1973 BYU Cougars football team

1973 BYU Cougars football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
1973 record 5–6 (3–4 WAC)
Head coach LaVell Edwards (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Dave Kragthorpe
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
1973 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 Arizona State + 6 –1 –0  11 –1 –0
Arizona + 6 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
Utah 4 –2 –0  7 –5 –0
BYU 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
New Mexico 3 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Wyoming 3 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Colorado State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
UTEP 0 –7 –0  0 –11 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Cougars were led by second-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. The team competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference, finishing tied for fourth with a conference record of 3–4.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 15 Colorado State Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah L 13–21  
September 29 Oregon State* Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah W 37–14  
October 6 at Utah State* Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah (Beehive Boot) L 7–13  
October 13 Iowa State*dagger Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah L 24–26  
October 20 at No. 12 Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona L 12–52  
October 27 at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming L 21–41  
November 3 New Mexico Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah W 56–21  
November 10 Arizona Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah L 10–24  
November 17 Weber State* Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah W 45–14  
November 24 at Utah Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City (Holy War) W 46–22  
December 1 at UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, Texas W 63–0  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

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Game summaries

Utah

1 234Total
• BYU 3 27160 46
Utah 0 3613 22

The first half was played in a blinding snowstorm. Gary Sheide tied the WAC single-season touchdown record of 21 in the third quarter shared by Virgil Carter (1966) and Danny White (1972). It was the most points BYU had scored against Utah to date. [3]

Awards

  • All-WAC: DT Paul Linford (1st), SE Jay Miller (1st)

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References

  1. ↑ CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  2. ↑ CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ "BYU stops Utah in blinding snow." Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Nov 25.
  4. ↑ CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
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