1972 BYU Cougars football team

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1972 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record7–4 (5–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Kragthorpe (3rd season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorDick Felt (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Kansas State*
W 32–931,752
September 23Utah State*
L 42–1935,239
September 30at Oregon State*
L 29–320,065
October 78:00 p.m.at Long Beach State*
W 38–2711,500
October 14UTEPdagger
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 21–1431,176
October 21No. 19 Arizona State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 49–1723,561
October 28at
Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
    		• W 44–818,972[1]
    November 4Wyoming
    • Cougar Stadium
    • Provo, UT
    		W 33–1422,373
    November 11at Arizona
    		L 21–726,500
    November 181:30 p.m.Utah
    		W 16–724,917
    November 25at New Mexico
    		W 21–79,490

    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]

    Personnel

    1972 BYU Cougars football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    WR 9 Dave Affleck
    FB 34 Charlie Ah You
    QB 7 Bill August
    C 61 Joe Bailey
    WR 41 John Betham
    FB 36 Wayne Bower
    OT 79 Dave Brooks
    WR 42 Dave Clark
    FB 22 Dean Conway
    OT 64 Bill Critchfield
    OT 62 Craig Denny
    RB 36 Paul Devine
    TE 80 Dennis Dorman
    G 68 Harold Farnsworth
    RB Gil Gillenwater
    QB 15 Brian Gunderson
    C 56 Paul Gustavson
    G 78 Paul Howard
    WR 25 Logan Hunter
    RB 20 Bryce Johnson
    OL 66 Doug Maughan
    QB 14 Terry McEwen
    G 76 Val Miller
    G 71 John Monahan
    QB 16 Mark Montgomery
    OT 70 Paul Muklewicz
    OT 53 Ken Peterson
    TE 89 Mike Pistorius
    OT 65 Steve Price
    WR 90 Rick Powell
    C 59 Sid Smith
    FB 35 Steve Stratton
    RB 43 Dan Taylor
    QB 13 Dave Terry
    RB 28 Pete Van Valkenburg
    WR 22 Lynn Zwahlen
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DE 85 Joel Adams
    LB 45 Doug Adams
    CB Dave Atkinson
    DT 72 Wayne Baker
    LB 69 Jerry Burke
    CB 18 Stan Call
    LB 67 Larry Carr
    DE 58 Conrad Cole
    S 44 Craig Crompton
    LB 54 Steve Draeger
    LB 84 Greg Dunn
    S 17 Fred EchoHawk
    S 24 Tom EchoHawk
    DB 12 Mike Epperson
    DE 56 Lloyd Fairbanks
    CB 31 Reed Gempler
    S 33 George Gourley
    S 11 Dan Hansen
    LB 52 Kahlili Hunt
    LB 34 Phil Jensen Fr
    CB 26 Paul Karaica
    DE 87 Bob Larsen
    DT 74 Paul Linford
    DT 60 Wally Molifua
    LB 57 Larry Nelson
    DL 83 Orrin Olsen
    LB 50 Mike Preston
    DE 46 Roy Robbins
    LB 37 Karl Rogoff
    DE 88 Ed Rozeski
    DT 63 Julian Smilowitz
    DB 5 Bennie Smith
    LB 51 Scott Stapley
    LB 32 Ron Tree
    DE 73 Stan Varner
    DT 77 Grant Wells
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    		 14 Doug Coon
    K 19 Dennis Olsen
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Starters

    Offense

    POS Name Name
    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
    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

    [4]

    Season summary

    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.

    [5]

    Utah State

    At Oregon State


    At Long Beach State

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

    at

    Anaheim, CA

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


    UTEP


    Arizona State


    At Colorado State


    Wyoming


    At Arizona


    At Utah

    BYU Cougars (5–4) at Utah Utes (5–4)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    BYU 7 2 0716
    Utah 0 0 707

    at

    Salt Lake City, Utah

    • Date: November 18, 1972
    • Game weather: Overcast, 47 °F (8 °C)
    • Game attendance: 24,917
    • Box Score
    Game information

    BYU's first win versus Utah since 1967

    At New Mexico


    Statistics

    Passing

    Player Comp Att Yards TD INT
    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
    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
    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

    Awards

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

    WAC Coach of the Year: LaVell Edwards [6]

    References

    1. ^ Twitty, Mike (October 29, 1972). "Strong BYU effort stifles Ram upset plan". Fort Collins Coloradoan. p. 23.
    2. ^ a b "2010 BYU football media guide". Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
    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. ^ "BYU in romp." Eugene Register-Guard. p. 4B. 1972 Sep 17. Retrieved 2022-Dec-08.
    6. ^ The Deseret News. 20 November 2010
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