1985 UTEP Easily the worst loss in program history

LSU

kccougar

Aug 21, 9:58am

LSU was terrible. The game, the fans, last minute venue change from Houston to

RH84025

Aug 21, 10:00am

Yeah. Just all around bad. Beignets couldn't even save that trip.

SWKTNative

Aug 21, 10:06am

I can't see or hear the word beignets without thinking of

paulb

Aug 21, 10:08am

RE: Yeah. Just all around bad. Beignets couldn't even save that trip.

RealSimsShadY

Aug 21, 10:18am

Don't remind me. I saw things I can't unsee 🙁 on top of all that BYU sucked!

Cougphysio

Aug 21, 1:31pm

Yeah I remember sitting in the middle of an LSU section trash talking when it

Veep

Aug 21, 10:54am

Not officially a road game. I heard BYU didn't show up, though.

Les IsMore

Aug 21, 10:56am

That’s when my BYU FB fandom shifted.

Traveshamockery

Aug 21, 11:16am

also had the most polarizing experience with fans

LeonMarek

Aug 21, 12:04pm

80% of my pregame interactions and 100% postgame were negative. Which is interesting because I've been to games

Clark Addison

Aug 21, 12:59pm

Yep!

GFCougar

Aug 21, 6:22pm

Do neutral site count? Utah in Vegas Bowl, ND in Vegas

RGGeemer

Aug 21, 9:58am

Was at both of those too. LSU is still worse for me.

kccougar

Aug 21, 9:59am

I was at both of those, they at least had positive moments.

TCuz

Aug 21, 10:01am

That's what made them miserable to me, though. We should have won both

RGGeemer

Aug 21, 10:02am

2008 @tcu

Avery

Aug 21, 9:58am

Was there, too. 2nd worse away loss I ever attended. TCU fan astutely said: Unga

Forzaitalia

Aug 21, 10:31am

losing to Rice in a downpour in the late 90's. i was also at the UTEP game.

ledfoot

Aug 21, 10:51am

The 54-10 debacle. The low point in my fandom. Brutal

kansascougar

Aug 21, 9:59am

Wasn’t that home?

macdizzle

Aug 21, 9:59am

Yes

RGGeemer

Aug 21, 10:02am

Yes, misread the OP.

kansascougar

Aug 21, 10:14am

Yes but it felt like an away game.

Coug98

Aug 21, 11:45am

That was bad

TNT

Aug 21, 10:18am

Oregon 2022

Indy Coug

Aug 21, 9:59am

It was a big effort to make it to the game and they did not even compete.

BlueMark

Aug 21, 12:51pm

What made Oregon 2022 the worst for me

SurfCoug

Aug 21, 3:44pm

This was not my experience at Oregon Very well received none of the usual

CariocaCoug

Aug 21, 6:02pm

Me neither

cajuncoug

Aug 21, 10:01pm

Notre Dame John Beck game in the freezing rain. The worst….

Phreddy

Aug 21, 9:59am

I thought we put up a decent fight in that game

CaliWG

Aug 21, 10:19am

Syracuse 2000.

bluecheese

Aug 21, 10:00am

This one bad. OL got absolutely dominated. Dwight Freeney was a monster.

CaliWG

Aug 21, 10:25am

Same

jimbo

Aug 21, 11:53am

2010 BYU 14 AFA 35..... THIRTY FIVE!? from Air Force!?

Saregreat

Aug 21, 10:00am

2002: AFA 52 BYU 9

tkh9

Aug 21, 10:22am

I was at that one. Just a horrific game start to finish.

Captain Rex

Aug 21, 12:02pm

I was at that one too. I cheered loudly when we scored first ... mistake.

blue13

Aug 21, 1:32pm

By the end, I was the only person for 3 sections and the few remaining AFA

tkh9

Aug 21, 1:53pm

That was the game where Brady Poppinga slammed AFA QB Chance Harridge.

