<Tr> <Th> Marching band </Th> <Td> The Power of the Wasatch </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.byucougars.com </Td> </Tr> <P> The BYU Cougars football team is the college football program representing Brigham Young University (BYU), a private university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints (LDS Church) and located in Provo, Utah . The Cougars began collegiate football competition in 1922, and have won 23 conference championships and one national championship in 1984 . The team has competed in several different athletic conferences during its history, but since July 1, 2011, it has competed as an Independent . The team plays home games at the 63,470 - seat LaVell Edwards Stadium, which is named after legendary head coach LaVell Edwards . Edwards won 20 conference championships, seven bowl games, and one national championship (1984) while coaching at BYU, and is regarded as the most successful coach in BYU program history . </P> <P> BYU traces its football roots back to the late 19th century . Benjamin Cluff became the third principal of Brigham Young Academy (the precursor to BYU) in 1892 (the school was converted into a university in 1903) and was influenced by his collegiate studies at the University of Michigan to bring athletic competition to Brigham Young . The first BYU football team in 1896 played the University of Utah (winning 12--4), the Elks, the Crescents, the YMCA of Salt Lake City, the Wheel Club of Denver, and Westminster College; and it ultimately won the championship . In its second year of competition, the BYA football team won the championship too, but as a result of an accidental football - related death in Utah in 1900, football was banned from all LDS Church schools until 1919 . </P>

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