1997 opening day. First college football game.

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What BYU sport moment galvanized your fandom... I'll start....

Adrielle Board Misanthrope

9:13am

Miami 1990

SJS

9:15am

Yeah. I was there. Still the greatest game I've ever been to. The atmosphere in that stadium that day...

Adrielle

9:16am

Some ward friends had cable and we were all over at their house watching it. First BYU game I knew what was

BYU Tar Heel

9:38am

I was 12 years old and watched by myself. Had very little understanding of what BYU football was.. but I got hooked too.

SJS

10:56am

Same. I was there. Incredible game. Electric.

Still Blue

9:49am

We experienced it from the MTC lol

JodyGenessy

10:14am

Same. I cleaned up on a lot of candy bar bets at school the following Monday.

UNLVcougar

11:08am

90 Miami, I was 10 years old. I had watched games with my dad before and knew

Tuskaloosa Cougar

12:57pm

The entire 1996 season. But bookended by A&M and then the cotton bowl

RGGeemer

9:15am

Same.

The Dark Knight

9:37am

Ditto, I was a young impressionable 15 year old. That season hooked me for life.

JC6

10:00am

I was a young impressionable 8 year old 🙂 so much fun.

RGGeemer

10:55am

Awesome to relive that experience through your son. Full circle moment. So cool!

JC6

11:04am

Going to the Mtn. West Championship in Vegas against Wyoming. We were about

Penske Material

9:16am

WAC?

RGGeemer

9:16am

Yes, my bad. We were still the WAC at that point. Aging myself, but it was also

Penske Material

9:17am

1980 Miracle Bowl

Indy Coug

9:16am

I was there. My mom wanted to leave but my dad said never.!! Been a great ride so far

kerm

9:33am

My first live BYU game. Fan for life

Tare

9:41am

I was more of an NFL fan until that night.

Belboz

10:26am

Mine as well,sitting in my home on Long Island, watching that game unfold made me a Cougar fan and I wanted to learn

Islandercoug

10:45am

I was 10 in 2001. When Doman pitched that ball to Staley and he took it for a TD

DanSmith

9:18am

That's awesome.

Adrielle

9:21am

2001 was mine too. My brother was attending BYU and was home for

Chefcurry

9:24am

I was at that game. Right before my mission. You're a young'n

Mr. Belding

9:25am

You're both young. I was 34.

Adrielle

9:30am

RE: You're both young. I was 34.

Mr. Belding

9:50am

Same for me. That was the moment.

royal_blue

9:42am

This was it for me too. I was 9 and I was at the game. It was awesome!

ChiCityCoug

10:11am

M&M bowl

deja-blu

9:19am

Being born.

paulb

9:20am

Marc Wilson 1979

Sea Chicken

9:20am

Going onto the field as a nine year old after we smoked Rice 49-0 in 1996.

Junior Deputy

9:21am

I was there that day as well as a 13 year old. Got a mini helmet signed by

dfudge

11:33am

Do you remember why we were on the field? We killed them and they weren’t good,

Junior Deputy

11:53am

The Gifford Nielson era.

BYU71

9:22am

Mine was the 1984 season…

PortlandCoug

9:23am

I was 7 and the first game that I recall ever watching was the 84 Holiday Bowl

BLUEGRENADE

11:49am

Not sure on the exact moment but it was Ty Detmer.

Mr. Belding

9:24am

I didn't grow up in Utah my dad was a casual fan but we didn't have any way to

cougarfann888

9:25am

This is kind of why I didn't become a BYU fan until I was 13...

Adrielle

9:28am

Conference championship in 1974. Coming from a high school that never won

kmcougar

9:25am

October 10th 1942

TN_Coug

9:26am

Galvanized? Probably Ainge in 78-79

Archaea

9:27am

1997 opening day. First college football game.

Cougarclaw

9:30am

Well, it wasn't the dismal 1976 homecoming game against Wyoming, but the entire season did the trick

Underhill

9:33am

My dad was a fan, but we didn't go to any games. But it was in 2006 that I

TheNerd

9:35am

Utah 2021 really started it

HimmerFredette

9:35am

Beck to Harline in 2006. I still get chills.

LegitCoug

9:35am

Utah 1942

foofcoug

9:36am

Steve Young catching the halfback pass in the 1983 Holiday Bowl.

