However, he struggled with foul trouble in the second round, and BYU lost to Arizona, 76-61.

BYU won their conference semi-final against Southern California Seahorses 2-1, with goals from David Clark and Jacob Cavanaugh, and only lost the conference final to Orange County Blue Star on penalties, after scoring two goals in the final 4 minutes to tie 2-2 in regulation time.

In the 2009 Las Vegas Bowl, the Beavers lost to the BYU Cougars of the Mountain West Conference.

Unfortunately for Detmer and BYU, the season ended in disastrous fashion: the Cougars lost 59-28 in their final regular season game against Hawaii, then lost 65-14 to Texas A & M in the 1990 Holiday Bowl.

The Gators returned to the NCAA tournament during the 2009 – 2010 season, but lost in the first round to the BYU Cougars in double overtime.

Defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker served as interim coach for the game, where UCLA lost to BYU.

Abbotsford began the 2008 season as the first-ever opponents of the new Vancouver Whitecaps Residency franchise ; they lost the opening matchup 3-1, but won their next fixture against BYU Cougars, setting in motion the story of most of the rest of the season.

Surge lost five of their opening nine games of the season, going down 4-0 at Tacoma Tide, 5-1 at BYU Cougars, and 5-0 at home to Abbotsford Mariners, scoring just four goals in response, and were effectively eliminated from playoff contention by the middle of June.

On October 1, the Bruins lost to BYU to start the season 0 – 3 – 1.

Wilson became the first BYU player to earn consensus First Team All-American honors, and he finished third in Heisman Trophy balloting.

UCLA scored first on a field goal after a fumble by BYU quarterback Max Hall.

A fumble by BYU with 19 seconds left in the first half allowed UCLA to score and cut the lead to 17-13.

The 28-yard field goal attempt was partially blocked by BYU defensive tackle Eathyn Manumaleuna and fell short giving BYU their second Vegas Bowl victory in three tries, also making the Cougars the first school to win back-to-back Las Vegas Bowls.

More recently, the surviving apostles will typically meet in the Salt Lake Temple on the first Sunday following the late president's funeral, to select and set apart the next president of the church ( as was done in 1973, and described in detail by President Tanner to BYU students in 1978 ).

In the first game in the newly expanded stadium, Alabama defeated BYU 38 – 31, with Shaun Alexander scoring an Alabama single-game record five touchdowns in the win.

In September 2001 BYU Hawaii formed its School of Computing with Robert Hayden as its first dean.

Runners on first and second advanced without noting the infield fly call and were tagged out by BYU shortstop Andrew Law.

Grant, the first building completed while Franklin S. Harris was president of BYU.

They dedicated China for the preaching of the gospel, traveled to Hawaii where McKay first had the vision that led to the founding of BYU – Hawaii many years later, and visited Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand and Palestine.

In 2008, BYU made its fourth straight appearance ranked as the # 16 team in the nation and faced off against the Arizona Wildcats who made their first bowl appearance since 1998.

* The first meeting in the American football rivalry between Brigham Young University and the University of Utah took place in April 1896, when BYU was known as Brigham Young Academy.

The first group of BYU students to live in the JSA came in January 2000, although BYU had sent students to live in the Nauvoo area previously.

Their first season in the PDL saw BYU in the Southwest division, competing against traditionally strong southern California sides such as Orange County Blue Star and Southern California Seahorses.

Upon their return, Merrill sent these men to BYU, where they formed the school ’ s first department of religion.

He led BYU to a Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) Championship, the team's first since 1985.

The Daily Universe is part of a larger news organization called BYU NewsNet, which was the first integrated ( Web, radio, newspaper, and television ) news organization in the world.

Despite opening strongly with 3 wins in their first 4 games, a mid-season slump saw them drop points against the Southern California Seahorses, California Gold and BYU Cougars.

The playoffs, which were hosted by Fresno at Chukchansi, saw them demolish Tacoma Tide 4-1, and then knock off Northwest champs BYU Cougars to take their second conference title ; but once again their national challenge saw them fall at the first hurdle, losing 1-0 to eventual PDL national champions Laredo Heat.

* In 2008, the Wildcats earned their first bowl berth under Stoops, defeating BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl by the score of 31 – 21.

BYU Broadcasting produced the first round and quarterfinals of the men's and women's basketball tournaments, which were also broadcast on ESPN3. com.

In the 1980 Holiday Bowl, the Cougars faced an SMU team led by star running backs Craig James and Eric Dickerson, and the Mustangs built a 45 – 25 lead over BYU with just four minutes left in the game.

In his last game as a Cougar, McMahon passed for 342 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead BYU over Washington State in the 1981 Holiday Bowl.

In 1977, the game was again able to attract a top-five opponent in Penn State, despite WAC champion # 16 BYU refusing to play in the bowl due to it being held on Sunday.

Penn State went on to win the game over # 20 Texas 38-15, while BYU defeated # 14 Kansas State in the Cotton Bowl Classic 19-15.

During his freshman season ( 1990 – 91 ), he started all 34 games for BYU, averaging 14. 8 points and 7. 7 rebounds per game.

With Young at quarterback, BYU set an NCAA record by averaging 584. 2 yards of total offense per game, with 370. 5 of those yards coming from Young's passing and rushing.

The 1980 game was known as " The Miracle Bowl " as BYU erased a 20 point Southern Methodist lead to win on the last play of the game.

( BYU, in fact, did qualify for this game.

Coupled with the 1983 season of 11 consecutive wins, BYU finished the 1984 season with a 24 game winning streak and was a near-unanimous choice as national champion in final polls.

An unassisted triple play occurred during an NCAA game between the BYU Cougars and the SDSU Aztecs in May 2011.

Excited BYU fans over-filled the stadium ; the announced attendance for the 2005 game was a record 40, 053 people.

** In another game in the mid-1980s, a number of BYU players were heckling Utah's pitcher.

Recently, sports show host " Softy " began a feud with another sports show host in Salt Lake City, Utah after they argued about their predicted outcomes of the Washington vs. BYU game on September 5, 2008.

BYU realigned to the Southwest Division in 2009 following the PDL expansion in the Pacific Northwest, and won their opening game 1-0 over the Lancaster Rattlers off a goal by Steven Fellows, but found the early games tough going, winning just one of their next six games ( 1-0 at home over the Hollywood United Hitmen ), while suffering a 4-0 defeat in the return fixture against Hollywood in which midfielder B. J. Pugmire ruptured his knee ligaments.

Despite an impressive 3-1 win over Ogden in their final regular season game, BYU finished a distant 8th in the standings, 20 points behind divisional champs Ventura County Fusion.

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Later, he was named Most Valuable Player of the 1988 Freedom Bowl, after entering the game as a substitute and leading BYU to a come-from-behind 20 – 17 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes.

In his final game as a Cougar, Detmer passed for 350 yards to lead BYU to a 13 – 13 tie against heavily-favored Iowa in the 1991 Holiday Bowl.

In the 1980 Holiday Bowl, BYU was down 45-25 with 4 minutes left in the game.

Quarterback Jim McMahon ( a Catholic ) spearheaded a last-gasp come-from-behind victory, capping the comeback with a successful Hail Mary pass to tight end Clay Brown as time expired that tied the game ; Kurt Gunther's extra point gave BYU its first-ever bowl win, defeating SMU 46-45.

This game is known among BYU fans as the " Miracle Bowl ".