Ty Detmer never liked ending a drive with a field goal. He was all about scoring touchdowns and his school-record 121 passing touchdowns may stand forever. But in Detmer’s first big game at BYU in the 1988 Freedom Bowl against Colorado , he needed his kicker to not only win the game, but to also solidify his job at quarterback the following season.
Jason Chaffetz ran onto the field and kicked a 31-yard field goal with 4:11 remaining in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 17-17. A few minutes later, after Detmer drove BYU to the Buffaloes’ 27-yard line, Chaffetz was called on again.
“I knew going out there that I was going to make it,” Chaffetz told the Deseret News last week. “When I first started kicking, I was a little nervous, but I got to the point with LaVell (Edwards) , we’d look at each other on the sideline. I’d give him the nod that I could make it, and he would send me in.”…