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1980-81 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results

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Overall: 25-7, .781 W-L% (20th of 264)
Conference: 12-4, 3rd in WAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Frank Arnold (25-7)

PS/G: 78.8 (21st of 264) ▪ PA/G: 71.1 (145th of 264)
SRS: 13.80 (19th of 264) ▪ SOS: 6.15 (36th of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in East)
Won East First Round (60-51) versus #11 Princeton
Won East Second Round (78-55) versus #3 UCLA
Won East Regional Semifinal (51-50) versus #2 Notre Dame
Lost East Regional Final (74-60) versus #1 Virginia

AP Poll Summary

Pre 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24 3/3 Final
18 19 19 18 20 19 17 15 18 15 16 15 17 15 18 16

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
1 Fri, Nov 28, 1980 REG @ Washington Pac-10 W 80 70 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 29, 1980 REG @ Oregon State Pac-10 L 68 75 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Dec 6, 1980 REG @ Utah State PCAA W 82 79 2 1 W 1
4 Fri, Dec 12, 1980 REG North Texas Ind W 108 92 3 1 W 2
5 Sat, Dec 13, 1980 REG Saint Mary's (CA) WCC W 95 76 4 1 W 3
6 Tue, Dec 16, 1980 REG Michigan State Big Ten W 82 50 5 1 W 4
7 Fri, Dec 19, 1980 REG N Illinois Big Ten W 80 75 6 1 W 5
8 Sat, Dec 20, 1980 REG @ Tennessee SEC L 65 81 6 2 L 1
9 Tue, Dec 23, 1980 REG @ Weber State Big Sky W 85 78 7 2 W 1
10 Sat, Dec 27, 1980 REG Utah State PCAA W 104 89 8 2 W 2
11 Fri, Jan 2, 1981 REG @ Air Force WAC W 77 65 9 2 W 3
12 Sat, Jan 3, 1981 REG @ Nevada-Las Vegas Ind W 92 90 10 2 W 4
13 Thu, Jan 8, 1981 REG San Diego State WAC W 84 73 11 2 W 5
14 Sat, Jan 10, 1981 REG Hawaii WAC W 91 74 12 2 W 6
15 Thu, Jan 15, 1981 REG @ New Mexico WAC W 92 87 13 2 W 7
16 Sat, Jan 17, 1981 REG @ Texas-El Paso WAC L 62 64 13 3 L 1
17 Fri, Jan 23, 1981 REG Colorado State WAC W 66 46 14 3 W 1
18 Sat, Jan 24, 1981 REG Wyoming WAC W 84 70 15 3 W 2
19 Sat, Jan 31, 1981 REG @ Utah WAC L 56 60 15 4 L 1
20 Fri, Feb 6, 1981 REG Nevada-Las Vegas Ind W 86 77 16 4 W 1
21 Sat, Feb 7, 1981 REG Air Force WAC W 62 51 17 4 W 2
22 Thu, Feb 12, 1981 REG @ Hawaii WAC W 77 72 18 4 W 3
23 Sat, Feb 14, 1981 REG @ San Diego State WAC L 72 73 18 5 L 1
24 Thu, Feb 19, 1981 REG Texas-El Paso WAC W 84 75 19 5 W 1
25 Sat, Feb 21, 1981 REG New Mexico WAC W 78 72 20 5 W 2
26 Thu, Feb 26, 1981 REG @ Wyoming WAC L 84 86 20 6 L 1
27 Sat, Feb 28, 1981 REG @ Colorado State WAC W 80 69 21 6 W 1
28 Sat, Mar 7, 1981 REG N Utah WAC W 95 76 22 6 W 2
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
29 Thu, Mar 12, 1981 NCAA N Princeton Ivy W 60 51 23 6 W 3
30 Sat, Mar 14, 1981 NCAA N UCLA Pac-10 W 78 55 24 6 W 4
31 Thu, Mar 19, 1981 NCAA N Notre Dame Ind W 51 50 25 6 W 5
32 Sat, Mar 21, 1981 NCAA N Virginia ACC L 60 74 25 7 L 1