1972 BYU Cougars football team

1972 BYU Cougars football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1972 record 74 (52 WAC)
Head coach LaVell Edwards (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Dave Kragthorpe
Home stadium Cougar 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 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) for the 1972 college football season. It was their first year under head coach LaVell Edwards and the Cougars finished over .500 for the first time since 1969.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 16 Kansas State* Cougar StadiumProvo, UT W 329   31,752
September 23 Utah State* Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Old Wagon Wheel) L 4219   35,239
September 30 at Oregon State* Parker StadiumCorvallis, OR L 293   20,065
October 7 8:00 p.m. at Long Beach State* Anaheim StadiumAnaheim, CA W 3827   11,500
October 14 UTEPdagger Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT W 2114   31,176
October 21 No. 19 Arizona State Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT L 4917   23,561
October 28 at Colorado State Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO W 448   18,972
November 4 Wyoming Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT W 3314   22,373
November 11 at Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ L 217   26,500
November 18 1:30 p.m. Utah Rice StadiumSalt Lake City, UT (Holy War) W 167   24,917
November 25 at New Mexico University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM W 217   9,490
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in local to gamesite.

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Preseason

Defensive coordinator LaVell Edwards was promoted to head coach in January to take over for the departed Tommy Hudspeth,[2] who ended up as the head coach at UTEP by season's end.

BYU was returning 28 players from the previous year but Golden Richards would not be one of them. Richards claimed it was because the Cougars were still a run-oriented offense while BYU and Edwards said it was because Richards had trouble keeping with his academics.[3]

Roster

BYU Cougars 1972 roster
Quarterbacks
  • 7 Bill August
  • 15 Brian Gunderson
  • 16 Mark Montgomery
  • 14 Terry McEwen
  • 13 Dave Terry

Tailbacks

  • 30 Paul Devine
  • Gil Gillenwater
  • 20 Bryce Johnson
  • 43 Dan Taylor
  • 28 Pete Van Valkenburg

Fullbacks

  • 34 Charlie Ah You
  • 36 Wayne Bower
  • 22 Dean Conway
  • 35 Steve Stratton

Wide Receivers

  • 9 Dave Affleck
  • 41 John Betham
  • 42 Dave Clark
  • 25 Logan Hunter
  • 90 Rick Powell
  • 22 Lynn Zwahlen

Tight Ends

  • 80 Dennis Doman
  • 89 Mike Pistorius
Offensive Linemen
  • 61 Joe Bailey C
  • 79 Dave Brooks T
  • 64 Bill Critchfield T
  • 62 Craig Denny T
  • 68 Harold Farnsworth G
  • 56 Paul Gustavson C
  • 78 Paul Howard G
  • 76 Val Miller G
  • 71 John Monahan G
  • 70 Paul Muklewicz T
  • 66 Doug Maughan
  • 53 Ken Peterson T
  • 65 Steve Price T
  • 59 Sid Smith C

Defensive Lineman

  • 85 Joel Adams DE
  • 72 Wayne Baker DT
  • 58 Conrad Cole DE
  • 86 Lloyd Fairbanks DE
  • 87 Bob Larsen DE
  • 74 Paul Linford DT
  • 60 Wally Molifua DT
  • 46 Roy Robbins DE
  • 88 Ed Rozeski DE
  • 63 Julian Smilowitz DT
  • 73 Stan Varner DE
  • 77 Grant Wells DT
Linebackers
  • 45 Doug Adams
  • 50 Mike Preston
  • 69 Jerry Burke
  • 67 Larry Carr
  • 54 Steve Draeger
  • 84 Greg Dunn
  • 52 Kahlili Hunt
  • 57 Larry Nelson
  • 83 Orrin Olsen
  • 37 Karl Rogoff
  • 51 Scott Stapley
  • 32 Ron Tree

Defensive Backs

  • 8 Dave Atkinson LCB
  • 18 Stan Call LCB
  • 44 Craig Crompton SS
  • 17 Fred EchoHawk SS
  • 24 Tom EchoHawk WS
  • 12 Mike Epperson
  • 33 George Gourley SS
  • 31 Reed Gempler RCB
  • 11 Dan Hansen WS
  • 26 Paul Karaica LCB
  • 5 Bennie Smith RCB
  • 23 Von Wells SS

Special Teams

  • 14 Doug Coon P
  • 19 Dennis Olsen K

Starters

Offense

POS Name Name
QBDave Terry
TBPete Van Valkenburg
FBSteve StrattonWayne Bower
WRLogan Hunter
WRJohn Betham
TEDennis DomanMike Pistorius
TCraig Denny
GPaul Howard
CJoe Bailey
GJohn Monahan
TSteve PriceDave Brooks

Defense

POS Name Name
DLEd Rozeski
DLPaul Linford
DLGrant WellsWayne Baker
DLOrrin OlsenBob Larsen
LBRon Tree
LBLarry CarrKahili Hunt
LBPhil JensenMike Preston
DBGeorge GourleyBennie Smith
DBDave Atkinson
DBCraig Compton
DBDan Hansen

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Coaching staff

BYU Cougars 1972 staff

Head Coach: LaVell Edwards

Offensive Coaches

Defensive Coaches

JV Coordinator: Mel Olson

Assistant:Jim Criner

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Results

Long Beach State

1 2 34Total
BYU 0 10 141438
Long Beach State 14 6 0727

at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. PDT
  • Game attendance: 11,500
  • Box Score

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Bill August6914489155
Dave Terry62122742210
Pete Van Valkenburg25321
John Betham01

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsTD
Pete Van Valkenburg2321,38612
Steve Stratton783283
Wayne Bower432711
Dan Taylor461611
Dave Terry611202
Gil Gillenwater356
Bill August5022
Bryce Johnson10
John Betham4-15

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsTD
Logan Hunter495552
John Betham193452
Mike Pistorius163142
Pete Van Valkenburg10981
Lynn Zwahlen5951
Jay Miller630
Dennis Doman759
Steve Stratton855
Dan Taylor445
Wayne Bower436
Dave Affleck315
Dave Terry110
Bryce Johnson18

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Awards

All-WAC: Dave Atkinson, Dan Hansen, Paul Howard, Paul Linford, Ron Tree, Pete Van Valkenburg [2]

WAC Coach of the Year: LaVell Edwards [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 1972 Football season - CougarStats
  2. 1 2 2010 BYU football media guide
  3. Sports Illustrated, 11 Sept 1972
  4. Broyles, Bob and Paul Guido. 50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport.
  5. The Deseret News. 20 November 2010
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