1967 - Dave Allphin had a 22-yard interception return for a touchdown against San Jose State.
The biggest moments and achievements for BYU Cougars defensive lineman.
1969 - Jeff Slipp made an astounding 32 tackles for loss to finish his BYU career with 51 TFL.
1970 - Four Cougar defensive linemen crack the century mark in tackles.
Ted Nelson (led team): 173
Gerald Meyer: 121
Joe Liljenquist: 118
Mike Jacobsen: 106
1971 - Paul Howard (photo) had 111 tackles.
Ray Crandall had 121 tackles.
1972 - Paul Linford is named WAC Newcomer of the Year.
1973 - Paul Linford has 16 quarterback hurries.
1974 - Stan Varner sets school record with 14 sacks in a season.
Wayne Baker adds 10 sacks, and is named Second Team All-American (NEA).
1975 - Bill Rice (photo) makes 128 tackles.
Mekeli Iremia also tops the century mark in tackles (110), as does Stan Varner (103).
1976 - Mekeli Iremia sets school record with 17 sacks in the season.
Bill Rice makes 113 tackles, 13 sacks, and 21 quarterback hurries.
1977 - Mat Mendenhall has 11 sacks and 24 quarterback hurries.
Ross Varner leads the team with 28 QBH.
Gary Peterson also tops 20 QBH with 21.
Mekeli Iremia finishes his career with 257 tackles, 27 sacks, and 42 quarterback hurries.
1978 - Ross Varner finishes his BYU career with 45 quarterback hurries.
1980 - Brad Anae returns an interception 45 yards for a touchdown against Colorado State.
Anae has 30 quarterback hurries on the season.
Glen Titensor has 13 sacks and 38 QBH. He finishes his BYU career with 57 QBH.
1981 - Brandon Flint logs 13 sacks.
Brad Anae finishes his career with 21 sacks and 51 quarterback hurries.
1982 - Chuck Ehin finishes his career with 21 sacks.
Mike Morgan finishes his career with 22 sacks 46 quarterback hurries, 21 of which came during the 1982 season.
Brandon Flint adds 21 QBH of his own.
1983 - BYU has a trio of defensive linemen post "double-doubles" (10 or more sacks and quarterback hurries).
Brad Smith (76) - 10 sacks, 23 QBH
Jim Herrmann - 16 sacks, 46 QBH
Brandon Flint - 12 sacks, 31 QBH
Flint's career totals are 33 sacks (school record) and 65 QBH.
1984 - Larry Hamilton (79) has 25 quarterback hurries.
Jim Herrmann (92) leads team with 29 QBH. He finishes his Cougar career with 26 sacks and 78 QBH.
1985 - Jason Buck has 11.5 sacks and 27 quarterback hurries.
1986 - Jason Buck wins the Outland Trophy. His season stats are: 59 tackles, 12.5 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 17 quarterback hurries.
Buck ties school record with four sacks in a game (Oregon State). He finishes his BYU career with 24 sacks.
Buck is a consensus First-Team All-American.
Fellow defensive lineman Shawn Knight finishes the season with 16 sacks, and 22.5 career sacks.
1990 - Rich Kaufusi makes a game-changing 4th Down stop against No. 1 ranked Miami to set up BYU's game-winning touchdown.
Kaufusi has 20 quarterback hurries on the season.
1991 - As a freshman, Randy Brock has 22 quarterback hurries.
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