 In fact, the Cougars won the conference championship every year except one from 1974 to 1985, including the national championship in 1984.However, the Cougars lost their first four bowl games.Their first post-season win came in the 1980 Holiday Bowl, which has become known as the "Miracle Bowl" since BYU was trailing SMU 45–25 with four minutes left in the game and then came back to win.