BYU·FBS Independents

2015 — The Winning Chapter

BYU's 2015 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Lost the Las Vegas Bowl
AP final #22 post-bowls
SP+ +4.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Nebraska 33-28 W vs Bois Sta 35-24 L @ UCLA 23-24 L @ Michigan 0-31 W vs UConn 30-13 W vs East Car 45-38 W vs Cincin 38-24 W vs Wagner 70-6 W @ San Sta 17-16 L @ Missouri 16-20 W vs Fres Sta 52-10 W @ Utah Sta 51-28 L @ Utah 28-35 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: BYU 70, Wagner 6. A 64-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: BYU 0, Michigan 31. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: BYU fell to Utah 28-35 in the postseason.

"Rise and Shout"
— BYU fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for BYU — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.