1989 BYU Cougars football team

The 1989 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 18th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, the Cougars compiled a record of 10–3 overall and 7–1 in conference play, winning the WAC title. BYU was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Cougars lost to Penn State.

1989 BYU Cougars football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 39–50 vs. Penn State
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 22
Record	10–3 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (18th season)
Offensive coordinator	Roger French (9th season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Dick Felt (15th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1989 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 22 BYU $	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Air Force	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	4	–	1
Hawaii	5	–	2	–	1			9	–	3	–	1
Wyoming	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
San Diego State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	1
Colorado State	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Utah	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	10	–	0
New Mexico	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	at New Mexico	No. 19	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 24–3	27,045
September 7	Washington State*	No. 24	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 41–46	65,030
September 16	at Navy*		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 31–10	26,884
September 30	at Utah State*		Romney Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	W 37–10	26,906
October 7	Wyoming		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 36–20	65,630
October 14	at Colorado State	No. 25	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 45–16	21,198
October 21	UTEP	No. 21	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 49–24	65,528
October 28	at Hawaii	No. 18	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 14–56	46,841
November 4	Oregon*	No. 23	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 45–41	63,865
November 11	Air Force	No. 21	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 44–35	66,089
November 18	Utah	No. 21	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)	W 70–31	66,110
November 25	at San Diego State	No. 21	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	W 48–27	28,868
December 29	vs. No. 18 Penn State*	No. 19	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	L 39–50	61,113
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1989 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class   Matt Bellini   Andy Boyce QB Sean Covey QB Ty Detmer   Jeff Frandsen   Micah Matsuzaki RB Eric Mortensen   Brent Nyberg   Chris Smith RB Peter Tuipulotu   Nati Valdez FB Fred Whittingham (C)	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Tim Adams   Josh Arnold   Byron Beatty   Eric Bergeson   Tony Crutchfield   Bob Davis   Alema Fitisemanu   Troy Fuller   Eddie Green   Shad Hansen   Duane Johnson   Rich Kaufusi   David Kinard   Brian Mitchell   Marc Neal   Budd Orr   Chad Robinson	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Jason Chaffetz P Earl Kauffman	Head coach LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Norm Chow Roger French Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

At Navy

BYU Cougars (1–1) at Navy Midshipmen (0–0)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU	7	7	3	14	31
Navy	7	3	0	0	10

at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland

• Date: September 16, 1989
• Game weather: Overcast, 67 °F (19 °C)
• Game attendance: 2,684
• Box Score

External videos
BYU highlights

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Ty Detmer	26/35, 353 Yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	Matt Bellini	11 Rush, 50 Yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	Fred Whittingham	5 Rec, 80 Yds
Navy	Passing	Alton Grizzard	8/14, 87 Yds
	Rushing	Rodney Purifoy	15 Rush, 67 Yds, TD
	Receiving	Stanley Smith	2 Rec, 27 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP BYU NAVY 1 Navy Rodney Purifoy 1-yard touchdown run, Frank Schenk kick good 0 7 1 BYU Matt Bellini 17-yard touchdown reception from Ty Detmer, Jason Chaffetz kick good 7 7 2 BYU Matt Bellini 3-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 14 7 2 Navy 22-yard field goal by Frank Schenk 14 10 3 BYU 24-yard field goal by Jason Chaffetz 17 10 4 BYU Matt Bellini 20-yard touchdown reception from Ty Detmer, Jason Chaffetz kick good 24 10 4 BYU Matt Bellini 10-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 31 10 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 31 10

