Years at BYU
1990-Present
Education
- B.A. in communications from BYU, 1986
- Master’s in exercise science from BYU, 1990
Previous at BYU
- Quarterback coach for the football team 1990-2003
Hometown
- Roseville, Calif.
Personal/Family
- Married to Karen, with three sons and three daughters
- Was BYU’s quarterback from 1983-1985
Career Highlights
- WAC Offensive Player of the Week 10/13/84, 10/20/84, 10/7/85
- Holiday Bowl Offensive MVP 1984
- Led Nation in Total Offense 1984
- Led WAC in Passing 1984
- Second-team UPI All-American 1984
- Third-team AP All-American 1984
- First-team All-WAC 1984
- WAC Offensive Player of the Year 1984
- Third in Heisman Trophy balloting 1984, 1985
- Honorable mention AP 1985
- UPI All-American 1985
- Second-team All-WAC 1985
- Third round NFL draft pick
Before BYU
- Won four letters in football and four in basketball
- Won three letters in golf
- Named all-league football, basketball and golf
- Named all-Northern California in football
- Recruited by Cal-Berkeley and San Diego State
After BYU
- Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round
- Played for the Packers for two years before a shoulder injury ended his career
- Became the quarterback coach at BYU from 1990-03
- Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 1995
- Currently the Director of Varsity Club in the BYU athletic department
Stats
|
YEAR |
GMS |
COMP |
ATT |
INT |
PCT |
YDS |
TD |
LONG |
AVG/G |
|
1983 |
6 |
17 |
28 |
1 |
60.7 |
252 |
3 |
64 |
42 |
|
1984 |
12 |
282 |
458 |
11 |
61.8 |
3,875 |
33 |
63 |
322.9 |
|
1985 |
13 |
338 |
511 |
24 |
66.1 |
4,273 |
30 |
89 |
374.8 |
|
TOTAL |
31 |
638 |
997 |
36 |
64 |
8,400 |
66 |
89 |
271 |
Quarterback
| Career | Passing | Receiving | Rushing | Sacked | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | COMP | ATT | YDS | Y/A | PCT | LNG | INT | TD | EFFIC | REC | YDS | Y/R | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | Y/A | LNG | TD | NO | YDS | NO | LOST |
| 1985 | 13 | 347 | 540 | 4268 | 7.90 | 0.64 | 89 | 28 | 28 | 137.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | -157 | -2.34 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 275 | 8 | 5 |
| 1984 | 13 | 313 | 500 | 4218 | 8.44 | 0.63 | 63 | 14 | 35 | 150.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 75 | 0.82 | 33 | 2 | 27 | 198 | 11 | 5 |
| 1983 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 252 | 9.00 | 0.61 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 164.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -26 | -2.60 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS: | 32 | 677 | 1068 | 8738 | 8.18 | 0.63 | 89 | 43 | 66 | 144.46 | - | - | - | - | - | 168 | -108 | -0.64 | 33 | 4 | 58 | 499 | 19 | 10 |
Offensive
| Career | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | REC | YDS | Y/R | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | Y/A | LNG | TD | NO | LOST |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | -157 | -2.34 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 75 | 0.82 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -26 | -2.60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS: | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 168 | -108 | -0.64 | 33 | 4 | 19 | 10 |
Offensive Line
| Career | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | GS |
| 1985 | 13 | 13 |
| 1984 | 13 | 13 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| TOTALS: | 32 | 26 |
1995 BYU Hall of Fame
Robbie Bosco was the BYU starting quarterback from 1984-85 and led BYU to its first and only National Football Championship in 1984.
Bosco became the first member of that 1984 team inducted into the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame.
In his two years as a starter for the Cougars, "The Rocket from Roseville" compiled a 24-3 record, breaking nine NCAA records and tying another. Among the most impressive of Bosco's accomplishments as he rewrote the NCAA record book were his 8,148 passing yards over two seasons and the 338 passes he completed in 1985.
The crowning performance of Bosco's career came in 1984 at Holiday Bowl VII; the game featured a gimp-legged Bosco, fuming Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, and two BYU fourth-quarter touchdown drives that staked the Cougars' claim to the national championship. After the first non-New Year's Day bowl game ever to determine the nation's number one team, the Cougars were 13-0. And the 1984 season ended much as it began, with an aching Bosco lying flat on the airplane floor, just as he had on the flight home from Pittsburgh after BYU upset the then third-ranked Pitt Panthers, 20-14.
No other season has been more chronicled than 1984, with Bosco trying to live up to the just-completed legends of All-Americans Steve Young and Gordon Hudson. In 1984 and 1985 Bosco emerged from the shadows and took his place among BYU gridiron greats; he was selected All-America by Associated Press, United Press International, The Football News, and The Sporting News during his junior and senior years. The 1984 WAC Player of the Year, Bosco finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting in both 1984 and 1985.
At least two of Bosco's 66 career touchdown passes are indelibly etched in the memory of every loyal Cougar fan - the 50-yarder to Adam Haysbert that beat Pitt and the 13-yarder to Kelly Smith with 1:23 remaining against Michigan - but there were numerous others to David Mills, Glen Kozlowski, Mark Bellini, and Lakei Heimuli.
Bosco opened his senior season by guiding BYU to a 28-14 victory over Boston College in the annual Kickoff Classic. The Cougars went on to an unprecedented tenth consecutive WAC Championship and an 11-3 record; the three losses during Robbie Bosco's starting career (UCLA, UTEP, and Ohio State) were by a total of 13 points.
Green Bay's third-round draft pick, Bosco played two years for the Packers before his NFL career was shortened by a shoulder injury. He served as the BYU quarterback coach from 1990-03 and served as the varsity club director and the interim head coach for the women’s golf team.
Among BYU's great quarterbacks, Robbie Bosco will always be remembered as the one who brought the national championship home to Provo.