Illustration of Gifford Nielsen wearing the BYU Cougars uniform

Gifford Nielsen

BYU
QB
Position
#14
Number
1977
62.8%
Comp Pct
1,167
Pass Yds
16
Pass TD
7.5
Yds/Pass
155.7
Rating
11
Games
-25
Rush Yds
0
Rush TD
3
Int
-
Sacked
Career
58.6%
Comp Pct
5,830
Pass Yds
55
Pass TD
8.2
Yds/Pass
145.2
Rating
33
Games
-442
Rush Yds
3
Rush TD
29
Int
-
Sacked

Summary

Gifford Nielsen played 3 seasons for BYU. He threw for 5,830 yards and 55 touchdowns.

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,750

Bachmeier

Bear Bachmeier

RUSH

344

Martin

LJ Martin

REC

585

Glasker

Legend Glasker
Team Rankings

PPG

32.4

44th

OPP PPG

18.8

29th

RUSH YDS/G

175.4

54th

PASS YDS/G

222.5

90th

2026 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
1
Utah Utah
5-0
8-0
2
BYU BYU
4-1
7-1
3
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4-1
7-1
4
Houston Houston
3-2
6-2
5
Arizona Arizona
3-2
6-2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/7
BYU BYU
@
UTAH UTAH
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
BAY BAY
@
BYU BYU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/21
BYU BYU
@
KU KU
1:00 PM
Sat
11/28
CIN CIN
@
BYU BYU
1:00 PM
Last Game
ASU Arizona State

4 - 4

20

Final

27

BYU BYU

7 - 1

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Tayven Jackson
Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

Jahiem White

1,049

Riley

Dylan Riley

1,005

Roberts

Jamal Roberts
Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

Jesse Legree

1,067

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

1,027

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

25

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

25

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

Cale Hellums

16

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

14

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard
Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

Jesse Legree

13

Toney

Malachi Toney

13

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

Darian Mensah

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Marcus Stokes
Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