DeepCCoug

Aug 21, 8:00pm

Was there w/my father-in-law, Academy grad and prez of Falcon QB Club - I wore

TrueBlue58

Aug 21, 8:05pm

BYU at Oregon in 2022. BYU was ranked #12 but got ran over. It was 38-7 in the

Russnc

Aug 21, 10:00am

The worst road loss I have attended. BYU looked soft, couldn't tackle or stop

CariocaCoug

Aug 21, 5:53pm

2024 @SMU, can't believe we threw 6 picks

CougarHut

Aug 21, 10:00am

Boo! go cheer for a different team.

kaladin58

Aug 21, 10:13am

Michigan. Biggest dud I can remember

maxpowers

Aug 21, 10:00am

I remember that game ruined my birthday

Huge Manatee

Aug 21, 10:01am

You should be able to get a redo

TNT

Aug 21, 10:18am

At least the fans were cool though

AFAlaskaCoug

Aug 21, 10:06am

Definitely this game... So boring and hard to watch. We looked completely inept

Cougar TD

Aug 21, 10:23am

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JimmyZ

Aug 21, 10:58am

Pastries

spugeddy24

Aug 21, 11:14am

He said what he said.

Cougar TD

Aug 21, 11:15am

RE: He said what he said.

NumbersGuy

Aug 21, 12:47pm

More like he ate what he ate

jordbyu

Aug 21, 2:51pm

<< Deleted >>

JimmyZ

Aug 21, 11:42am

🙂

spugeddy24

Aug 21, 11:59am

They are really delicious. My mom used to make them.

GordonSpieth

Aug 21, 1:39pm

Michigan (especially U.P.) favorite, sort of a stew inside a pastry. Here's a

ptcougr

Aug 21, 11:45am

this, the big let down in the big house. that was painful to attend

4slyce

Aug 21, 11:20am

Sept 14, 1996: 29-17 L to freaking UW! The only L that year! Coulda/shoulda! Ugh

BlueKarma

Aug 21, 10:01am

RE: Worst road loss you've attended?

zuko

Aug 21, 10:01am

The team didn’t show up in Morgantown last year. Brutal loss.

SageOwl

Aug 21, 10:01am

TBH I was kind of expecting that performance at that game.

VACOUGFAN

Aug 21, 10:02am

100. That is also my worst ever

cajuncoug

Aug 21, 10:02pm

Liberty. That was just a butt kicking from beginning to end by a mickey mouse

VACOUGFAN

Aug 21, 10:01am

I would rank this the 2nd worst road loss on my list.

BlueDiver

Aug 21, 10:04am

Also a very bad one. Maybe I am the problem? I have attended many on this list.

Blainerson

Aug 21, 10:08am

Kalani special.....

gopman

Aug 21, 11:13am

BYU was up 14-3 after the 1st quarter. Guys were still laughing and playing

byubyu

Aug 21, 11:44am

So glad I didn't go to that one - cancelled last minute (I live in Richmond)

StoneyCurtis

Aug 21, 11:58am

Same. Ugh.

Black Sunshine

Aug 21, 12:54pm

The last two -Last year at WVU, and the year before @Liberty. Team quit @Liberty

Iman23

Aug 21, 10:01am

Some of that (trashing the Mormons) made it on the TV feed - such a shame

StoneyCurtis

Aug 21, 12:03pm

I was at all three of those (WVU, Liberty, UM) too. Rough times for East Coast

Cooouuugs

Aug 21, 7:17pm

West Virginia 2023 and Florida State 2010

Conan

Aug 21, 10:02am

The answer is Michigan. No question. End of discussion

nybyblue

Aug 21, 10:02am

Michigan in 2015. My boss is a Michigan alum and was in attendance as well.

Blainerson

Aug 21, 10:02am

Yea we were at this one too

theonick

Aug 21, 2:11pm

Virginia. Long lightning delay and gave the game away to a crappy opponent.

rivercitycoug

Aug 21, 10:02am

I have a hard time rating tough losses very high on the "worst list"

VACOUGFAN

Aug 21, 10:09am

I hear you but that game sucked. 2+ hour delay and heavy rain. UVA was not good

rivercitycoug

Aug 21, 10:15am

That Michigan game in particular was really upsetting.

