The 2017 season's largest margin: BYU 41, San José State 20. A 21-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for BYU. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Tanner MangumQB1,540 passing yards
- Joe CritchlowQB642 passing yards
- Squally CanadaRB710 rushing yards
- Ula TolutauRB303 rushing yards
- Austin KafentzisDB227 rushing yards
- Matt BushmanTE520 receiving yards
- Aleva HifoWR437 receiving yards
- Micah SimonWR386 receiving yards
- Fred WarnerLB87 tackles
- Sione TakitakiLB79 tackles
- Butch Pau'uLB74 tackles
- Corbin KaufusiDL6 sacks
- Khyiris TongaDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: BYU 6, Wisconsin 40. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Rise and Shout"
2017 sits in BYU's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.