Tobi Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

Andrew Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

47.6

North Texas

43.8

Oklahoma State

41.1

Georgia

41.0

Notre Dame

40.4

Louisville

40.4
Opp PPG Rankings
New Mexico

11.9

North Dakota State

11.9

Indiana

12.4

Iowa

12.5

Notre Dame

13.4

UCLA

13.4
Total Yards Rankings
North Texas

540.5

Miami

534.9

Oklahoma State

529.6

Oregon State

517.4

Memphis

514.0

LSU

510.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

342.5

Air Force

341.0

Navy

295.8

Rice

271.4

West Virginia

261.6

Texas State

250.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

383.4

North Texas

348.9

Oklahoma State

338.8

Miami

332.4

Florida Atlantic

329.6

Arizona

324.1
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

35.0

LSU

34.0

Baylor

34.0

Indiana

32.0

San Jose State

31.0

Toledo

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
7
1
.875
2
Oregon State Oregon State
5
3
.625
3
San Diego State San Diego State
4
5
.444
4
Texas State Texas State
4
4
.500
5
Fresno State Fresno State
5
3
.625
6
Utah State Utah State
3
5
.375
7
Colorado State Colorado State
3
5
.375
8
Washington State Washington State
1
8
.111
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
8
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
1
.889
3
Ohio State Ohio State
6
2
.750
4
USC USC
7
2
.778
5
Illinois Illinois
5
3
.625
6
Minnesota Minnesota
5
3
.625
7
Iowa Iowa
6
2
.750
8
Oregon Oregon
5
3
.625
9
Northwestern Northwestern
6
2
.750
10
Wisconsin Wisconsin
5
3
.625
11
Washington Washington
5
3
.625
12
Michigan Michigan
5
3
.625
13
Nebraska Nebraska
5
3
.625
14
Purdue Purdue
3
5
.375
15
Penn State Penn State
4
4
.500
16
Rutgers Rutgers
2
6
.250
17
Maryland Maryland
2
6
.250
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
6
.250
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
7
1
.875
2
Kentucky Kentucky
7
1
.875
3
Alabama Alabama
6
2
.750
4
Ole Miss Ole Miss
6
2
.750
5
Texas Texas
6
2
.750
6
LSU LSU
6
2
.750
7
Missouri Missouri
6
2
.750
8
Tennessee Tennessee
6
2
.750
9
South Carolina South Carolina
5
3
.625
10
Florida Florida
5
3
.625
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
4
4
.500
12
Auburn Auburn
4
4
.500
13
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
4
.500
14
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
4
.500
15
Arkansas Arkansas
3
5
.375
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
5
.375
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
7
1
.875
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
6
2
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
4
4
.500
4
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
5
.375
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
4
4
.500
6
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
5
.375
7
Missouri State Missouri State
3
5
.375
8
Florida International Florida International
3
5
.375
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
2
6
.250
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
7
.125
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
6
2
.750
2
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
3
.625
3
South Alabama South Alabama
4
4
.500
4
James Madison James Madison
7
2
.778
5
Louisiana Louisiana
5
3
.625
6
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
4
4
.500
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
4
4
.500
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
3
5
.375
9
Troy Troy
4
4
.500
10
Georgia State Georgia State
4
4
.500
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
3
5
.375
12
Marshall Marshall
5
3
.625
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
1
7
.125
14
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
7
.222
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
8
0
1.000
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
7
1
.875
3
Louisville Louisville
5
3
.625
4
SMU SMU
6
2
.750
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
6
2
.750
6
Duke Duke
6
2
.750
7
Clemson Clemson
5
3
.625
8
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
6
3
.667
9
Boston College Boston College
4
4
.500
10
NC State NC State
4
4
.500
11
North Carolina North Carolina
4
4
.500
12
Virginia Virginia
4
5
.444
13
California California
3
6
.333
14
Syracuse Syracuse
4
4
.500
15
Stanford Stanford
4
5
.444
16
Florida State Florida State
3
5
.375
17
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
6
.250
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
7
1
.875
2
Wyoming Wyoming
5
3
.625
3
UNLV UNLV
5
3
.625
4
North Dakota State North Dakota State
7
2
.778
5
Air Force Air Force
6
2
.750
6
Nevada Nevada
3
5
.375
7
San Jose State San Jose State
4
5
.444
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
2
6
.250
9
UTEP UTEP
1
7
.125
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
8
.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
7
1
.875
2
UConn UConn
4
4
.500
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Ohio Ohio
7
2
.778
2
Toledo Toledo
7
2
.778
3
Western Michigan Western Michigan
6
3
.667
4
Buffalo Buffalo
6
3
.667
5
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
4
.556
6
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
6
.400
7
UMass UMass
5
4
.556
8
Kent State Kent State
3
6
.333
9
Ball State Ball State
3
6
.333
10
Central Michigan Central Michigan
4
5
.444
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
7
.222
12
Sacramento State Sacramento State
2
8
.200
13
Akron Akron
1
8
.111
American AthleticWLPCT
1
UTSA UTSA
7
1
.875
2
North Texas North Texas
6
2
.750
3
Memphis Memphis
7
2
.778
4
Army Army
5
3
.625
5
South Florida South Florida
6
2
.750
6
UAB UAB
4
4
.500
7
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
5
3
.625
8
East Carolina East Carolina
4
4
.500
9
Tulane Tulane
4
4
.500
10
Charlotte Charlotte
1
7
.125
11
Tulsa Tulsa
4
4
.500
12
Temple Temple
2
6
.250
13
Navy Navy
2
6
.250
14
Rice Rice
1
7
.125
Big 12WLPCT
1
Utah Utah
8
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
7
1
.875
3
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
4
Houston Houston
6
2
.750
5
Arizona Arizona
6
2
.750
6
Baylor Baylor
5
3
.625
7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
5
3
.625
8
West Virginia West Virginia
5
3
.625
9
Iowa State Iowa State
4
4
.500
10
UCF UCF
4
4
.500
11
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
3
.625
12
Arizona State Arizona State
4
4
.500
13
TCU TCU
4
4
.500
14
Colorado Colorado
3
5
.375
15
Kansas State Kansas State
4
4
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
3
5
.375

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/10
UNC UNC
@
PITT PITT
21-17
Sat
10/10
WAKE WAKE
@
NCST NCST
38-14
Sat
10/10
TULN TULN
@
ARMY ARMY
17-20
Sat
10/10
ODU ODU
@
APP APP
10-3
Sat
10/10
M-OH M-OH
@
MASS MASS
20-19

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/5
UTSA UTSA
@
FAU FAU
7:30 PM
Thu
11/5
JMU JMU
@
USM USM
8:00 PM
Fri
11/6
VT VT
@
SMU SMU
7:00 PM
Fri
11/6
USF USF
@
ECU ECU
7:30 PM
Fri
11/6
NEB NEB
@
ILL ILL
8:00 PM