NEW: We've added Women's College Basketball Stats to 1981-82! Learn more about this major site update here.

1979-80 BYU Cougars Men's Schedule and Results

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 24-5 (13-1, 1st in WAC MBB)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Frank Arnold

PS/G: 83.5 (10th of 265)

PA/G: 72.5 (149th of 265)

SRS: 12.06 (26th of 260)

SOS: 1.92 (82nd of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in West)
Lost West Second Round (71-66) versus #6 Clemson

WAC Reg Season Champ

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

AP Poll Summary

1979-80 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
BYU	15	18	18	18	20	19	17	18	20	19	14	13	14	12	12

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	L	76	86		0	1	L 1	Marriott Center
2	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	REG		Baylor	SWC	-2.85	W	100	58		1	1	W 1	Marriott Center
3	Fri, Dec 7, 1979	REG	@	Tulsa	MVC	-1.41	W	73	71		2	1	W 2	Tulsa Convention Center
4	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG	@	Oral Roberts	MW City	4.22	W	76	75		3	1	W 3	Mabee Center
5	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	REG		Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	-2.48	W	80	64		4	1	W 4	Marriott Center
6	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	REG		UC Santa Barbara	PCAA	-2.30	W	87	65		5	1	W 5	Marriott Center
7	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG		La Salle	ECC	5.82	W	108	106		6	1	W 6	Marriott Center
8	Tue, Dec 18, 1979	REG	@	Long Beach State	PCAA	6.73	L	76	78		6	2	L 1	Long Beach Arena
9	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG	@	Utah State	PCAA	5.62	W	89	84		7	2	W 1	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
10	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	REG	N	Penn State	Ind	1.92	W	58	50		8	2	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
11	Thu, Dec 27, 1979	REG	N	Oregon State (18)	Pac-10	12.82	L	71	86		8	3	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
12	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG	N	Charlotte	Sun Belt	0.80	W	104	91		9	3	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
13	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG	@	New Mexico	WAC	-5.73	W	75	63		10	3	W 2	University Arena
14	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	4.39	W	70	69		11	3	W 3	Don Haskins Center
15	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		Utah	WAC	5.47	W	89	72		12	3	W 4	Marriott Center
16	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG		Wyoming	WAC	2.99	L	53	56		12	4	L 1	Marriott Center
17	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		Colorado State	WAC	-4.11	W	104	82		13	4	W 1	Marriott Center
18	Thu, Jan 24, 1980	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	-7.60	W	123	91		14	4	W 2	San Diego Sports Arena
19	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG	@	Hawaii	WAC	-1.52	W	34	33		15	4	W 3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
20	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	REG		UTEP	WAC	4.39	W	89	81		16	4	W 4	Marriott Center
21	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		New Mexico	WAC	-5.73	W	89	68		17	4	W 5	Marriott Center
22	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG	@	Utah	WAC	5.47	W	83	82		18	4	W 6	Jon M. Huntsman Center
23	Tue, Feb 12, 1980	REG		Utah State	PCAA	5.62	W	84	83		19	4	W 7	Marriott Center
24	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	-4.11	W	111	86		20	4	W 8	Moby Arena
25	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	2.99	W	39	30		21	4	W 9	War Memorial Fieldhouse
26	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	REG		Hawaii	WAC	-1.52	W	107	82		22	4	W 10	Marriott Center
27	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	REG		San Diego State	WAC	-7.60	W	114	81		23	4	W 11	Marriott Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	NCAA	N	Clemson	ACC	15.72	L	66	71		23	5	L 1	Dee Events Center