They weren’t perfect, but BYU’s defense played well enough to win, despite the 29-7 loss. If you had told me that the Cougar defense would get six tackles for a loss, four sacks, five field goal attempts, and hold them to six total points in three of their five Red Zone attempts, I would have loved BYU’s chances. They did all of that, and still lost by 22.
That tells me they battled, but were worn down without help from their offense. The Cougar defense held Texas Tech to 368 total yards, which wasn’t terribly beyond their average of 318.