At Hawaii

#18 BYU Cougars (6–1) at Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (5–2)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU	0	7	0	7	14
Hawaii	14	21	14	7	56

at Aloha Stadium, Halawa, Hawaii

• Date: October 28, 1989
• Game time: 7:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Fair, 77 °F (25 °C)
• Game attendance: 46,841
• Referee: Pat Sweeney
• Box Score, Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BYU	Passing	Ty Detmer	24/35, 427 Yds, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Matt Bellini	7 Rush, 11 Yds
	Receiving	Matt Bellini	6 Rec, 140 Yds
Hawaii	Passing	Garrett Gabriel	22/29, 440 Yds, 4 TD
	Rushing	Jamal Farmer	18 Rush, 54 Yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	Chris Roscoe	8 Rec, 158 Yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP BYU UH 1 11:21 10 80 3:39 Hawaii Jamal Farmer 1-yard touchdown run, Jason Elam kick good 0 7 1 2:34 17 87 6:15 Hawaii Chris Roscoe 8-yard touchdown reception from Garrett Gabriel, Jason Elam kick good 0 14 2 14:00 3 86 1:39 Hawaii Jamal Farmer 83-yard touchdown reception from Garrett Gabriel, Jason Elam kick good 0 21 2 9:55 9 84 4:00 BYU Matt Bellini 1-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 7 21 2 8:09 4 77 1:39 Hawaii Jeff Newman 45-yard touchdown reception from Garrett Gabriel, Jason Elam kick good 7 28 2 3:27 6 43 2:16 Hawaii Jamal Farmer 1-yard touchdown run, Jason Elam kick good 7 35 3 10:26 6 80 2:53 Hawaii Richard Stevenson 6-yard touchdown run, Jason Elam kick good 7 42 3 5:15 8 69 4:08 Hawaii Jeff Sydner 5-yard touchdown run, Jason Elam kick good 7 49 4 14:55 7 61 3:43 Hawaii Darrick Branch 22-yard touchdown reception from Garrett Gabriel, Jason Elam kick good 7 56 4 2:57 6 99 1:32 BYU Jeff Frandsen 23-yard touchdown reception from Ty Detmer, Jason Chaffetz kick good 14 56 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 14 56

Utah

Utah Utes (4–6) at #21 BYU Cougars (8–2)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah	0	7	3	21	31
BYU	28	21	14	7	70

at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah

• Date: November 18, 1989
• Game weather: Hazy, 44 °F (7 °C)
• Game attendance: 66,110
• Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Utah	Passing	Mike Richmond	28/44, 393 Yds, 4 TD
	Rushing	Steve Abrams	21 Rush, 94 Yds
	Receiving	Darrel Hicks	11 Rec, 126 Yds, 3 TD
BYU	Passing	Ty Detmer	18/22, 358 Yds, 4 TD
	Rushing	Stacey Corley	14 Rush, 159 Yds, TD
	Receiving	Chris Smith	6 Rec, 194 Yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP UTAH BYU 1 BYU Matt Bellini 18-yard touchdown reception from Ty Detmer, Jason Chaffetz kick good 0 7 1 BYU Ty Detmer 7-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 0 14 1 BYU Fred Whittingham 6-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 0 21 1 BYU Jeff Frandsen 9-yard touchdown reception from Ty Detmer, Jason Chaffetz kick good 0 28 2 BYU Fred Whittingham 6-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 0 35 2 BYU Chris Smith 76-yard touchdown reception from Ty Detmer, Jason Chaffetz kick good 0 42 2 BYU Matt Odle 11-yard touchdown reception from Ty Detmer, Jason Chaffetz kick good 0 49 2 Utah Darrel Hicks 12-yard touchdown reception from Mike Richmond, Wayne Lammle kick good 7 49 3 Utah 29-yard field goal by Wayne Lammle 10 49 3 BYU Fred Whittingham 5-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 10 56 3 BYU Stacey Corley 81-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 10 63 4 Utah Darrel Hicks 3-yard touchdown reception from Mike Richmond, Wayne Lammle kick good 17 63 4 Utah Darrel Hicks 27-yard touchdown reception from Mike Richmond, Wayne Lammle kick good 24 63 4 Utah Dennis Smith 7-yard touchdown reception from Mike Richmond, Wayne Lammle kick good 31 63 4 BYU Peter Tuipulotu 29-yard touchdown run, Jason Chaffetz kick good 31 70 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 31 70