CougFan4EverEver

9:36am

SDSU 2003. I was about 10 and my dad promised me BYU would eventually win again that week.

WP17

9:37am

Same. I was a fan of BYU before but that Holiday Bowl at age 11…

Refugee

9:37am

The 1974 season - WAC Champs

Rocketman

9:38am

1974 season

BYURider

9:38am

1974 conference championship and first bowl game

Greg4BYU

9:41am

BYU was ranked in the top 20 in 1974 also! Got up to 17th before bowl game.

BYURider

9:49am

The entire 2006 season for me. After Beck to Harline I was hooked for life

CougarEat

9:41am

1988 Freedom Bowl.

Spiff

9:43am

Sept. 14 1985. First game attended. Only went because of free tickets. Thumped Washington by like 30. Hooked ever since.

Hank Rearden

9:51am

I was at that game

Sea Chicken

6:15pm

1979 Holiday Bowl, yes it was a loss, but I became a fan that date!

cougarobgon

9:51am

Doman beating Utah in 2000 in LaVell’s last game.

LittleTex

10:00am

BYU basketball 2010-11 with Jimmer Fredette. That solidified my fandom.

Schrodizzy

10:19am

1980 Miracle Bowl

BP4byu

10:24am

Harvey Unga for football and Jimmer’s senior season for basketball.

LOLzzz

10:24am

Oh you youngsters, it was March 1951 when little BYU beat the BB powers in NIT

Pickleball Bill

10:25am

11/25/2006. BYU Utah. Was 6 years old. Up until that point, BYU FB was fun

TheMediator

10:51am

The aftermath of the 1980 Holiday Bowl

Peter Venkman

10:56am

Working for BYU Grounds at Cougar Stadium, Fall 1991 & watching Detmer play

cougarmeister

11:14am

Having lunch with Gifford Nielson as a 10 year old.

Orem58thBall

11:20am

Considering I'm currently a young teen, I'd probably have to go with Coastal

Tanner767

11:57am

2015 vs Nebraska

Cjwildboy

12:06pm

2015 Hail Mary vs Nebraska

Cjwildboy

12:07pm

I’d have to say a tie between the Miracle Bowl and the Miami game.

DizzyDean

12:17pm

Ty Detmer

Nittany Cougar

12:23pm

Probably my first game in person at Cougar Stadium ('93 vs AFA)...

Ray Shoesmith

12:24pm

Stacy Corley vs AFA. 1st ever in person BYU game.

TADOW

12:38pm

Kaipo McGuire and Sark 96 season and cotton bowl.

Dr MoBYU

1:10pm

Kaipo McGuire. Now that's a name I haven't heard of in quite a while.

DazeofBlue

1:26pm

Man could take a hit!

Dr MoBYU

4:05pm

ALSO the Miracle Bowl

BubbaCoug

1:17pm

Miracle Bowl and Danny Ainge game winner in the sweet 16.

gwalker

1:17pm

I had felt generally BYU adjacent for most of my life but what really hooked

Resurgens

1:19pm

Steve Young and I were talking one time just before it was his turn to come down

King of Y

1:30pm

Sounds like a story...

BubbaCoug

1:55pm

Danny Ange driving through five Notre Dame players in the Sweet 16 🏀

44C

1:57pm

Watching BYU get embarrassed by FSU in my non-member friend's basement

NacoCoug

2:00pm

Steve Sarkisian in 1996. . . Then further annealed with Jimmermania!

Zoobieman

2:03pm

The game was in timeout, and beautiful Cougarettes started walking out…1984 too

Mabuhay Coug

2:07pm

The 59-0 game against UCLA in 2008. I was a freshman at BYU at the time.

ldssdl

2:15pm

BYU 47-#17 Texas 6. First live game 1988. That season was had some beatdowns

NYC and Japan

2:23pm

1966 BYU vs Texas Western (UTEP). Virgil Carter threw for 510 yards & ran for

ptcougr

2:27pm

Grandpa? Is that you?

andrewg3

2:42pm

Could be a G Grandpa if my sons got married soon after their missions.

ptcougr

2:59pm

1980 Holiday Bowl

BlueLine

2:36pm

Parents took me to Holiday Bowl to watch Detmer. My fandom cemented despite loss

Herewego

2:36pm

Texas A&M 1996

andrewg3

2:41pm

1981 holiday bowl is the first game I have memories of live

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