Conan

Aug 21, 10:23am

I was there for that one too. So disappointing and such crappy conditions.

TheSpiker

Aug 21, 10:16am

<< Deleted >>

JimmyZ

Aug 21, 10:59am

That was a bummer - I had such great seats

StoneyCurtis

Aug 21, 11:59am

That's probably mine too

The Dark Knight

Aug 21, 12:26pm

Toledo or maybe UM

Catfish

Aug 21, 10:03am

2015 at Michigan. BYU lost 31-0 in the Big House. It was an embarrassing

BlueDiver

Aug 21, 10:03am

same

Scooter

Aug 21, 10:45am

Conversely, the Michigan state game is one of my favorite road game memories.

NonmormonYfan89

Aug 21, 10:42pm

That did suck, but I saw Ziggy play the next day!

hitechcpa

Aug 22, 3:54am

31-0 loss at Michigan

therock

Aug 21, 10:04am

The ONLY thing good about that road trip for me was that I got to see and "say

BlueDiver

Aug 21, 10:06am

My only good thing was going to the Broncos Lions game the next day

maxpowers

Aug 21, 11:49am

We did that as well, so cool to see Peyton and Megatron in person

therock

Aug 24, 11:05am

That Michigan team finished 10-3, had a three game shutout streak, and lost that

BYUheaven

Aug 21, 10:11am

This. Talking to Michigan fans before the game they expected us to kick their tails...ugh

CLCougar

Aug 21, 10:14am

2004 at Utah

STL

Aug 21, 10:04am

this is mine too.

jwalk

Aug 21, 10:39am

2002 at Air Force loss 52-9. Freezing cold, late evening.

ovalY

Aug 21, 10:05am

Florida State was rough. But went with my dad shortly before graduating HS

wannnacruise

Aug 21, 10:06am

2002 @Nevada...

Coug

Aug 21, 10:06am

That game was really the beginning of an entirely new era….

Idacoug

Aug 21, 1:55pm

Crowton pretty much signed his ticket out of town with that loss.

DeepCCoug

Aug 21, 8:15pm

I was at the Big House in 2015 when we lost 31-0 and never crossed the 50. I thought

Clark Addison

Aug 21, 10:06am

I actually think that LSU game was the game where we did not cross midfield.

BlueDiver

Aug 21, 10:10am

You got the feats of weakness flipped.

molodyets

Aug 21, 10:15am

Not surprising as I have been actively trying to suppress all memories from these games

Clark Addison

Aug 21, 10:28am

I’ve attended some bad ones, including LSU in the superdome, Oregon 2022, and at Utah 52-10 with all the Max Hall int’s

SaturdaySpecialDay

Aug 21, 10:06am

Coastal Carolina. Sucked.

Blueto

Aug 21, 10:08am

Oh! One more to add to my list of pain above!

Clark Addison

Aug 21, 10:09am

UW in 1996.

russkiejedi

Aug 21, 10:08am

Michigan. Couldn't get past midfield most of the game.

notsofast

Aug 21, 10:08am

Liberty liberty liberty

Genghis Spreads

Aug 21, 10:09am

Ann Arbor 2015

SingleStrapBackpack

Aug 21, 10:10am

I haven't been to many away games, but the Air Force game during the Heaps/Riley

Huge Manatee

Aug 21, 10:10am

Utah 1988. Utah shocked BYU 57-28. After the game I remember seeing

oohYeah

Aug 21, 10:12am

Michigan, but the toledo and ecu losses were so awful.

bald man

Aug 21, 10:13am

2012 at San Jose State

CaliWG

Aug 21, 10:14am

12-08-2001. At Hawaii and 12-0 at the time. 72-45 and wasn't that close!

grandpacoug

Aug 21, 10:24am

Brutal. I was there.

Conan

Aug 21, 10:25am

Same for me.

