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1972 BYU Football

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Date	Opponent	Score	Stadium	Location	Attendance
Sep 16	Kansas State	32-9 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	31,752
Sep 23	Utah State	19-42 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	35,239
Sep 30	at Oregon State	3-29 L	Parker Stadium	Corvallis, OR	20,065
Oct 7	at CSC Long Beach	38-27 W	Anaheim Stadium	Long Beach, CA	11,500
Oct 14	UTEP	21-14 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	31,176
Oct 21	No. 19 Arizona State	17-49 L	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	23,561
Oct 28	at Colorado State	44-8 W	Hughes Stadium	Fort Collins, CO	8,972
Nov 4	Wyoming	33-14 W	Cougar Stadium	Provo, UT	22,373
Nov 11	at Arizona	7-21 L	Arizona Stadium	Tucson, AZ	26,500
Nov 18	at Utah	16-7 W	Rice Stadium	Salt Lake City, UT	24,917
Nov 25	at New Mexico	21-7 W	University Stadium	Albuquerque, NM	9,490

Statistic	BYU	OPP
Scoring	251	227
Points per game	22.8	20.6
First Downs	189	207
Rushing	109	117
Passing	69	75
Penalty	11	15
Rushing Yardage	2363	2134
Rushing attempts	523	563
Average per rush	4.5	3.8
Average per game	214.8	194.0
TDs Rushing	19	16
Passing Yardage	1646	1670
Comp-Att-Int	130-268-17	125-289-18
Completion pct	48.5%	43.3%
Average per pass	6.1	5.8
Average per catch	12.7	13.4
Average per game	149.6	151.8
TDs Passing	8	13
Total Offense	4009	3804
Total plays	791	852
Average per play	5.1	4.5
Average per game	364.5	345.8
Kick returns: #-Yards	43-973	37-871
Average per return	22.6	23.5
Punt returns: #-Yards	32-335	23-220
Average per return	10.5	9.6
Fumbles-Lost	39-24	31-15
Penalties-Yards	70-708	65-687
Punts-Yards	67-2524	69-2782
Average per punt	37.7	40.3
Sacks by	32	20
Field goals-attempts	9-	2-
3rd-down conversion	68/174	67/193
3rd-down pct	39.1%	34.7%
4th-down conversion	6/15	15/32
4th-down pct	40.0%	46.9%

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Eff	Lng	Sacked	Sack Yards
Bill August	67	143	46.9	886	6.2	5	6	102.0	43	11	93
Dave Terry	62	120	51.7	746	6.2	2	11	91.1	54	9	61
Pete Van Valkenburg	2	5	40.0	31	6.2	1	0	158.1	22	0	0
John Betham	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Yds/Att	TD	Lng
Pete Van Valkenburg	232	1386	6.0	12	72
Steve Stratton	77	323	4.2	3	28
Wayne Bower	42	272	6.5	1	43
Dan Taylor	46	157	3.4	1	21
Dave Terry	60	131	2.2	2	45
Gil Gillenwater	3	55	18.3	0	44
Bill August	52	44	0.8	0	21
Bryce Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Paul Devine	1	0	0.0	0	0
John Betham	4	-1	-0.3	0	14
Brian Gunderson	1	-17	-17.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Yds/Rec	TD	Lng
Logan Hunter	49	568	11.6	2	34
John Betham	18	330	18.3	2	54
Mike Pistorius	16	313	19.6	2	38
Pete Van Valkenburg	10	112	11.2	1	43
Lynn Zwahlen	4	89	22.3	2	41
Dennis Doman	7	59	8.4	0	17
Dan Taylor	4	46	11.5	0	23
Wayne Bower	4	36	9.0	0	20
Steve Stratton	7	31	4.4	0	17
Jay Miller	6	30	5.0	0	17
Dave Affleck	3	15	5.0	0	8
Dave Terry	1	9	9.0	0	9
Bryce Johnson	1	8	8.0	0	8

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Pete Van Valkenburg	11	328	29.8	1	93
John Betham	12	268	22.3	0	0
Gil Gillenwater	5	126	25.2	0	0
Lynn Zwahlen	4	88	22.0	0	0
Dave Atkinson	2	32	16.0	0	0
Steve Stratton	3	30	10.0	0	0
Dan Hansen	1	27	27.0	0	27
Bryce Johnson	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wayne Bower	3	4	1.3	0	0
Paul Howard	1	2	2.0	0	2

