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  1972 Schedule

 Kansas State
 Utah State
 @ Oregon State
 @ Long Beach State
 UTEP
 Arizona State
 @ Colorado State
 Wyoming
 @ Arizona
 @ Utah
 @ New Mexico

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1972 Statistics

1972 Roster

Western Athletic Conference Standings
WAC Games All Games
School Coach W-L-T Pct. Pts. Opp. W-L-T Pct. Pts. Opp.
Arizona St. Frank Kush 5-1-0 .833 304 152 10-2-0 .833 513 261
Brigham Young LaVell Edwards 5-2-0 .714 159 120 7-4-0 .636 251 227
Utah Bill Meek 5-2-0 .714 270 178 6-5-0 .546 354 336
Arizona Bob Weber 4-3-0 .572 172 132 4-7-0 .363 226 271
Wyoming Fritz Shurmur 3-4-0 .428 142 163 4-7-0 .363 223 309
New Mexico Rudy Feldman 2-4-0 .333 116 188 3-8-0 .273 208 327
Colorado St. Jerry Wampfler 1-4-0 .200 88 173 1-10-0 .091 128 413
UTEP* Bobby Dobbs 1-6-0 .143 119 264 2-8-0 .200 182 345
* Tommy Hudspeth coached last four games

1972 (7-4)
Date Opponent Score
9/16 Kansas State 32-9 W
9/23 Utah State 19-42 L
9/30 @ Oregon State 3-29 L
10/7 @ Long Beach State 38-27 W
10/14 UTEP (H) 21-14 W
10/21  Arizona State 17-49 L
10/28 @ Colorado State 44-8 W
11/4 Wyoming 33-14 W
11/11 @ Arizona 7-21 L
11/18 @ Utah 16-7 W
11/25 @ New Mexico 21-7 W
180-239-23 (.430)

Coaching Staff
LaVell Edwards: Head Coach
Jim Criner: Defensive Line
Dick Felt: Defensive Coordinator
JD Helm: Offensive Backs
Dave Kragthorpe: Offensive Line
Mel Olson: Linebackers
Dewey Warren: Quarterbacks

All Conference
WAC Newcomer of the Year
DT Paul Linford
WAC Coach of the Year
LaVell Edwards
First Team All-WAC
OG Paul Howard
HB Pete Van Valokenburg
DT Paul Linford
LB Ron Tree
CB Dave Atkinson
S Dan Hansen

SCORE BY QUARTERS
1 2 3 4 Total
BYU 61 98 38 54 251
OPP 54 47 54 72 227

ATTENDANCE
Kansas State 31,752
Utah State 35,239
at Oregon St. 20,065
at Long Beach 11,500
Texas-El Paso 31,176
Arizona State 23,561
at Colorado State 18,972
Wyoming 22,373
at Arizona 26,500
at Utah 24,917
at New Mexico 9,490
Home Attendance 144,101
Home Average 28,820
Overall Attendance 255,545
Overall Average 23,231

RUSHING
Player, Position TC Gain Loss Net Avg. TD
Pete Vanvalkenburg, TB 232 1443 57 1,386 6.0 12
Steve Stratton, FB 78 334 6 328 4.3 3
Wayne Bower, FB 43 281 10 271 6.2 1
Dan Taylor, TB 46 190 29 161 3.1 1
Dave Terry, QB 61 209 89 120 2.0 2
Gil Gillenwater, TB 3 56 0 56 18.7 -
Bill August, QB 50 145 123 22 .4 0
Bryce Johnson, TB 1 0 0 0 0 0
John Betham, WB 4 22 37 -15 - 0
BYU Totals 520 2680 368 2,312 4.4 19
OPP Totals 554 2503 357 2,146 3.9 16

PASSING
Player, Position Att. Comp. Int. Net. Avg. TD
Bill August, QB 144 69 5 891 12.9 5
Dave Terry, QB 122 62 10 742 12.0 2
Pete VanValkenburg, TB 5 2 - 32 16.0 1
John Betham, FL 1 - 1 - - -
BYU Totals 271 133 16 1,665 12.5 8
OPP Totals 294 131 19 1,692 12.9 13

