1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football
WAC champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 49–35 vs. Missouri
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
AP No. 13
1972 record 10–2 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach Frank Kush (15th season)
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
1972 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Arizona State $ 5 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
BYU 5 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Utah 5 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
Arizona 4 –3 –0  4 –7 –0
Wyoming 3 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
New Mexico 2 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
Colorado State 1 –4 –0  1 –10 –0
UTEP 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1972 college football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 at Houston* Robertson Stadium • Houston W 33–28    
September 23 Kansas State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona W 56–14    
September 30 at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming L 45–43    
October 7 Oregon State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona W 38–7    
October 14 Utah Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona W 59–48    
October 21 at BYU Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah W 42–17   23,561[1]
October 28 Air Force* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona L 39–31    
November 4 at UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas W 55–14    
November 11 New Mexicodagger Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona W 60–7    
November 18 San Jose State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona W 51–21    
November 25 at Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona (Territorial Cup) W 38–21    
December 23 vs. Missouri* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl) W 49–35   51,318[2]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. All times are in local to gamesite.

Depth chart

Captains: Larry Delbridge, Steve Matlock

Offense

POS Name
QBDanny White
HBWoody Green
FBBrent McClanahan
SEEd Beverly
WBSteve Holden
TEJoe Petty
LTSteve Gunther
LGJohn Houser
CRon Lou
RGSteve Matlock
RTEd Kindig

Defense

POS Name
LDELarry Shorty
LDTDeke Ballard
MGTim Hoban
RDTNeal Skarin
LLBBob Breunig
RLBLarry Delbridge
LCBReedy Hall
RCBPrentice McCray
WSWayne Bradley
SSRon Lumpkin
KJuan Cruz

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Coaching staff

Head coach: Frank Kush

Assistants: Don Baker (offensive backfield), Larry Kentera (DE/LB), Jerry Thompson (DL), Al Luginbill (DB), Joe McDonald (WR), Al Tanara (OL), Bill Kajikawa (freshman) [3]

Game summaries

Houston

1 234Total
• Arizona St 20 1003 33
Houston 14 0014 28

[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
AP 12 13 10 11 NR NR 19 16 NR 19 18 18 15 13

[5]

1972 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1973 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Steve HoldenWide receiver116Cleveland Browns
Brent McClanahanRunning back5118Minnesota Vikings
Ed BeverlyWide receiver5122San Francisco 49ers
Prentice McCrayDefensive back8200Detroit Lions
Ron LouCenter14339Houston Oilers
Ron Lumpkin Defensive back 12 303 New York Giants

[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1972 Football season – CougarStats
  2. ↑ Fiesta Bowl website
  3. 1 2 2010 Arizona State football media guide
  4. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1972 September 17
  5. ↑ CFRC.net. Retrieved 2016-Jan-10.
  6. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1973.htm
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