LEGENDARY LaVell Edwards
LAVELL’S LEDGER
• Amos Alonzo Stagg Award in 2003 • National Coach of the Year in 1984 • Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year in 1979 • 1984 Grantland Rice Trophy, FWAA • 1988 Neyland Trophy, AFCA • Seven WAC Coach of the Year honors • Eight NCAA District Eight Coach of the Year honors • Dale Rex Memorial Award Winner, 1974-75 • Ranked first nationally in passing seven times • 7-13-1 bowl-game record • A Heisman Trophy winner (Ty Detmer, 1990) • Two Outland Trophy winners (Jason Buck, ’86, & Mohammed Elewonibi, ’89 • Four Davey O’Brien Trophy winners • 170 Cougars played in post-season all-star games • 31 Cougars recognized as All-Americans • 177 Cougars named to All-WAC teams • 4 defensive & 7 offensive WAC Player-of-the-Year Awards • 22 Academic All-American Honors • 152 Cougars named to the All-WAC Academic team Last August retired Coach The Cougar offense passed • Utah Sports Hall of Fame inductee 1993 LaVell Edwards was enshrined 103,562 yards (about 59 miles) • Utah State All-Century Team selection 1993 into the College Football Hall of throughout Edwards’ 29 seasons • Utah’s Coach of the Century, 1996 Utah Centennial Sports Fame in South Bend, Ind. as head coach. Edwards • USU Health, P.E. & Rec. Dept. Hall of Fame, 2001 • College Football Hall of Fame inductee, 2004 Edwards and the other 13 coached the Cougars to 20 con- inductees were inducted into the ference championships, 22 post- Hall last January during cere- season games and the national monies in New York City. championship in 1984. edwards’ year-by-year record 1972 7-4-0 5-2 (2nd T) Edwards and his wife Patti Edwards secured 13 top-25 1973 5-6 3-4 (4th) had served an 18-month mission finishes for BYU, including four 1974 7-4-1 6-0-1 (1st) Fiesta Bowl (Oklahoma St. 16, BYU 6) for The Church of Jesus Christ of top-10 seasons. He finished the 1975 6-5 4-3 (4th T) 1976 9-3 6-1 (1st T) Tangerine Bowl (Oklahoma St. 49, BYU 21) Latter-day Saints in New York 2000 season with the third most 1977 9-2 6-1 (1st T) Trip to Japan City. wins (257) and 47th-best winning 1978 9-4 5-1 (1st) Holiday Bowl (Navy 23, BYU 16) For over 29 seasons, percentage (.716), and currently 1979 11-1 7-0 (1st) Holiday Bowl (Indiana 38, BYU 37) Edwards, now 74, built a football sits in the No. 8 position on the 1980 12-1 6-1 (1st) Holiday Bowl (BYU 46, SMU 45) 1981 11-2 7-1 (1st) Holiday Bowl (BYU 38, Wash. St. 36) tradition at BYU. Edwards, a all-time wins list at one school. 1982 8-4 7-1 (1st) Holiday Bowl (Ohio State 47, BYU 17) two-time NCAA national coach of He was named National coach of 1983 11-1 7-0 (1st) Holiday Bowl (BYU 21, Missouri 17) the year and sixth-winningest the Year in 1979 and in 1984, 1984* 13-0 8-0 (1st) Holiday Bowl (BYU 24, Michigan 17) coach in NCAA history, taught his when he led BYU to the National 1985 11-3 7-1 (1st T) Florida Citrus Bowl (Ohio St. 10, BYU 7) 1986 8-5 6-2 (2nd) Freedom Bowl (UCLA 31, BYU 10) players and the nation about Championship. 1987 9-4 7-1 (2nd) All American Bowl (Virginia 22, BYU 16) passing offense. 1988 9-4 5-3 (3rd T) Freedom Bowl (BYU 20, Colorado 17) 1989 10-3 7-1 (1st) Holiday Bowl (Penn State 50, BYU 39) 1990 10-3 7-1 (1st) Holiday Bowl (Texas A&M 65, BYU 14) winningest all-time 1-a coaches Coach (Last Team, Tenure) Won-Lost-Tied,Pct. 1991 8-3-2 7-0-1 (1st) Holiday Bowl (BYU 13, Iowa 13) #Bobby Bowden Florida St., 1976- 351-103-4,.771 1992 8-5 6-2 (1st T) Aloha Bowl (Kansas 23, BYU 20) Bear Bryant Alabama, 1958-82 323-85-17,.780 1993 6-6 6-2 (1st T) Holiday Bowl (Ohio State 28, BYU 21) #Joe Paterno Penn St., 1966- 343-116-3,.745 1994 10-3 6-2 (2nd T) Copper Bowl (BYU 31, Oklahoma 6) Pop Warner Temple, 1933-38 319-106-32,.733 1995 7-4 6-2 (1st T) Amos Alonzo Stagg Pacific [Cal.], 1933-46 314-199-35,,.605 1996 14-1 8-0 (1st) Cotton Bowl (BYU 19, Kansas St. 15) LaVell Edwards Brigham Young, 1972-00 257-101-3,.716 1997 6-5 4-4 (5th) Tom Osborne Nebraska, 1973-97 255-49-3,.836 1998 9-5 7-1 (1st T) Liberty Bowl (Tulane 41, BYU 27) Woody Hayes Ohio St., 1951-78 238-72-10,.759 1999 8-4 5-2 (1st T) Motor City Bowl (Marshall 21, BYU 3) Lou Holtz South Carolina, 1999-2004 249-132-7,.651 2000 6-6 4-3 (3rd T) Bo Schembechler Michigan, 1969-89 234-65-8,.775 Total 257-101-3 175-43-2 Hayden Fry Iowa, 1979-98 232-178-10,.564 * National Champion # = Active coach.
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