2023 BYU Cougars football team
The 2023 BYU Cougars football team represents Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars are led by seventh-year head coach Kalani Sitake and play their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. The season is the first year that BYU will compete in the Big 12, and will be the final season that Texas and Oklahoma are in the conference. Offseason

Coaching changes
On November 28, 2022 defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki announced his resignation. On December 7, 2022 Jay Hill was announced as his replacement leaving his head coaching position at Weber State University. Hill was also given the title of associate head coach replacing Ed Lamb who was named the Head coach at Northern Colorado. Preston Hadley joined Lamb at Northern Colorado as the defensive coordinator. Kelly Poppinga returned to BYU after stints with the University of Virginia and Boise State University as the special teams coordinator and defensive assistant. On December 20, 2022, former NFL player Sione Pouha was hired as a defensive assistant coach. On January 2, 2023, it was announced that Kevin Clune was not retained and the final defensive assistant coaching position was announced as Justin Ena who played for the cougars and coached with Hill previously. 2023 recruits

2022 returned missionaries

2023 other additions

2023 departures

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

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Brigham Young University entered the season at home against the transitioning FCS to FBS team, Sam Houston State. BYU were favorites to win the game, especially at home. BYU started off the game with an 8 play, 50 yard drive ending it with a 5-yard Kedon Slovis touchdown run. Two quarters went by with no score attempted by both the Cougars and Bearkats, before an 11-play, 55 yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, and Kedon Slovis ended the drive with a 1 yard touchdown run. The Cougars ended off the game winning 14-0 in their first ever meeting with Sam Houston State. Southern Utah 

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Kansas 

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Texas Tech 

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No. 7 Texas 

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West Virginia 

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Depth Chart

References
For information on BYU's other athletic sports this season please check out the following:

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