Another would-be turnover was nullified by an offsides penalty on UNLV. Trailing in the fourth quarter, BYU was forced to punt from its own end zone, setting up the Rebels at the Cougars' UNLV didn't drive far, but did use several minutes before Sergio Aguayo kicked a yard field goal with remaining. Down by four, BYU couldn't rely on Matt Payne, who kicked a yard field goal in the third quarter, to tie it. Beck converted a fourth-and-2 on a screen pass to Curtis Brown. As the officials tried to figure out who had the ball, Nicholson was holding it in the air in front of the UNLV bench and the Rebels started the celebration.
But it wasn't quite over. The Cougars forced a punt and got the ball back at their own 42 with remaining, only to come up short. Brown had eight carries for yards, becoming the first Cougar to top this season, but BYU still struggled on the ground and depended on Beck's passing. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.
Oct 25, Associated Press. Utah State. Air Force. Boise State. Colorado State. New Mexico. San Diego State. The rushing yards was the most for the Cougar since the Colorado State game. John Beck and the Cougar offense are among national and conference leaders. Beck currently ranks fourth nationally in passing yards per game He leads the Mountain West Confernce in both categories. BYU's passing offense is 8th in the nation and first in the conference while its total-offense average of Beck is second in the conferenece and is eighth nationally in total offense Jared McLaughlin and Curtis Brown are tied for fifth in the conference in scoring 7.
Brown is fourth in the conference in rushing yards per game Jonny Harline is sixth in the conference in receiving yards per game and 45th nationally Beck entered the game with 5, yards, 40 behind Kelly. He had for the game and now has 6, yards, behind former Wyoming quarterback Casey Bramlet for second in conference history. Beck also replaced Gifford Nielsen for ninth all-time in Cougar history for most career passing yards when he threw for yards against Air Force to give him 6, career yards.
Nielsen had 5, yards, playing from Beck also tied Nielsen for ninth most yard games in Cougar history with nine. John Beck threw three touchdown passes against Air Force, moving from seventh all-time in the MWC for career touchdown passes to a tie for fourth with former Colorado State quarterback Bradlee Van Pelt with Beck tied former BYU quarterback and current quarterback's coach Brandon Doman for sixth in conference history with his first scoring pass of the game, which went to Michael Reed.
Through his freshman and sophomore years, John Beck compiled 3, passing yards. Only two BYU quarterbacks passed for more yards in their first two years of college football.
Heisman trophy winner Ty Detmer recorded 5, yards in , while John Walsh had 4, yards from , He threw for in before going down with a shoulder injury and being granted a medical redshirt.
Eight games into his junior season, Beck has thrown for 6, career yards, including 2, yards this season. Following lists each players' total yards through eight games as a junior. The BYU offensive line doesn't order salads when it goes out to eat. Each starter weighs over pounds for an average of and a total of 1, pounds. They will be going up against a UNLV defensive line that weighs an average of pounds. The Rebel offensive line weighs on average of pounds while BYU's defensive line weighs an average of pounds.
He ran for a career-high yards on 25 carries 8. Three of his four touchdowns came in the fourth quarter. With yards on the season, averaging Should Brown eclipse the 1, yard mark, it would be the first time since the season a BYU running back had ran for 1, yards in a season. Brown is on pace to record the sixth highest single-season rushing total in BYU history.
After 16 seasons as an assistant coach, including the past two years as the defensive coordinator for the Cougars, Bronco Mendenhall was promoted to head football coach at Brigham Young University on December 13, Mendenhall becomes the 14th head coach since the University first officially recognized football as an intercollegiate sport in Mendenhall 38 --one of the youngest NCAA Division I-A head coaches in the country--has served the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach for the Cougars.
During his first season in Provo, Mendenhall engineered the nation's 14th-ranked defense, holding opponents to just yards per game. Under Mendenhall's direction, the Cougars ranked eighth nationally in passing defense, giving up just In , the Cougars ranked third in the Mountain West in rushing defense, allowing The Cougars also ranked second in the league, with 34 sacks for a combined loss of yards.
A native of Alpine, Utah, Mendenhall began his coaching career as a graduate assistant in at his alma mater, Oregon State. After earning his master's degree in , he moved to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where he served as the secondary coach and defensive coordinator from under current BYU assistant coach Paul Tidwell. Following two seasons with the Badgers, Mendenhall became the secondary coach at Northern Arizona, where the Lumberjacks boasted the top-ranked defense in the Big Sky Conference.
He was elevated to co-defensive coordinator for the season. In , Mendenhall returned to Oregon State to become the defensive line coach under then defensive coordinator Rocky Long. Following the national championship win over Alabama, Kirby Smart calls Alabama the "measuring stick" and explains why Georgia can't feel entitled next season.
Some award-winner filmmakers aren't that much different from regular fans. When Barry Jenkins, the writer and director of "Moonlight" is watching games, and he's watching a lot, and needs an outlet, he's ready with his Twitter fingers. Iowa junior linebacker Jack Campbell, who haunted Big Ten offenses all season en route to becoming the FBS leader in tackles, will return for the Hawkeyes' campaign and hold off on entering the NFL draft. Penn State running back Noah Cain, a former highly touted recruit who had a memorable freshman season with the Nittany Lions in before injuries hampered him in , entered the transfer portal this week.
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