1972 BYU Cougars football team

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.

1972 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1972 record7–4 (5–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Kragthorpe
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
1972 Western Athletic Conference 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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 16Kansas State*
W 32–931,752
September 23Utah State*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT (Old Wagon Wheel)
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 14UTEP
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 21–1431,176
October 21No. 19 Arizona State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 49–1723,561
October 28at Colorado State
W 44–818,972
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
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in local to gamesite time

[1]

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

[4]

Coaching staff
BYU Cougars 1972 staff

Head Coach: LaVell Edwards

Offensive Coaches

Defensive Coaches

JV Coordinator: Mel Olson

Assistant:Jim Criner

[1]

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

[1]

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. 1972 Football season - CougarStats
  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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