Illustration of Gifford Nielsen wearing the BYU Cougars uniform

Gifford Nielsen

BYU

Career Stats

SeasonTMGPCMPATTPCTATT/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%LNGSCKSCKYRUSH YDSRUSH TDFUMLOST
1975
BYU
11
110
180
61.1
16.4
1,471
8.2
133.7
10
7
140.3
5.6
3.9
-144
2
1976
BYU
11
207
372
55.6
33.8
3,192
8.6
290.2
29
19
143.2
7.8
5.1
-273
1
1977
BYU
11
98
156
62.8
14.2
1,167
7.5
106.1
16
3
155.7
10.3
1.9
-25
0
Total3341570858.621.55,8308.2176.75529145.27.84.1-4423

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Team Rankings

PPG

33.4

33rd

OPP PPG

17.5

14th

RUSH YDS/G

201.5

23rd

PASS YDS/G

213.2

101st

2025 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7-1
10-1
2
BYU BYU
7-1
10-1
3
Utah Utah
6-2
9-2
4
Arizona State Arizona State
6-2
8-3
5
Houston Houston
5-3
8-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/29
UCF UCF
@
BYU BYU
1:00 PM
Last Game
BYU BYU

10 - 1

26

Final

14

Sat 22 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
11
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
11
0
1.000
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
10
1
.909
2
Tulane Tulane
9
2
.818
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
9
2
.818
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
2
9
.182
2
Washington State Washington State
5
6
.455
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
San Diego State San Diego State
9
2
.818
2
Boise State Boise State
7
4
.636
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
11
0
1.000
2
Georgia Georgia
10
1
.909
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
10
1
.909
2
BYU BYU
10
1
.909
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
9
2
.818
2
Virginia Virginia
9
2
.818
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
8
4
.667
2
Central Michigan Central Michigan
7
4
.636
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
7
4
.636
2
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
8
3
.727
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
10
1
.909
2
Old Dominion Old Dominion
8
3
.727

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/31
MIA MIA
@
SMU SMU
20-26
Fri
10/31
VAN VAN
@
TEX TEX
31-34
Fri
10/31
ARMY ARMY
@
AFA AFA
20-17
Fri
10/31
DUKE DUKE
@
CLEM CLEM
46-45
Fri
10/31
ECU ECU
@
TEM TEM
45-14

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/27
NAVY NAVY
@
MEM MEM
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
IOWA IOWA
@
NEB NEB
12:00 PM
Fri
11/28
OHIO OHIO
@
BUFF BUFF
12:00 PM
Fri
11/28
UTAH UTAH
@
KU KU
12:00 PM
Fri
11/28
KENT KENT
@
NIU NIU
12:00 PM