1972 BYU Cougars football team
American college football season
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The 1972 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) for the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. It was their first year under head coach LaVell Edwards and the Cougars finished over .500 for the first time since 1969.
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record7–4 (5–2 WAC)
Headcoach
- LaVell Edwards (1st season)
OffensivecoordinatorDave Kragthorpe (3rd season)
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (5–2 WAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dave Kragthorpe (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | West Coast |
| Defensive coordinator | Dick Felt (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | Kansas State* | W 32–9 | 31,753 | [1] | ||
| September 23 | Utah State* |
| L 19–42 | 35,239 | [2] | |
| September 30 | at Oregon State* | L 3–29 | 20,065 | [3] | ||
| October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | at Long Beach State* | W 38–27 | 11,529 | [4] | |
| October 14 | UTEP |
| W 21–14 | 31,176 | [5] | |
| October 21 | No. 19 Arizona State |
| L 17–49 | 23,561 | [6] | |
| October 28 | at Colorado State | W 44–8 | 18,972 | [7] | ||
| November 4 | Wyoming |
| W 33–14 | 22,373 | [8] | |
| November 11 | at Arizona | L 7–21 | 26,500 | [9] | ||
| November 18 | Utah | W 16–7 | 24,917 | [10] | ||
| November 25 | at New Mexico | W 21–7 | 9,490 | [11] | ||
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Preseason
Defensive coordinator LaVell Edwards was promoted to head coach in January to take over for the departed Tommy Hudspeth,[13] 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.[14]
Game summaries
Kansas State
Pete Van Valkenburg rushed for 164 yards on 16 carries, scored on a 59-yard run in the first quarter and set up Dave Terry for BYU's second touchdown. Keith Brumley's 37-yard field goal was Kansas State's only points through the first three quarters. Henry Childs caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from Dennis Morrison three minutes into the final quarter for Kansas State.
Utah State
At Oregon State
At Long Beach State
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| BYU | 0 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| Long Beach State | 14 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
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UTEP
Arizona State
At Colorado State
Wyoming
At Arizona
At Utah
BYU Cougars (5–4) at Utah Utes (5–4)
at Robert Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Date: November 18, 1972
- Game weather: Overcast, 47 °F (8 °C)
- Game attendance: 24,917
- Box Score
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BYU's first win versus Utah since 1967
At New Mexico
Personnel
Roster
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Starters
Offense
| POS | Name | Name |
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| QB | Dave Terry | |
| TB | Pete Van Valkenburg | |
| FB | Steve Stratton | Wayne Bower |
| WR | Logan Hunter | |
| WR | John Betham | |
| TE | Dennis Doman | Mike Pistorius |
| T | Craig Denny | |
| G | Paul Howard | |
| C | Joe Bailey | |
| G | John Monahan | |
| T | Steve Price | Dave Brooks |
Defense
| POS | Name | Name |
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| DL | Ed Rozeski | |
| DL | Paul Linford | |
| DL | Grant Wells | Wayne Baker |
| DL | Orrin Olsen | Bob Larsen |
| LB | Ron Tree | |
| LB | Larry Carr | Kahili Hunt |
| LB | Phil Jensen | Mike Preston |
| DB | George Gourley | Bennie Smith |
| DB | Dave Atkinson | |
| DB | Craig Compton | |
| DB | Dan Hansen |
Statistics
Passing
| Player | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT |
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| Bill August | 69 | 144 | 891 | 5 | 5 |
| Dave Terry | 62 | 122 | 742 | 2 | 10 |
| Pete Van Valkenburg | 2 | 5 | 32 | 1 | |
| John Betham | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yards | TD |
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| Pete Van Valkenburg | 232 | 1,386 | 12 |
| Steve Stratton | 78 | 328 | 3 |
| Wayne Bower | 43 | 271 | 1 |
| Dan Taylor | 46 | 161 | 1 |
| Dave Terry | 61 | 120 | 2 |
| Gil Gillenwater | 3 | 56 | |
| Bill August | 50 | 22 | |
| Bryce Johnson | 1 | 0 | |
| John Betham | 4 | -15 | |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Yards | TD |
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| Logan Hunter | 49 | 555 | 2 |
| John Betham | 19 | 345 | 2 |
| Mike Pistorius | 16 | 314 | 2 |
| Pete Van Valkenburg | 10 | 98 | 1 |
| Lynn Zwahlen | 5 | 95 | 1 |
| Jay Miller | 6 | 30 | |
| Dennis Doman | 7 | 59 | |
| Steve Stratton | 8 | 55 | |
| Dan Taylor | 4 | 45 | |
| Wayne Bower | 4 | 36 | |
| Dave Affleck | 3 | 15 | |
| Dave Terry | 1 | 10 | |
| Bryce Johnson | 1 | 8 | |