1978 Schedule

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BYU 32
Colorado St. 6

Cougar Stadium
Sept. 23, 1978
1978 Season Stats



Morning Game (10:50 a.m.) (Clear, 70°) (31,052)

A regionally televised contest (ABC), the kickoff for the game came at 10:50 a.m. with a crowd of 31,052 on hand to see the Cougars play their first home game.

In an unexpected turn of events, quarterback Marc Wilson was injured early in the second quarter and was replaced by sophomore Jim McMahon.

BYU was ahead 7-0 when McMahon went onto the field. Before he hobbled off the field late in the game, Jim had helped push the score to 32-6.

McMahon passed for one score (39-yarder to Lloyd Jones) and rushed eight yards for another. In all, he had 80 yards rushing and 112 passing (seven for nine).

Again, the Cougars got an impressive assist from the defense. CSU had only 63 yards rushing.

Reflecting on the discovery of a second starter at quarterback, Coach LaVell Edwards said: "It's nice to have quarterbacks like those two, isn't it?"

McMahon was voted WAC offensive player of the week for his performance, and was recipient of $1,000 Chevrolet scholarship. Linebacker Tom Enlow received a similar award as defensive player of the game.

BYU now 2-1.

Series History
Colorado State
BYU leads series 35-27-3
11-3-07 BYU 35 CSU 16
11-4-06 BYU 24 CSU 3
10-15-05 BYU 24 CSU 14
10-2-04 BYU 31 CSU 21
10-9-03 CSU 58 BYU 13
10-24-02 CSU 37 BYU 10
11-1-01 BYU 56 CSU 34
10-2-00 CSU 45 BYU 21
9-16-99 BYU 34 CSU 13
9-30-95 BYU 28 CSU 21
9-17-94 CSU 28 BYU 21
9-18-93 BYU 27 CSU 22
10-31-91 BYU 40 CSU 17
10-13-90 BYU 52 CSU 9
10-14-89 BYU 45 CSU 16
10-8-88 BYU 42 CSU 7
12-15-87 BYU 30 CSU 26
10-3-86 CSU 24 BYU 20
10-5-85 BYU 42 CSU 7
10-6-84 BYU 52 CSU 9
11-1283 BYU 24 CSU 6
10-23-82 BYU 34 CSU 18
11-7-81 BYU 63 CSU 14
11-15-80 BYU 45 CSU 14
11-3-79 BYU 30 CSU 7
9-23-78 BYU 32 CSU 6
10-15-77 BYU 63 CSU 17
9-18-76 BYU 42 CSU 18
9-20-75 CSU 21 BYU 17
10-5-74 Tie 33-33
9-15-73 CSU 21 BYU 13
10-28-72 BYU 44 CSU 8
9-18-71 BYU 54 CSU 14
11-7-70 CSU 26 BYU 9
9-20-69 BYU 22 CSU 20
9-30-66 BYU 27 CSU 24
11-13-65 CSU 36 BYU 22
10-10-64 CSU 7 BYU 6
11-23-63 BYU 24 CSU 20
10-6-62 BYU 28 CSU 7
11-11-61 BYU 30 CSU 16
10-1-60 CSU 8 BYU 7
11-21-59 BYU 14 CSU 13
10-4-58 CSU 32 BYU 6
10-23-57 BYU 26 CSU 9
9-29-56 Tie 0-0
11-19-55 CSU 35 BYU 0
10-2-54 CSU 14 BYU 13
11-7-53 CSU 34 BYU 12
11-22-52 CSU 27 BYU 6
11-3-51 BYU 21 CSU 19
11-14-50 CSU 27 BYU 14
11-11-49 CSU 16 BYU 14
11-15-48 CSU 20 BYU 0
11-15-47 CSU 27 BYU 25
11-16-46 BYU 20 CSU 6
11-22-41 CSU 22 BYU 7
11-23-40 Tie 13-13
10-7-39 BYU 13 CSU 12
11-23-38 BYU 20 CSU 12
10-13-28 CSU 15 BYU 6
10-8-27 CSU 29 BYU 0
11-20-26 CSU 19 BYU 6
10-10-25 CSU 21 BYU 7
10-13-23 CSU 14 BYU 6
11-25-22 CSU 33 BYU 0


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