Brigham Young Cougars ©	Texas Christian Horned Frogs
Played October 26, 1996 at Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas

  

 

Teams' Belt Records

 

Team	Belt Reigns	Overall Record				Home Record				Away Record				Neutral Record
		W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
Brigham Young ©	2	2	2	0	.500	0	1	0	.000	2	1	0	.667
Texas Christian	1	1	2	0	.333					1	2	0	.333

 

                          Previous Belt Meetings:       None

 

 

At 2-4, the Texas Christian Horned Frogs of coach Pat Sullivan hosted the 15^th ranked, 7-1 Brigham Young Cougars of coach Lavell Edwards.  Brigham Young’s All-WAC QB Steve Sarkisian threw for 313 yards with 3 touchdowns as the Cougars ruined the Horned Frogs’ Homecoming with a 45-21 victory.  Brigham Young scored on their opening drive when RB Dustin Johnson carried in from 7 yards.  Cougars' PK Ethan Pochman closed the quarter with a 34-yard field goal for a 10-0 lead.  Sarkisian took over in the 2^nd quarter finding WR Ben Cahoon on a 12-yard touchdown pass & WR K.O. Kealaluhi on a 13-yard touchdown pass as the Cougars pushed the lead to 24-0 before the quarter was 3 minutes old.  Texas Christian got on the scoreboard with a 35-yard touchdown pass from QB Jeff Dover to WR Jason Tucker but Brigham Young's RB Mark Atuaia broke loose for a 42-yard touchdown run as the Cougars took a 31-7 halftime lead.  In the 3^rd quarter Brigham Young sandwiched 2 touchdowns around the sole Horned Frogs’ score; Sarkisian connected with Johnson on a 5-yard touchdown pass & RB Ronney Jenkins scored in a 6-yard touchdown run.  In between, Dover found RB Basil Mitchell for a 9-yard touchdown pass.  Texas Christian finished the scoring with a 6-yard touchdown run by RB Koi Woods.  Sarkisian completed 20 of 26 pass attempts while Dover threw for 198 yards with 2 touchdowns but 2 interceptions.  Brigham Young finished the season 14-1; WAC Champions, ranked 5^th nationally while the Horned Frogs finished 4-7.  Texas Christian has not played for The Belt again.