO Micah Matsuzaki WR 72 JR Brian May T 27 JR Eric Mortensen HB 29 SR Brent Nyberg WR 67 SO Garry Pay T 95 SO Byron Rex TE 22 SR Mike Salido FB 26 SO Jason Schmidt HB 15 SO Brent Smith QB 94 SR Chris Smith TE Chris Smith (tight end) y 23 JR Eric Snyder RB 73 SO Kevin Souza G 58 SR Robert Stephens C 32 JR Peter Tuipulotu FB 74 JR Garrett Tujague G 3 SO Nati Valdez WR 66 SR Scott VanWoerkom G 60 JR David Vimahi T 89 JR Matt Zundel TE 20 JR Josh Arnold DB 45 JR Rocky Biegel LB 46 SO Bill Bryant LB 34 SO John Christensen DB 92 JR Chris Conners DL 1 SO Chris Connors DB 24 JR Tony Crutchfield DB 93 JR Stephen DeSantis NG 2 SR Norm Dixon DB 37 SR Alema Fitisemanu LB C 47 JR Scott Giles LB 90 SO Lenny Gomes NG 5 SO Derwin Gray Derwin Gray (defensive back) DB y 49 SR Eddie Green DT 50 SO Shad Hansen LB 38 JR Tau Harrington DB 55 SR Pete Harston DT 10 JR David Henderson DB 33 SO Mike Hoggan LB 48 SO Steve Holmes LB 98 SO Brad Hunter DT 97 SR Fred Katoa NG 59 SR Rich Kaufusi DT 28 JR David Kinard DB 56 JR Jared Leavitt LB 9 JR Ervin Lee DB 41 FR Drayton Martin LB 30 SR Brian Mitchell DB C 96 SO Scott Moberly DT 44 JR Kevin Nicoll LB 99 FR Greg Pitts DT 39 JR Dave Porter LB 42 JR Joe Richardson LB 11 SO Kyle Roberts DB 25 JR Kapi Sikahema DB 53 JR Randy Slayton LB 91 SR Mark Smith NG 87 SO Doug Stone DL 77 SR Rick Wilson NG 86 JR Earl Kauffman K/P 19 JR Keith Lever K 13 SR Robert Stark P http://cougarstats.com/1990/1990roster.html 2011-01-02 LaVell Edwards Robert Anae – Graduate assistant 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 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 CougarStats Awards and honors Heisman Trophy: Ty Detmer http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy 2007-04-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090916003323/http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html 2009-09-16 Maxwell Award: Ty Demter http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/maxwellaward.htm Football 2009-01-27 2012-03-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307152554/http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/maxwellaward.htm dead Davey O'Brien Award: Ty Detmerhttps://www.espn.com/college-football/awards?awardId%3D3 College Football Awards - ESPN 2007-02-20 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090218123305/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/awards?awardId=3 2009-02-18 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 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 6143 Los Angeles RamsBrian Mitchell Defensive back 7172 Atlanta Falcons Chris Smith Tight end 11 295 Cincinnati Bengals https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071220211219/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm 2007-12-20 1991 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com Pro-Football-Reference.com References BYU Category:BYU Cougars football seasons Category:Western Athletic Conference football champion seasons BYU Cougars football