1980 Schedule

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BYU 83
UTEP 7

Cougar Stadium
Nov. 1, 1980
1980 Season Stats

Nov. 1 - Afternoon game (62°, no wind, light clouds) at BYU Stadium, Provo (36,251).

A new WAC and school record was set by the 83 points scored, with the Cougars exclusively running the ball for the final one and one-half quarters.

Jim McMahon led the Cougars to seven touchdowns, six of which came before the Miners scored.

Clay Brown and Scott Phillips each had a pair of TD receptions from McMahon.

In fact, Brown didn't even suit up for the second half.

Many were watching McMahon, who had been cleared earlier in the week by doctors, to see if his arm would respond.

McMahon's arm responded for 451 yards passing and six touchdown passes.

Scott Phillips was McMahon's leading target, snaring 10 passes for 152 yards, while Lloyd Jones had four catches for 117 yards.

At one point in the second quarter, BYU was so overpowering they scored four touchdowns on 19 plays, covering 224 yards in a span of five minutes.

Ironically, Jim McMahon's 372-yards passing in the first half was bested on the same afternoon by one-yard, when Illinois Dave Wilson threw for 373 yards versus Ohio State.

BYU now 7-1 for the year.

Series History
UTEP
BYU leads series 28-7-1
11-14-98 BYU 31 UTEP 14
11-1-97 UTEP 14 BYU 3
11-2-96 BYU 40 UTEP 18
10-22-94 BYU 34 UTEP 28
11-27-93 BYU 47 UTEP 16
9-5-92 BYU 38 UTEP 28
10-12-91 BYU 31 UTEP 29
9-1-90 BYU 30 UTEP 10
10-21-89 BYU 49 UTEP 24
9-17-88 BYU 31 UTEP 27
11-14-87 BYU 37 UTEP 24
10-25-86 BYU 37 UTEP 13
10-26-85 UTEP 26 BYU 16
11-3-84 BYU 42 UTEP 9
11-3-83 BYU 37 UTEP 9
10-2-82 BYU 51 UTEP 3
9-19-81 BYU 65 UTEP 8
11-1-80 BYU 83 UTEP 7
9-29-79 BYU 31 UTEP 7
10-21-78 BYU 44 UTEP 0
11-26-77 BYU 68 UTEP 19
11-6-76 BYU 40 UTEP 27
11-22-75 UTEP 20 BYU 10
10-19-74 BYU 45 UTEP 21
12-1-73 BYU 63 UTEP 0
10-14-72 BYU 21 UTEP 14
10-30-71 BYU 16 UTEP 0
9-26-70 UTEP 17 BYU 0
10-25-69 BYU 30 UTEP 7
10-26-68 UTEP 25 BYU 31
10-21-67 UTEP 47 BYU 17
11-3-66 BYU 53 UTEP 33
10-24-64 Tie 13-13
10-15-48 UTEP 34 BYU 20
11-22-46 BYU 14 UTEP 13


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