In the legendary coaching career of BYU football icon LaVell Edwards, he managed to win just over half of his season-opening games. On the other hand, the last three Cougar head coaches have won over 82 percent of their first games.
This may seem to be an anomaly, and the first impression of that 82 percent figure is that BYU must have played a lot of Portland State type teams to start the seasons. However, the exact opposite is true. The predominant number of opponents have been Power 5 teams.
This streak of success started with coach Gary Crowton's first game in 2001, when the team led by Brandon Doman and Luke Staley put up 70 points on the Tulane Green Wave.