1978 Schedule

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Utah 23
BYU 22

Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 18, 1978
1978 Season Stats

Day Game (High Clouds, 43°) (29,326)

Only a football fan who has lived in the Beehive State knows the impact of this traditional game between the Utes and Cougars.

BYU, having won the title, was favored to win a seventh consecutive game against Utah. For awhile it appeared they would.

Soon after the kickoff, Jim McMahon ran the ball 56 yards up the middle on a sneak. But the Ute defense held, and the Cougars had to settle for a 20-yard field goal by Brent Johnson.

McMahon put six more on the board with a 37-yard pass to Lloyd Jones.

Things tightened up, however, in the second period. The Cougars' Brent Johnson kicked two fields goals (52 and 21 yards) to give BYU a 16-0 lead at the half.

Utah came storming back with Randy Gomez connecting on three TD passes, the last one with only 2:13 left in the game.

Utah shut off BYU's offense in the second half.

It was LaVell Edwards' first loss to Utah in the seven seasons he has been coaching at BYU.

BYU now 7-3.

Series History
Utah
Utah leads series 49-30-4
11-24-07 BYU 17 Utah 10
11-25-06 BYU 33 Utah 31
11-19-05 Utah 41 BYU 34 ot
11-20-04 Utah 52 BYU 21
11-22-03 Utah 3 BYU 0
11-23-02 Utah 13 BYU 6
11-17-01 BYU 24 Utah 21
11-24-00 BYU 34 Utah 27
11-20-99 Utah 20 BYU 17
11-21-98 BYU 26 Utah 24
11-22-97 Utah 20 BYU 14
11-23-96 BYU 37 Utah 17
11-18-95 Utah 34 BYU 17
11-19-94 Utah 34 BYU 31
11-20-93 Utah 34 BYU 31
11-21-92 BYU 31 Utah 22
11-23-91 BYU 48 Utah 17
11-17-90 BYU 45 Utah 22
11-18-89 BYU 70 Utah 31
11-19-88 Utah 57 BYU 28
11-21-87 BYU 21 Utah 18
11-22-86 BYU 35 Utah 21
11-23-85 BYU 38 Utah 28
11-17-84 BYU 24 Utah 14
11-19-83 BYU 55 Utah 7
11-20-82 BYU 17 Utah 12
11-21-81 BYU 56 Utah 28
11-22-80 BYU 56 Utah 6
11-17-79 BYU 27 Utah 0
11-18-78 Utah 23 BYU 22
11-5-77 BYU 34 Utah 27
11-20-76 BYU 34 Utah 12
11-15-75 BYU 51 Utah 20
11-23-74 BYU 48 Utah 20
11-24-73 BYU 46 Utah 22
11-18-72 BYU 16 Utah 7
11-20-71 Utah 17 BYU 15
11-21-70 Utah 14 BYU 13
11-22-69 Utah 16 BYU 6
11-2-68 Utah 30 BYU 21
11-28-67 BYU 17 Utah 13
11-12-66 BYU 35 Utah 13
11-6-65 BYU 25 Utah 20
11-7-64 Utah 47 BYU 13
10-12-63 Utah 15 BYU 6
10-13-62 Utah 35 BYU 20
10-14-61 Utah 21 BYU 20
10-7-60 Utah 17 BYU 0
10-9-59 Utah 20 BYU 8
9-27-58 BYU 14 Utah 7
10-12-57 Utah 27 BYU 0
10-5-56 Utah 41 BYU 6
10-8-55 Utah 41 BYU 9
10-9-54 Utah 12 BYU 7
11-26-53 Utah 33 BYU 32
10-11-52 Utah 34 BYU 6
10-6-51 Utah 7 BYU 6
10-7-50 Tie 28-28
10-8-49 Utah 38 BYU 0
10-9-48 Utah 30 BYU 0
10-7-47 Utah 28 BYU 6
10-12-46 Utah 35 BYU 6
10-10-42 BYU 12 Utah 7
10-18-41 Tie 6-6
10-5-40 Utah 12 BYU 6
10-14-39 Utah 35 BYU 13
10-26-38 Tie 7-7
10-2-37 Utah 14 BYU 0
10-31-36 Utah 18 BYU 0
10-2-35 Utah 32 BYU 0
10-13-34 Utah 43 BYU 0
10-14-33 Utah 21 BYU 6
10-15-32 Utah 29 BYU 0
10-17-31 Utah 43 BYU 0
10-18-30 Utah 34 BYU 7
11-2-29 Utah 45 BYU 13
11-17-28 Tie 0-0
11-12-27 Utah 20 BYU 0
11-13-26 Utah 40 BYU 7
10-31-25 Utah 27 BYU 0
11-25-24 Utah 35 BYU 6
11-27-23 Utah 15 BYU 0
10-14-22 Utah 49 BYU 0


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