Before LaVell Edwards was promoted to head coach, Brigham Young ran a slogging run-first offense that yielded mediocre or worse records.

Under Edwards, dizzying passing numbers became the norm, and college football fans stayed in front of their TVs late Saturday nights from the 1970s to ’90s to see just how many points the Cougars could score.

Edwards, the humble and devout Mormon who won 257 games at the Utah school over 29 seasons, died Thursday at 86. The school confirmed his death but disclosed no other details.

Edwards, who retired in 2000, had a record of 257-101-3, the seventh-most wins in FBS history. His teams won or shared 19 conference titles and played in 22 bowl games. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.

(25) SOUTH FLORIDA 46, SOUTH CAROLINA 39: Quinton Flowers ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more to lead South Florida (11-2) past South Carolina (6-7) in overtime in the Birmingham Bowl in Alabama.

(18) VIRGINIA TECH 35, ARKANSAS 24: Jerod Evans threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for two scores as Virginia Tech (10-4)pulled off the largest comeback in its 124-year history, erasing a 24-point halftime deficit to beat Arkansas (7-6) in the Belk Bowl at Charlotte, North Carolina.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MIT 82, BATES 52: Kara Holinski and Liana Ilutzi each had 12 points as the Engineers (8-2) handled the Bobcats (2-7) at Salem, Massachusetts.

Allie Coppola led Bates with a season-high 19 points and grabbed eight boards.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE 70, (2) NOTRE DAME 62: Dominique Wilson scored 18 points to help North Carolina State (11-3) upset Notre Dame (12-2) at Raleigh, North Carolina, snapping the Fighting Irish’s 35-game winning streak against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents.

(15) DUKE 69, (17) KENTUCKY 54: Lexie Brown hit four 3-pointers and scored 24 points, and Duke (12-1) used a 10-0 run to start the fourth quarter to beat Kentucky (9-4) at Durham, North Carolina, for the Blue Devils’ eighth straight win.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

ENDICOTT 73, SOUTHERN MAINE 62: Kamahl Walker had 18 of his 19 points in the first half as the Gulls (7-2) grabbed a 49-25 lead and held off the Huskies (4-6) at Salem, Massachusetts.

Zach Leal scored 25 points for USM, going 8 of 10 from the floor with eight rebounds, three assists and a pair of blocked shots. James Starks III chipped in with 15 points and nine boards.

BATES 111, FARMINGDALE STATE 88: The Bobcats (7-3) hit 9 of 13 first-half 3-pointers to build a 60-38 lead and cruise past the Rams (4-5) at New York.

WEDNESDAY’S MEN’S BASKETBALL

(21) OREGON 89, (2) UCLA 87: Dillon Brooks hit a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left to lift Oregon (12-2) over UCLA (13-1) in a Pac-12 opener at Eugene, Oregon.

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