By Harry Cummins
On this week in history, 30 years ago, Brigham Young quarterback Ty Detmer threw for a career best 560 yards and 5 TD's to lead the Cougars to a 45-10 victory over Utah State. It was also the 23rd straight game with 300 or more passing yards for Detmer, an NCAA record.
For the game, BYU amassed 732 yards in total offense. A few weeks later, Detmer became the first BYU quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy, edging Notre Dame's all purpose running back Raghib"Rocket" Ismail and Colorado runnning back Eric Bieniemy.
Detmer set or tied 25 NCAA passing and total offense records during his career.
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