1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.
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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 |
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Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | at Houston* | No. 13 | W 33–28 | ||
September 23 | Kansas State* | No. 10 | W 56–14 | ||
September 30 | at Wyoming | No. 11 | L 45–43 | ||
October 7 | Oregon State* |
| W 38–7 | ||
October 14 | Utah |
| W 59–48 | ||
October 21 | at BYU | No. 19 | W 42–17 | 23,561[1] | |
October 28 | Air Force* | No. 16 |
| L 39–31 | |
November 4 | at UTEP | W 55–14 | |||
November 11 | New Mexico | No. 19 |
| W 60–7 | |
November 18 | San Jose State* | No. 18 |
| W 51–21 | |
November 25 | at Arizona | No. 18 | W 38–21 | ||
December 23 | vs. Missouri* | No. 15 |
| W 49–35 | 51,318[2] |
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Depth chart
Captains: Larry Delbridge, Steve Matlock
Offense
POS | Name |
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QB | Danny White |
HB | Woody Green |
FB | Brent McClanahan |
SE | Ed Beverly |
WB | Steve Holden |
TE | Joe Petty |
LT | Steve Gunther |
LG | John Houser |
C | Ron Lou |
RG | Steve Matlock |
RT | Ed Kindig |
Defense
POS | Name |
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LDE | Larry Shorty |
LDT | Deke Ballard |
MG | Tim Hoban |
RDT | Neal Skarin |
LLB | Bob Breunig |
RLB | Larry Delbridge |
LCB | Reedy Hall |
RCB | Prentice McCray |
WS | Wayne Bradley |
SS | Ron Lumpkin |
K | Juan Cruz |
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
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Rankings
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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 |
1972 team players in the NFL
The following players were claimed in the 1973 NFL Draft.
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Steve Holden | Wide receiver | 1 | 16 | Cleveland Browns |
Brent McClanahan | Running back | 5 | 118 | Minnesota Vikings |
Ed Beverly | Wide receiver | 5 | 122 | San Francisco 49ers |
Prentice McCray | Defensive back | 8 | 200 | Detroit Lions |
Ron Lou | Center | 14 | 339 | Houston Oilers |
Ron Lumpkin | Defensive back | 12 | 303 | New York Giants |
References
- 1972 Football season – CougarStats
- Fiesta Bowl website
- 2010 Arizona State football media guide
- Palm Beach Post. 1972 September 17
- CFRC.net. Retrieved 2016-Jan-10.
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1973.htm
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