HiLife

Aug 21, 4:28pm

TCU 2023, also saw Texas same year

COUGND

Aug 21, 10:17am

Michigan - never crossed the 50 yard line. Just brutal.

inertiaman

Aug 21, 10:20am

Yes they did. Three times.

Conan

Aug 21, 10:27am

We did cross the 50 in that game. LSU we didn't.

JuicyJam

Aug 21, 10:28am

LOL. I guess it just felt like we didn't! 😃

inertiaman

Aug 21, 10:45am

Only gained 105 total yards. By far our best drive was 8 plays for 30 yards.

JuicyJam

Aug 21, 11:11am

I've generally had good luck with road games.

JuicyJam

Aug 21, 10:26am

Las Vegas bowl against Utah. It was the absolute worst.

cmoney

Aug 21, 10:26am

We had that game, ugh

Burton162

Aug 21, 10:33am

2018 @ UW, 35-7

CrashMcLarson

Aug 21, 10:26am

1999 Motor City Bowl vs Marshall. Hadn't seen BYU live in 18 yrs. Cougs only

Forzaitalia

Aug 21, 10:28am

BYU @ Liberty - we drove 3 hours to go, left extremely disappointed

Ol Big Bear

Aug 21, 10:30am

"Left disappointed." TNT would have sworn up a storm had he been there

TNT

Aug 21, 10:32am

Was the first game I've every left early.

VACOUGFAN

Aug 21, 10:34am

Yep. Same. Team gave up to a more motivated underdog.

SouthernCoug

Aug 21, 10:46am

Yep, no heart, they didn't want to be there for some reason

Ol Big Bear

Aug 21, 10:53am

LSU, but their fans saved me

Burton162

Aug 21, 10:34am

LSU tailgating is next level

Himni

Aug 21, 11:01am

You probably met my cousins at that tailgate.

BlueDiver

Aug 21, 1:39pm

Hawaii 2001. Rode a public bus from the stadium to Waikiki. Long ride surrounded

ArcticKat

Aug 21, 10:36am

Liberty. The team just quit and didn’t even care. It was the ONLY game I ever

SouthernCoug

Aug 21, 10:37am

Boise St. - The week after the dairy yewts snapped taysoms leg. I think they

SFarkus

Aug 21, 10:38am

I had front row seats on the 50. It was awful

cajuncoug

Aug 21, 12:01pm

Oklahoma State last year.

trumpetur

Aug 21, 10:41am

Washington - 1996. Only blemish on a very special season. I was living in

Howard Bannister

Aug 21, 10:43am

Toledo. Just an awful loss.

durandal

Aug 21, 10:44am

At UNR. Ugh..

CaughtForaTouchdown

Aug 21, 10:46am

That was the one the team flew in for the morning of the game, right?

VACOUGFAN

Aug 21, 10:51am

If that's true, not sure I knew about it.

CaughtForaTouchdown

Aug 21, 11:22am

Yes, team flew in the morning of the game at UNR

NYC and Japan

Aug 21, 1:12pm

Mentioned above:1988 at Utah, ended a long win streak started end of Y dominance

NYC and Japan

Aug 21, 1:37pm

@Nevada

StantonMac

Aug 21, 10:49am

Agree. The loss was bad, but the abuse by the fans and the amount of racist

gp232

Aug 21, 1:28pm

1990 Holiday Bowl vs Texas A&M

Six Foot Seven

Aug 21, 10:51am

<< Deleted >>

JimmyZ

Aug 21, 11:00am

This one. They separated both of Ty's shoulders. The OL just didn't care. Looked like amateurs vs. Pros. Even their band

PJMort

Aug 21, 11:48am

2010 at Air Force

Corn

Aug 21, 10:52am

BYU v Texas - 14-13.

WaffleCheese

Aug 21, 10:53am

Are you talking about the 17-16 game in 2011?

