1982 BYU Cougars football team

The 1982 BYU Cougars football team represented the Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach LaVell Edwards, in his eleventh year, and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 7–1 WAC), as WAC Champions and with a loss against Ohio State in the Holiday Bowl.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at UNLV*	Las Vegas Silver Bowl Whitney, NV	W 27–0	26,769	[1]
September 11	at No. 6 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 14–17	80,207	[2]
September 25	Air Force	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 38–39	64,253	[3]
October 2	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 51–3	34,108	[4]
October 9	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 40–12	31,002	[5]
October 16	Hawaii	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 39–25	65,172	[6]
October 23	Colorado State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 34–18	64,739	[7]
October 30	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	L 17–20	25,688	[8]
November 6	Wyoming	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 23–13	64,819	[9]
November 13	San Diego State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 58–8	64,471	[10]
November 20	at Utah	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	W 17–12	36,250	[11]
December 17	vs. No. 17 Ohio State*	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	L 17–47	52,533	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1982 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G, C 57 Robert Anae  So QB 6 Robbie Bosco  Fr TE 95 Gordon Hudson Jr C 50 Trevor Matich  So RB 20 Casey Tiumalu Jr QB 8 Steve Young Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 78 Chuck Ehin Sr DE 92 Jim Herrmann So DE 77 Mike Morgan Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P/K 10 Lee Johnson So	Head coach LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Gary Crowton (Graduate assistant) Jim Paronto (Graduate assistant) Andy Reid (Graduate assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

• Neil Balholm: Second-team All-WAC^[14]
• Chuck Ehin: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Lloyd Eldredge: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Tom Holmoe: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Gordon Hudson: Consensus All-American,^[15] first-team All-WAC^[14]
• Mike Mees: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Mike Morgan: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Bart Oates: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Todd Shell: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Vince Stroth: First-team All-WAC^[14]
• Casey Tiumalu: Second-team All-WAC^[14]
• Steve Young: First-team All-WAC^[14]

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