The 2018 season's largest margin: BYU 45, New Mexico State 10. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2018 — The 2018 Season
BYU's 2018 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Zach WilsonQB1,578 passing yards
- Tanner MangumQB1,104 passing yards
- Lopini KatoaRB427 rushing yards
- Squally CanadaRB412 rushing yards
- Matt HadleyRB377 rushing yards
- Matt BushmanTE511 receiving yards
- Aleva HifoWR358 receiving yards
- Talon ShumwayWR337 receiving yards
- Sione TakitakiLB101 tackles
- Corbin KaufusiDL49 tackles
- Isaiah KaufusiLB43 tackles
- Khyiris TongaDL2 sacks
- Rhett SandlinLB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: BYU 7, Washington 35. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: BYU beat Western Michigan 49-18 in the postseason.
"Rise and Shout"
2018 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.