Stalwart Man

Aug 21, 11:05am

Ah yeah, I remember it was one point. Thanks for the correction. *humbled

WaffleCheese

Aug 21, 11:08am

BYU vs. Utah in 2008 🙁

TheLoneCougar

Aug 21, 11:03am

Same, losing 48-24 hurt ..max w/ 5 int’s

DoctorEvil

Aug 21, 11:26am

That was a hard one, especially with how the train came off the rails there at the end.

TheLoneCougar

Aug 21, 1:58pm

Last year at Texas 🙁

Cougs4Lfe

Aug 21, 11:04am

UAB with Mike smith and I think we we’re 18-0

gurt

Aug 21, 11:12am

Byu hoops! We were 17-0 ranked #3, this killed 9 year old me.

DoctorEvil

Aug 21, 11:34am

Same I think I was 10

gurt

Aug 21, 4:37pm

Offense was great in 1993 but that was one of the worst defenses.

gopman

Aug 21, 11:12am

Michigan. Ugly, ugly game and a bunch of smug, condescending Michigan fans.

CougarScrub

Aug 21, 11:13am

I've only been to three road games. UCLA 2015, Las Vegas Bowl vs. Utah, and then

Duke Silver

Aug 21, 11:14am

UCLA 2007 and Texas 2011 were the only road losses I've attended. Both were ...

Bossk82

Aug 21, 11:15am

Yeah but in 2007 we played UCLA again in the Vegas Bowl and won on the blocked field goal by Manumaleuna. Redemption.

SaturdaySpecialDay

Aug 21, 2:05pm

2001 Liberty Bowl.

Tesla Coug

Aug 21, 11:17am

Oh yes...my wife and I went. It was miserable.

DeepCCoug

Aug 21, 7:39pm

East Carolina game in 2017…

BulldogCoug79

Aug 21, 11:19am

Same

ral1988

Aug 21, 11:45am

I was there too - awful. ECU fans near me saying 'We suck - so BYU must really

StoneyCurtis

Aug 21, 11:57am

I was there too and heard the same thing. This was a bad game as well.

Blainerson

Aug 21, 12:26pm

Losses @ Utah State Twice.

refunder

Aug 21, 11:28am

1990 Holiday Bowl - still don’t like A&M

Qhall

Aug 21, 11:28am

I've only been to 1 road loss. It was the Florida State game in 1991.

Belboz

Aug 21, 11:31am

2019 Washington-BYU, 45-19. Ugh!

Coug Esquire

Aug 21, 11:37am

@ Utah when Max Hall threw what seemed like five or six interceptions we were

44C

Aug 21, 11:43am

Mississippi St. Nobody on the sideline looked like they cared to even be there

mcnasty

Aug 21, 11:46am

2023 @West Virginia - but it's been my only road loss and the WV fans were nice

Let's Go Bucs

Aug 21, 11:47am

Michigan at the BIG House in 2016

sfeuz

Aug 21, 11:50am

I was at the Michigan game behind the endzone.

ParentingNotForSissy

Aug 21, 11:49pm

At Oregon Duck in 1990

mohonrimo

Aug 21, 11:51am

I was there, too.

GordonSpieth

Aug 21, 1:43pm

Tie between SDSU in 2019 and ECU in 2017 - both awful

StoneyCurtis

Aug 21, 11:55am

ECU was bad. Took my two boys and drove a few hours.

MajorZeus

Aug 21, 2:06pm

2002 game at Nevada. That sucked.

CougMAGA

Aug 21, 11:56am

I was at Michigan and at LSU. Both were brutal LSU was probably worse,

MaxxPower

Aug 21, 11:59am

Too many recent options, unfortunately. Probably West Virginia

cajuncoug

Aug 21, 12:00pm

First time I know of that even the fans in the band lost interest in the game.

BYUBandfan

Aug 21, 12:00pm

Michigan and LSU

runningryan

Aug 21, 12:02pm

@Nevada - flew in the day of 🙂

Garn

Aug 21, 12:13pm

The silver lining of Hurricane Harvey was that the BYU vs LSU got moved, and

Jarhead

Aug 21, 12:16pm

My actual worst road loss ever attended was the BYU at TCU game during the

Jarhead

Aug 21, 12:17pm

Michigan

MichCoug

Aug 21, 12:17pm

This thread is extremely depressing to read...not worth the bad memories it

pspcres

Aug 21, 12:23pm

To make you feel better, I was at BYU v Boise during Mangum Miracle 2.0...

