2004 Schedule

 Notre Dame
 @ Stanford
 Southern Cal
 @ Boise St.
 @ Colorado St.
 UNLV
 Wyoming
 @ Air Force
 San Diego St.
 New Mexico
 @ Utah

 LINKS

BYU 24 Wyoming 13 LaVell Edwards Stadium Oct. 16, 2004

Game stats

Cougars Run Over Cowboys by Kyle Chilton, BYU Athletic Media Relations PROVO, Utah (Oct. 16, 2004) -- BYU running back Curtis Brown did it all in the Cougars' 24-13 win over the Wyoming Cowboys Saturday, running for a touchdown, throwing for another, and rushing for a season-high 159 yards. With the victory, the Cougars improved to 3-4 overall, 2-1 in the Mountain West Conference. Wyoming fell to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the conference. "It feels good to win," BYU coach Gary Crowton said. "The defense played strong. They've been playing strong all year. I also thought the offensive line did a great job." The Cougar defense limited the Cowboys to 322 net yards and forced four turnovers, all interceptions. Behind a solid offensive line, the BYU running game gained 237 yards and scored two touchdowns. As a team, the Cougars had 416 yards of total offense. The other BYU touchdown was a 40-yard pass from Brown to Austin Collie, the first score of the game. "Early in the game we did some good things and we kept running it," Crowton said. "Curtis (Brown) did a good job and so did Fahu (Tahi). We tried to keep them rotating to keep them fresh." Tahi had 12 carries, 70 yards, and one touchdown. Wyoming quarterback Corey Bramlet completed 23 of 40 pass attempts for 219 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions. His longest pass was a 35-yard touchdown strike to Jovon Bouknight in the third quarter, giving Wyoming its only lead of the night at 13-10. The Cowboy lead was short lived as BYU answered on its next possession, traveling 80 yards on nine plays, all runs, in 3:49 to take a 17-13 lead with 13:37 left in the game. Brown had five runs for 43 yards on the drive and capped it off with a nine-yard touchdown run. Tahi added 25 yards on three carries and Collie had a 12-yard run on a reverse. Tahi sealed the deal in the fourth with a 15-yard touchdown run, putting the Cougars up 24-13 to cap a 12-play 83-yard drive. On Wyoming's first two drives, the BYU defense forced a punt, which the Cougars lost, and then a missed field goal. Once the offense got the ball, it was all Curtis Brown. After an incomplete pass, Brown ran twice for 29 yards to put the Cougars on the Wyoming 40. He then took a pass from John Beck behind the line of scrimmage and threw a perfect 40-yard touchdown pass to Austin Collie to put the Cougars up 7-0. It was Collie's fourth touchdown of the season, all of which have been for 40 yards or more. Wyoming got on the board with 12:01 to go in the second on a 45-yard field goal by Deric Yaussi, making the score 7-3. The Cowboys only moved the ball 16 yards on six plays but had excellent field position thanks to a 24-yard punt return by Hoost Marsh that put the ball on the BYU 43. After the Wyoming field goal, the Cougars were forced to punt and lost a fumble. Wyoming was no better during the