RECEIVING
Player, Position Caught Yards TD
Logan Hunter, SE 49 555 2
John Betham, FL 19 345 2
Mike Pistorius, TE 16 314 2
Jay Miller, WR 6 30 0
Pete VanValkenburg, TB 10 98 1
Dennis Doman, TE 7 59 0
Steve Stratton, TB 8 55 0
Lynn Zwahlen, WR 5 95 1
Dan Taylor, TB 4 45 0
Dave Affleck, WR 3 15 0
Wayne Bower, TB 4 36 0
Bryce Johnson, TB 1 8 0
Dave Terry, QB 1 10 0

SCORING
Player, Position TD Pat-K Pat-R Pat-P FG Pts.
Pete VanValkenburg, TB 14 - - - - 84
John Monahan, K - 26-29 - - 9-16 53
John Betharn, FL 3 - - - - 18
Steve Stratton, FB 3 - - - - 18
Dave Terry, QB 2 - - 1-3 - 12
Logan Hunter, SE 2 - - - - 12
Mike Pistorius, TE 2 - - - - 12
Dan Taylor, TB 1 - - - - 6
Dave Atkinson, DH 1 - - - - 6
Wayne Bower, FB 1 - - - - 6
Lynn Zwahlen, SE 1 - - - - 6
Craig Crompton, QB 1 - - - - 6
George Gourley, DH 1 - - - - 6
Team - - - - - 4
BYU TOTALS 32 26-29 - 1-3 9-16 251
OPP TOTALS 32 23-28 0-1 2-3 2-11 227

PUNTING
Player No. Yards Avg.
Doug Coon 66 2,500 37.9
BYU Totals 66 2,500 37.9
OPP Totals 70 2,740 39.1

PUNT RETURNS
Player No. Yds. TD Avg.
John Betham 37 297 1 8.0
Dave Atkinson 1 0 0 0
Bob Larsen 1 8 0 8.0
Pete VanValkenburg 1 26 0 26.0
BYU Totals 40 331 1 8.3
OPP Totals 38 170 0 4.4

KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No. Yds. TD Avg.
Pete VanValkenburg 11 328 1 29.8
John Betham 12 268 0 22.3
Gil Gillenwater 5 126 0 25.2
Lynn Zwahlen 4 88 0 22
Dave Atkinson 2 32 0 16
Steve Stratton 3 30 0 10
Dan Hansen 1 27 0 27
Bryce Johnson 1 10 0 10
Wayne Bower 3 4 0 1.3
Paul Howard 1 2 0 2
BYU Totals 43 915 1 21.2
OPP Totals 37 844 0 23.1

INTERCEPTIONS
Player No. Yds. TD Avg.
Dave Atkinson 8 88 1 11
Dan Hansen 3 80 0 26.6
Craig Crompton 3 96 1 32
Ron Tree 2 6 0 3
Bennie Smith 1 0 0 0
Larry Carr 1 9 0 9
George Gourley 1 24 1 24
BYU Totals 19 303 3 15.9
OPP Totals 16 277 3 17.3

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
Player AT UT TFL FR FC PI PD BK TOTAL
Dan Hansen 49 90 3 2 1 3 10 - 288
Larry Carr 56 90 3 1 1 1 4 1 275
Ron Tree 29 50 12 2 4 2 4 1 218
Dave Atkinson 21 47 2 1 - 8 9 1 187
Paul Linford 24 45 12 - 2 - - - 160
Ed Rozeski 31 41 14 - 1 - - - 160
Phil Jensen 17 29 4 3 5 - - 1 134
Orrin Olsen 22 33 5 1 3 - - - 123
Grant Wells 27 34 5 - 1 - - - 115
Craig Crompton 20 22 3 - - 3 8 1 104
Bob Larsen 26 21 1 2 - 2 1 92
George Gourley 15 30 3 - - 1 2 - 83
Wayne Baker 15 24 3 1 1 - - - 80
Mike Preston 24 21 1 1 - - - - 74
Bennie Stnith 11 23 - - - 1 1 - 64
Kahili Hunt 17 16 1 - - - 1 - 55


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