1996 WAC Championship Game

1996 WAC Championship Game
Inaugural WAC Championship Game
1234OT Total
BYU 3100123 28
Wyoming 0010150 25
DateDecember 7, 1996
Season1996
StadiumSam Boyd Stadium
LocationWhitney, Nevada
Attendance41,238
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
WAC Championship Game
  1997
1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 5 BYU x$   8 0     14 1  
Utah   6 2     8 4  
Rice   6 2     7 4  
SMU   4 4     5 6  
New Mexico   3 5     6 5  
TCU   3 5     4 7  
Tulsa   2 6     4 7  
UTEP   0 8     2 9  
Pacific Division
No. 22 Wyoming x   7 1     10 2  
San Diego State   6 2     8 3  
Colorado State   6 2     7 5  
Air Force   5 3     6 5  
Fresno State   3 5     4 7  
San Jose State   3 5     3 9  
Hawaii   1 7     2 10  
UNLV   1 8     1 11  
Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 OT
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 WAC Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 1996, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. This was the 1st WAC Championship Game and determined the 1996 champion of the Western Athletic Conference. The game featured the BYU Cougars, champions of the Mountain division, and the Wyoming Cowboys, champions of the Pacific division. BYU would win the game 28โ€“25 in overtime and secure the program's 19th and last-ever WAC championship.[1][2]

  1. ^ "CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Wyoming 1996 WAC Championship Game". cougarstats.com.
  2. ^ "Wac Championship / No. 6 Brigham Young 28, No. 20 Wyoming 25 (Ot) - - Byu Awaits Alliance Call". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. December 8, 1996. Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.