stretch, throwing two interceptions. The first was a pick by Aaron Francisco on the BYU two after the ball bounced off the helmet of Nate Soelberg. The second interception of the quarter was by Jon Burbidge, giving the ball to the Cougars on their own five-yard line. A pass interference call gave BYU the ball on the 19 and two plays later, Beck connected with Todd Watkins on a 52-yard pass moving the Cougars to the Wyoming 26. Three unsuccessful plays later and Matt Payne came on to hit a 46-yard field goal with 4:18 left in the second, his 12th consecutive successful attempt from 40 to 49 yards, tying an NCAA record set by John Carney of Notre Dame in the 1984-85 season. Yaussi hit another field goal just before the end of the first half, cutting the BYU lead to 10-6. The field goal came at the end of a 52-yard, seven play drive. The name of the game in the third quarter was field position. Both teams struggled to move the ball, punting the ball back and forth. Payne pinned the Cowboys inside the 20 twice but on his third punt of the quarter, Marsh returned the ball 22-yards to put Wyoming on the BYU 39. After two short runs, Bramlet found Jovon Bouknight on a 35-yard touchdown pass over the middle to give the Cowboys the 13-10 advantage. The Cougars will be back in action next Saturday at Air Force (3-3 overall, 2-1 MWC). The game will be broadcast at 1 p.m. on ESPN plus. Series History Wyoming BYU leads series 39-30-3 11-17-07 BYU 35 WYO 10 11-9-06 BYU 55 WYO 7 11-12-05 BYU 35 WYO 21 10-16-04 BYU 24 WYO 13 10-18-03 WYO 13 BYU 10 11-9-02 BYU 35 WYO 31 11-10-01 BYU 41 WYO 34 10-21-00 BYU 19 WYO 7 11-13-99 WYO 31 BYU 17 12-7-96 BYU 28 WYO 25 10-21-95 BYU 23 WYO 20 10-17-92 BYU 31 WYO 28 11-9-91 BYU 56 WYO 31 11-10-90 BYU 45 WYO 14 10-7-89 BYU 36 WYO 20 9-1-88 WYO 24 BYU 14 10-10-87 WYO 29 BYU 14 10-18-86 BYU 34 WYO 22 11-2-85 BYU 59 WYO 0 10-13-84 BYU 41 WYO 38 10-8-83 BYU 41 WYO 10 11-6-82 BYU 23 WYO 13 10-24-81 WYO 33 BYU 20 10-11-80 BYU 52 WYO 17 10-20-79 BYU 54 WYO 14 11-4-78 BYU 48 WYO 14 10-22-77 BYU 10 WYO 7 10-9-76 WYO 34 BYU 29 10-25-75 BYU 33 WYO 20 10-12-74 BYU 38 WYO 7 10-27-73 WYO 41 BYU 21 11-4-72 BYU 33 WYO 14 10-16-71 BYU 35 WYO 17 10-31-70 BYU 23 WYO 3 10-18-69 WYO 40 BYU 7 10-12-68 WYO 20 BYU 17 10-7-67 WYO 26 BYU 10 11-19-66 WYO 47 BYU 17 10-23-65 WYO 64 BYU 6 11-21-64 WYO 31 BYU 11 10-19-63 WYO 41 BYU 14 11-17-62 BYU 14 WYO 7 10-21-61 WYO 36 BYU 8 11-19-60 WYO 30 BYU 6 10-17-59 WYO 21 BYU 6 11-22-58 WYO 21 BYU 14 10-19-57 Tie 0-0 11-17-56 WYO 7 BYU 6 10-29-55 WYO 14 BYU 7 11-13-54 WYO 34 BYU 13 10-31-53 WYO 27 BYU 0 11-1-52 WYO 24 BYU 13 10-20-51 Tie 20-20 11-11-50 WYO 48 BYU 0 10-29-49 WYO 45 BYU 0 11-20-48 BYU 15 WYO 14 10-4-47 WYO 12 BYU 7 11-2-46 BYU 6 WYO 3 10-2-42 WYO 13 BYU 6 11-8-41 BYU 23 WYO 7 10-11-40 BYU 20 WYO 0 11-25-39 Tie 7-7 10-19-38 BYU 24 WYO 13 11-6-37 BYU 19 WYO 0 11-21-36 BYU 32 WYO 7 10-26-35 WYO 13 BYU 6 10-6-34 WYO 7 BYU 0 11-30-33 BYU 6 WYO 3 10-29-32 BYU 25 WYO 0 11-13-31 WYO 13 BYU 7 9-27-30 BYU 19 WYO 12 11-23-29 BYU 40 WYO 0 11-14-22 WYO 13 BYU 0 11-30-22 BYU 7 WYO 0

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