PROVO, Utah — So much for that inexperienced defense holding back BYU. No. 14 BYU earned its second straight shutout, beating Wyoming 44-0 on Saturday and extending the nation’s longest winning streak to 14 games.
The Cougars (4-0, 1-0 Mountain West) forced six turnovers and returned two of them for touchdowns.
“If they keep playing like that, with the aggressiveness and the hard hitting and the passion that they’re playing with right now, good luck to the other teams’ offenses,” said Max Hall, who threw for three touchdowns before getting to rest in the fourth quarter for the second straight week.
BYU was coming off a 59-0 win over UCLA and has consecutive shutouts for the first time in 23 years. BYU last held two straight opponents scoreless in 1985, beating Wyoming 59-0 and Utah State 44-0 — identical scores to the 2008 shutouts.
The Cougars, who have won 15 straight at home and 17 in a row in the MWC, are off until visiting Utah State on Oct. 3.
Hall finished 16-for-27 for 189 yards with no interceptions and Austin Collie had two catches for touchdowns.
Devin Moore ran 14 times for 97 yards and Dax Crum was 15-for-28 for 119 yards for Wyoming (2-2, 0-2), which hasn’t won in Provo since 1987. The Cowboys fumbled four times, losing three, and had three passes intercepted in their first road game of the season.
