The 2025 season provided plenty of memorable moments for BYU football fans.
Now, there are numbers to back it up.
On Thursday, BYU released its 2025 BYU Football Impact Report, which covered last season’s TV viewership, attendance, on-field performances and even concessions.
Here are 10 numbers from the report that illustrate the 2025 BYU football season.
8.99 million
In 2024, BYU played in the most-watched college football bowl game outside the College Football Playoff with 8 million viewers watching BYU defeat Colorado 36-14 in the Valero Alamo Bowl.
It was BYU’s most-watched game.
The Cougars eclipsed that number twice in 2025 — first in the Big 12 Championship game (8.99 million) and then in the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl (8.7 million).
85,519
Over 85,000 fans filled AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, to watch BYU’s rematch against Texas Tech in the Big 12 championship game — 85,519, to be exact.
That’s almost 30,000 more fans in attendance than the 2024 Big 12 championship game between Arizona State and Iowa State, according to the report.
80,000
One of the greatest stories of the 2025 BYU football season came off the field as fans tried to provide hope after tragic accidents.
A few weeks before BYU and Texas Tech played each other for the first time last season, Maddie Ortiz, the wife of Texas Tech’s team barber Ivan Ortiz, was critically injured in a car accident.
BYU fans found the Ortiz family’s GoFundMe, and within a day, the donations went from $6,000 to $63,000, as the Deseret News previously reported. That number then jumped to $80,000 later that day, according to the report.
As of Tuesday, Feb. 3, nearly $195,000 was raised for the Ortiz family, well beyond the fundraiser’s initial goal of $25,000.
Texas Tech fans repaid the favor before the Big 12 championship game by donating to the fundraiser for Gavin and Katie Cornia, who were also involved in a severe car accident.
Katie Cornia was airlifted to the hospital but Gavin Cornia, a devoted BYU fan, died at the scene. Texas Tech fans helped raise over $110,000 for Katie Cornia, per the report.
70,143
In 2025, BYU sold 70,143 of its iconic Cougar Tails at BYU football games.
All lined up, that’s equal to “going from sea level to the top of Mount Timpanogos eight times,” according to the report.
BYU also sold its millionth overall Cougar Tail last season.
63,789
The 2025 season was BYU’s highest attended on average in over 15 years, per the report. An average of 63,789 fans attended games at LaVell Edwards Stadium in 2025.
The 2025 season had five sellouts, and attendance exceeded 64,000 for four games.
26,500
BYU fans’ charitable giving continued through the Cougs Care tailgates at road games.
The 2025 season saw 26,500 BYU alumni and fans team up to donate over “32,000 pounds of food, 8,000 books, $5,000 in monetary donations and hundreds of coats and pairs of shoes,” according to the report.
118
BYU kicker Will Ferrin led the Big 12 with 118 points scored, ranking 10th in the country.
Ferrin also led the Big 12 and tied for eighth in the country with 23 made field goals.
15
BYU freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier was the 15th quarterback in school history to have a 3,000-yard passing season.
Bachmeier’s 2025 season was also the 26th season a BYU quarterback threw for 3,000 yards. Bachmeier is the second BYU true freshman to do so.
He was one of 37 FBS quarterbacks with 3,000 passing yards and one of 28 with 3,500 yards from scrimmage. Out of those 28 quarterbacks, Bachmeier was the only true freshman.
Bachmeier also set the record for rushing scores by a BYU quarterback with 11.
5
BYU cornerback Evan Johnson’s five interceptions led the Big 12 in a three-way tie for most with TCU’s Jamel Johnson and Texas Tech’s Brice Pollock.
Johnson was one of 22 players in the country with at least five interceptions last season.
3
Three BYU games were selected as the site for national pregame shows in 2025, almost doubling the number of BYU games selected historically and bumping the total to seven.
Last season, BYU hosted “Big Noon Kickoff” for the second-straight year. It was featured on the show again when the Cougars traveled to Cincinnati to face the Bearcats.
Then in November, ESPN College GameDay went to Lubbock, Texas, for Texas Tech’s game against BYU.
Prior to the 2024 season, the last BYU game selected for a national pregame show was in 2020 at Coastal Carolina, per the report.
The full 2025 BYU Football Impact Report is available online.