From LaVell Edwards to Bronco Mendenhall, John Beck to Max Hall, and Curtis Brown to Harvey Unga, the 2000s were good to BYU football. Here are the Cougars 10 best wins of the era.
BYU football has had its ups and downs, but the 2000s certainly brought more ups. The Cougars have racked up 139 since 2000, and the future looks bright under Kalani Sitake.
But for now, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and revisit the best Cougar wins of the 2000s.
Honorable mentions: vs Texas (2013), vs Utah (2009), vs Oregon State (2009) and vs Nebraska (2015).
10. BYU at Utah State, 2002
The Aggies put together a 31-point second quarter and went into halftime leading 34-7. The Cougars seemed doomed.
Curtis Brown ran for 217 yards and three touchdowns, and Brett Engemann hit Toby Christensen on 3rd-and-15 for 27 yards on the game-winning drive. Engemann then found Gabriel Reid for an 18-yard touchdown. Matt Payne’s extra point with just under seven minutes left gave BYU football its first lead of the game. The Cougars would hold on for a 35-34 win, capping off the largest comeback in school history.