The Cougars, led by head coach Bronco Mendenhall, played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

On Tuesday, January 15, BYU announced that two coaches had been hired as part of the new offensive staff for the 2013 season.

Garett Tujague was hired and Mark Atuaia was moved from the athletic director's office as the assistant to the AD over to the football coaching staff.

Roderick was to join the Cougars after 8 years of service at Utah, and it was believed that he would serve as the receivers coach.

[6] Less than 24 hours after accepting the position at BYU, Roderick changed his mind and decided to return to the Utes for the 2013 season.

[9] Sources: DeBeikes, England, Laulu-Pututau, Shumway, and Tapusoa served church missions right after graduation and did not join the BYU team until the 2015 season.

Sources: The following Cougars graduated, transferred, or chose to serve two-year church missions after the 2012 season and didn't return to the team in 2013.

Several expected starters, including QB Taysom Hill, who had not been cleared for full contact, were held out of the scrimmage.

BYU announced a 2-for-1 series with USC scheduled to begin in 2019, a 2015 affiliation with the Poinsettia Bowl, and the 3-year extension of head coach Bronco Mendenhall, pushing his contract through the 2016 season.

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Sideline Reporters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler BYU and Virginia entered into the game with both teams debuting new offenses and hoping for the best.

Bad news occurred for Cougar fans before game time as it was revealed Cody Hoffman had an ankle sprain and would be unable to play.

However viewers on DirecTV and Dish Network had no choice but to move to the next game as they couldn't put in territorial restrictions.

Dish Network was able to air the remainder of the game on Channel 147, an ESPN alternate station, but DirecTV fans were to go unhappy, unless they had internet access to ESPN3.

Virginia would score 12 unanswered points, culminating in a great toe drag by Darius Jennings to give the Cavaliers the lead.

[15] BYUtv Panel: Alema Harrington, Brian Logan, and David Nixon At first many fans thought the game would be a repeat of last week as a severe thunderstorm hit Provo at 4 p.m.. Kickoff was immediately postponed from 5:06 p.m. as a 55-minute warmup was still required for both teams.

For the second consecutive game Jamaal Williams would go over the century mark, and Paul Lasike would also add 86 rushing yards.

Hill's passing yardage was less than impressive (9–26 with 129 yards and 1 interception), but with the running lanes throughout BYU was able to dominate and shock the #15 ranked Longhorns.

Hadley would play the entire second half, getting some 3rd down conversion sacks and tackles that prevented the Yellow Jackets from rallying.

With his first reception of the game, Cody Hoffman became the all-time leading receiver in BYU history, surpassing TE Dennis Pitta.