1990 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season

1990 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 14–65 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. T–17
AP	No. 22
Record	10–3 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (19th season)
Offensive coordinator	Roger French (10th season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Dick Felt (16th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
Seasons← 1989 1991 →

1990 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	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

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

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	ESPN	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	1:30 pm	San Diego State	No. 4	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	CBS	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. 11	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

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
OT	`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
OT	`76`	Neal Fort	Sr
G	`69`	Jon Garber	So
C	`63`	Kent Griffith	Jr
OT	`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
OT	`61`	Mike Keim	Sr
OT	`75`	Tom Ladd	Jr
WR	`82`	Micah Matsuzaki	So
OT	`72`	Brian May	Jr
HB	`27`	Eric Mortensen	Jr
WR	`29`	Brent Nyberg	Sr
OT	`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
OT	`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.

Game summaries

Game 1: UTEP

Quarter	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)

Quarter	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

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

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

Awards and honors

Heisman Trophy: Ty Detmer
Maxwell Award: Ty Demter
Davey O'Brien Award: Ty Detmer

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	6	143	Los Angeles Rams
Brian Mitchell	Defensive back	7	172	Atlanta Falcons
Chris Smith	Tight end	11	295	Cincinnati Bengals

References

College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
Sports Illustrated. 3 Sept 1990.
Gainesville Sun. 10 Sept 1990.
"BYU bags another WAC title, 45-22." Eugene Register-Guard. 1990 Nov 18.
^ CougarStats
"Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2007.
"Football". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
"College Football Awards - ESPN". Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
"1991 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007.

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Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Utah: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Utah State (Beehive Boot, The Old Wagon Wheel)
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v t e Western Athletic Conference football champions
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I-AA/FCS	Sam Houston (2021) Abilene Christian & Stephen F. Austin (2022)
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