BYU Adds Home Game Against Louisiana Tech On General Conference Weekend
Sep 14, 2020, 1:05 PM | Updated: 1:06 pm
BATON ROUGE, LA - SEPTEMBER 22: Adrian Hardy #6 of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs celebrates a touchdown during the first half against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
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PROVO, Utah – BYU football is not slowing down in trying to piece together a full 12-game schedule for the 2020 season. The Cougars added another game on Monday in adding the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs from Conference-USA.
#BYU and Louisiana Tech will face off in Provo on Friday, October 2nd. #BYUFOOTBALL #GoCougs
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The game is on the schedule for Friday, October 2nd, at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo. A traditional spot for BYU to play games as it leads into the weekend of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Conference the following two days.
“We are fortunate that LA Tech had an open date on its schedule which provided an opportunity for them to travel to Provo,” said BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe. “We look forward to the matchup with the Bulldogs who are coming off a 10-win season.”
Louisiana Tech added to BYU schedule
This matchup in 2020 will mark the first time the two programs have ever faced off against one another on the gridiron. That has been a theme for BYU’s schedule this season. Out of the nine opponents on the Cougars schedule, seven are first-time foes.
BYU and Louisiana Tech had a scheduling agreement in 2011 and were supposed to travel to Ruston when the Bulldogs were in the WAC. That game never came to fruition as BYU ended up playing TCU in Jerry’s World instead.
BYU Director of Athletics Tom Holmoe has announced a home game for the 2020 season against Louisiana Tech from Conference USA on Friday, Oct. 2 at LaVell Edwards Stadium.#BYUFOOTBALL #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/GW4B4PFzfR
— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) September 14, 2020
The 2020 contract came together after La Tech’s season opener at Baylor was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak on the Bulldogs roster during Hurricane Laura.
Adding BYU brings La Tech’s total number of games in 2020 to 11. BYU is now three more games away from a full 12-game schedule if they can reschedule the postponed matchup with Army West Point.
BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe wrote earlier this month that the Cougars could continue to add games throughout the 2020 season. With three more openings and teams bound to have more postponements amid the pandemic, BYU could benefit from some quality matchups.
At one point during the summer, BYU was down to two games. Slowly, the Cougars have built up a schedule. This revamped schedule with games added on the fly isn’t as challenging on paper as the original slate that featured six Power 5’s. But the work Holmoe and ESPN have done to add games has been impressive to this point.
BYU Football 2020 Schedule
September 7th – at Navy, Win – 55-3
September 26th – TROY
October 2nd – LOUISIANA TECH
October 10th – UTSA
October 16th – at Houston
October 24th – TEXAS STATE
October 31st – WESTERN KENTUCKY
November 21st – NORTH ALABAMA
TBD – at Army West Point
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (Saturday from 12-3 pm) on KSL Newsradio. Follow him on Twitter: @Mitch_Harper.
