1973 BYU Cougars football team

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.

1973 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1973 record56 (34 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Kragthorpe
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
1973 Western Athletic Conference 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 15Colorado StateL 13–21
September 29Oregon State*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 37–14
October 6at Utah State*L 7–13
October 13Iowa State*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
L 24–26
October 20at No. 12 Arizona StateL 12–52
October 27at WyomingL 21–41
November 3New Mexico
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 56–21
November 10Arizona
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
L 10–24
November 17Weber State*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 45–14
November 24at UtahW 46–22
December 1at UTEPW 63–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • 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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