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.
