Ravell Call, Deseret News
Dave Lindstrom, left, and Dick Hill talk in Provo on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, about their days playing football for Brigham Young University. Lindstrom played from 1947-49 and from 1952-53. Hill played from 1947-51.
PROVO — BYU’s 2017 football season will go down as one of the worst in the school’s history — 1-7 and counting — but it could be worse. It has been worse. There was the 1949 season, which has largely been forgotten — and for good reason. The Cougars were 0-11, and that doesn’t even fully describe how bad it was.