Ol Big Bear

Aug 21, 12:52pm

Sorry for the PTSD everyone! I had several ugly runners-up myself

Himni

Aug 21, 1:28pm

LSU. But sac mtg the next day in New Orleans was inspiring

TeeKaa

Aug 21, 12:25pm

Michigan. Very disappointing game.

ohiocougar

Aug 21, 12:42pm

That UCLA game was awful. BYU was severely outmatched. I was sitting

88Coug

Aug 21, 12:46pm

1980 New Mexico - Jim McMahon was QB.

BlueMark

Aug 21, 12:55pm

Was there too. So heartbreaking.

SJBLUE

Aug 21, 3:10pm

Stanford 2004.

Spiff

Aug 21, 1:13pm

This thread is too long… 2017 ECU 🤮 (team was a complete no show)

Pretorian

Aug 21, 1:13pm

I've been to Michigan 2015, Liberty 2022, and WVU 2023. Take your pick.

ldssdl

Aug 21, 1:14pm

So YOURE the problem!

Dr MoBYU

Aug 22, 6:22am

Man we enjoy a long history of terrible road losses.

Big-Q

Aug 21, 1:15pm

It's true. That is why I stopped going.

DeepCCoug

Aug 21, 7:42pm

Any game at Rice-Eccles is a loss no matter what is on the scoreboard

davidsonlaw

Aug 21, 1:15pm

Hawaii 2001

BYUHgrad

Aug 21, 1:33pm

TCU 2008. Sky high hopes + terrible performance = 🙁

Gorum the Old

Aug 21, 1:36pm

USU 2010

TheNerd

Aug 21, 1:38pm

@Liberty 2022

stan

Aug 21, 1:40pm

Michigan. Game was over quickly.

Idacoug

Aug 21, 1:49pm

Boise 2014 55-30 loss. Texas 2023 35-6 loss. Oregon 2022 41-20 loss.

ZacSeljaas'Stache

Aug 21, 3:09pm

Toledo. Back in the day almost the two HI blowouts. Won all the ones I went to.

ImuaKahuku

Aug 21, 3:15pm

Michigan and Coastal

bYu_0

Aug 21, 3:33pm

For me 2009 Florida State technically a home game but I was living in Dallas

Twturner5

Aug 21, 5:04pm

My 2009: Attended 2 games—FSU and TCU 😳

cajuncoug

Aug 21, 5:22pm

Lost 7-6 at Boise. Hated that one.

Fifty Shades of Blue

Aug 21, 5:11pm

1983 = Baylor 40 BYU 36 in Waco. Only loss of the year. Took a lot of heat

farsurfer

Aug 21, 6:54pm

Fresno St. They should have ran Squally a heck of a lot more

Kolobrdm

Aug 21, 6:59pm

Michigan. Absolutely miserable. Didn’t cross the fifty.

supersteve

Aug 21, 7:26pm

Rethinking this… 2018 Utah, squandered lead. Miserable.

supersteve

Aug 21, 9:19pm

We definitely crossed the 50. Colby Pearson even dropped a would-be touchdown

andrewg3

Aug 22, 12:48am

2015 LV Bowl.

WhyaskY?

Aug 21, 7:43pm

Holiday Bowl v TA&M Ty had 2 dislocated Shoulders. 1991? Came in from overseas

thegoodmeister

Aug 21, 7:53pm

East coast CBers have had it rough. A lot of the bad losses have been over here

VirginiaPeanut

Aug 21, 8:48pm

1985 UTEP Easily the worst loss in program history

Bill

Aug 21, 11:35pm

2008 Utah. That sucked.

andrewg3

Aug 22, 12:45am

UNR 2002

Beer Stud

Aug 22, 12:53am

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