1990 BYU Cougars football team

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
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1990 WAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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

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.

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.

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Roster

1990 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 57 Ashman, JohnJohn Ashman So G 70 Balmforth, JimJim Balmforth Sr HB Captain 8 Bellini, MattMatt Bellini Sr WR 17 Boyce, AndyAndy Boyce Sr T 71 Brumfield, ScottScott Brumfield Jr FB 43 Charlton, ScottScott Charlton Jr FB 31 Clark, BradBrad Clark So HB 21 Corley, StaceyStacey Corley Sr QB Captain 14 Detmer, TyTy Detmer Jr WR 80 Drage, EricEric Drage Fr WR 18 Eckel, MikeMike Eckel So QB 7 Evans, JoeJoe Evans Jr T 76 Fort, NealNeal Fort Sr G 69 Garber, JonJon Garber So C 63 Griffith, KentKent Griffith Jr T 54 Harris, KyleKyle Harris Jr WR 84 Holle, KirkKirk Holle Sr G 79 Jenkins, MikeMike Jenkins Jr C 52 Jenne, BruceBruce Jenne Jr WR 6 Johnson, DrewDrew Johnson So TE 85 Katoa, FotuFotu Katoa Sr T 61 Keim, MikeMike Keim Sr T 75 Ladd, TomTom Ladd Jr WR 82 Matsuzaki, MicahMicah Matsuzaki So T 72 May, BrianBrian May Jr HB 27 Mortensen, EricEric Mortensen Jr WR 29 Nyberg, BrentBrent Nyberg Sr T 67 Pay, GarryGarry Pay So TE 95 Rex, ByronByron Rex So FB 22 Salido, MikeMike Salido Sr HB 26 Schmidt, JasonJason Schmidt So QB 15 Smith, BrentBrent Smith So TE 94 Smith, ChrisChris Smith Sr RB 23 Snyder, EricEric Snyder Jr G 73 Souza, KevinKevin Souza So C 58 Stephens, RobertRobert Stephens Sr FB 32 Tuipulotu, PeterPeter Tuipulotu Jr G 74 Tujague, GarrettGarrett Tujague Jr WR 3 Valdez, NatiNati Valdez So G 66 VanWoerkom, ScottScott VanWoerkom Sr T 60 Vimahi, DavidDavid Vimahi Jr TE 89 Zundel, MattMatt Zundel Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 20 Arnold, JoshJosh Arnold Jr LB 45 Biegel, RockyRocky Biegel Jr LB 46 Bryant, BillBill Bryant So DB 34 Christensen, JohnJohn Christensen So DL 92 Conners, ChrisChris Conners Jr DB 1 Connors, ChrisChris Connors So DB 24 Crutchfield, TonyTony Crutchfield Jr NG 93 DeSantis, StephenStephen DeSantis Jr DB 2 Dixon, NormNorm Dixon Sr LB Captain 37 Fitisemanu, AlemaAlema Fitisemanu Sr LB 47 Giles, ScottScott Giles Jr NG 90 Gomes, LennyLenny Gomes So DB 5 Gray, DerwinDerwin Gray So DT 49 Green, EddieEddie Green Sr LB 50 Hansen, ShadShad Hansen So DB 38 Harrington, TauTau Harrington Jr DT 55 Harston, PetePete Harston Sr DB 10 Henderson, DavidDavid Henderson Jr LB 33 Hoggan, MikeMike Hoggan So LB 48 Holmes, SteveSteve Holmes So DT 98 Hunter, BradBrad Hunter So NG 97 Katoa, FredFred Katoa Sr DT 59 Kaufusi, RichRich Kaufusi Sr DB 28 Kinard, DavidDavid Kinard Jr LB 56 Leavitt, JaredJared Leavitt Jr DB 9 Lee, ErvinErvin Lee Jr LB 41 Martin, DraytonDrayton Martin Fr DB Captain 30 Mitchell, BrianBrian Mitchell Sr DT 96 Moberly, ScottScott Moberly So LB 44 Nicoll, KevinKevin Nicoll Jr DT 99 Pitts, GregGreg Pitts Fr LB 39 Porter, DaveDave Porter Jr LB 42 Richardson, JoeJoe Richardson Jr DB 11 Roberts, KyleKyle Roberts So DB 25 Sikahema, KapiKapi Sikahema Jr LB 53 Slayton, RandyRandy Slayton Jr NG 91 Smith, MarkMark Smith Sr DL 87 Stone, DougDoug Stone So NG 77 Wilson, RickRick Wilson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K/P 86 Kauffman, EarlEarl Kauffman Jr K 19 Lever, KeithKeith Lever Jr P 13 Stark, RobertRobert 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. http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
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.
9. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1991.htm