1996 BYU Cougars football team
The 1996 Brigham Young Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. BYU was able to play 15 games because of NCAA rules that are no longer in place. First off you were able to play in week one and not have it count against your game total, then they played at Hawaii which didn't count against your total, next they played a conference championship game and a bowl game in the Cotton Bowl Classic with 11 other regular season games bringing the total to 15 games.
Schedule
| Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
| August 24 |
#13 Texas A&M* |
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Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Pigskin Classic) |
W 41-37 |
55,229 |
| August 31 |
Arkansas State* |
#19 |
Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
W 58-9 |
63,681 |
| September 14 |
at Washington* |
#14 |
Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA |
L 29-17 |
71,165 |
| September 21 |
New Mexico |
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Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
W 17-14 |
63,587 |
| September 28 |
SMU |
#24 |
Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
W 31-3 |
62,537 |
| October 4 |
at Utah State* |
#21 |
Romney Stadium • Logan, UT |
W 45-17 |
33,119 |
| October 12 |
UNLV |
#19 |
Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
W 63-28 |
64,872 |
| October 19 |
at Tulsa |
#18 |
Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK |
W 55-30 |
34,624 |
| October 26 |
at TCU |
#15 |
Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX |
W 45-21 |
28,961 |
| November 2 |
UTEP |
#13 |
Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
W 40-18 |
64,938 |
| November 9 |
Rice |
#12 |
Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
W 49-0 |
65,732 |
| November 16 |
at Hawaii |
#10 |
Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI |
W 45-14 |
16,468 |
| November 23 |
at Utah |
#8 |
Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War) |
W 37-17 |
35,378 |
| December 7 |
vs. #20 Wyoming* |
#6 |
Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV (WAC Championship Game) |
W 28-25 OT |
41,328 |
| January 1 |
vs. #14 Kansas State* |
#5 |
Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) |
W 19-15 |
71,928 |
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. |
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