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD
John Betham	37	297	8.0	1
Pete Van Valkenburg	1	26	26.0	0
Bob Larsen	1	8	8.0	0
Dave Atkinson	1	0	0.0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	PBU	INT	Yds	TD	FF	Blk
Dan Hansen	121	64	57	0.0	1.0	8	3	80	0	0	0
Larry Carr	114	36	78	1.0	0.0	2	1	9	0	0	0
Paul Linford	74	27	47	5.0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Tree	71	32	39	3.0	1.0	3	2	6	0	0	1
Ed Rozeski	63	19	44	6.0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Atkinson	63	37	26	0.0	0.0	11	8	88	1	0	1
Orrin Olsen	59	26	33	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Wells	58	21	37	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bennie Smith	48	23	25	0.0	0.0	3	1	0	0	0	0
George Gourley	46	24	22	0.0	1.0	1	1	24	1	0	0
Bob Larsen	39	12	27	0.0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Baker	37	13	24	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kahlili Hunt	36	13	23	0.0	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Jensen	33	11	22	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Preston	31	14	17	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Crompton	30	19	11	0.0	0.5	6	3	94	1	0	0
Von Wells	12	5	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Stapley	11	5	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Smith	9	3	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Price	6	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Bailey	6	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reed Gempeler	6	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Echo Hawk	6	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Molifua	4	3	1	1.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Monahan	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Howard	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Brooks	3	0	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Doman	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Taylor	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Adams	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Smilowitz	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Val Miller	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Betham	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lance Reynolds	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Zwahlen	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Pistorius	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Stratton	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Coon	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Farnsworth	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Miller	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Echo Hawk	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Olsen	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Denney	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Pct	Lng	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Blk	XPM	XPA	XP Blk
John Monahan	9	16	56.3	45	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	26	30	0

Punting

Player	Punt	Yds	Avg	Lng	PuntBlk
Doug Coon	66	2500	37.9	58	0
Dave Coon	8	327	40.9	46	0

Roster

No.	Name	Class	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Previous School
3	Craig Jensen	FR				Provo, UT	Provo HS
5	Bennie Smith	SR	CB	6-1	178	Yuma, AZ	Winslow HS	Western Arizona College
7	Bill August	SR	QB	6-1	180	San Lorenzo, CA		Chabot College, San Francisco State
8	Dave Atkinson	JR	CB	6-2	185	Provo, UT	Provo HS
9	Dave Affleck	R-JR	SE	6-2	190	Orem, UT	Orem HS	Snow College
10	Dave Coon	JR	FB	6-1	185	Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas High
11	Dan Hansen	R-SR	FS	6-2	195	Torrance, CA	North Torrance HS
12	Mike Epperson	SO	DB	6-1	185	Austin, TX	Reagan HS
13	Dave Terry	JR	QB	5-11	165	Newport Beach, CA
14	Doug Coon	JR				Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas HS
15	Brian Gunderson	SR	QB	6-1	175	Salt Lake City, UT	Olympus HS
16	Mark Montgomery	SO	QB	6-1	175	Los Angeles, CA
17	Fred Echo Hawk	JR	SS	6-1	190	Farmington, NM	Farmington HS
18	Stan Call	JR	CB	5-10	180	Layton, UT	Davis HS
19	Dennis Olsen	JR	KS	6-4	200	Idaho Falls, ID		Ricks College
20	Bryce Johnson	SO	TB	6-2	192	Riverside, CA	Ramona HS
22	Lynn Zwahlen	FR	SE			Modesto, CA	Grace Davis HS
22	Dean Conway	SR	FB	6-1	210	Reseda, CA	Reseda High	L.A. Valley Junior College
23	Von Wells	SR	SS	6-2	185	Twin Falls, ID	Twin Falls HS
24	Tom Echo Hawk	JR	FS	6-2	195	Farmington, NM	Farmington HS
25	Logan Hunter	SR	SE	6-1	180	Hayward, CA		Chabot College
26	Paul Karaica	JR	CB	5-10	185	Concord, CA		Diablo Valley College
28	Pete Van Valkenburg	SR	TB	6-2	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Hillcrest HS
30	Paul Devine	JR	TB	5-8	195	Chicago, IL	Crane Tech HS	Ricks College
31	Reed Gempeler	SO	CB	5-10	180	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
32	Ron Tree	SR	LB	5-11	190	Heber City, UT	Wasatch HS
33	George Gourley	SR	SS	5-11	180	Provo, UT	Provo HS	Snow College
34	Charlie Ah You	FR	FB	5-10	185	Laie, HI	Kahuku HS
35	Steve Stratton	JR	FB	6-1	215	Auburn, CA
36	Wayne Bower	JR	TB	6-1	185	Caldwell, ID	Nampa HS
37	Karl Rogoff	SO	LB	6-3	205	Bell, CA	Bell HS
41	John Betham	SO	FL	5-11	165	Torrance, CA	Lynwood HS
42	Dave Clark	SR	FL	6-1	170	Spanish Fork, UT
43	Dan Taylor	SO	TB	6-2	190	Anaheim, CA	Laora HS
44	Craig Crompton	SR	SS	5-10	165	Orem, UT	Orem HS
45	Doug Adams	R-SO	LB	6-2	210	Pleasanton, CA	Amador Valley High
46	Roy Robbins	SO	DE	6-1	220	Honolulu, HI	Campbell HS
50	Mike Preston	JR	LB	6-3	205	Carson, CA	Carson HS
51	Scott Stapley	SO	LB	6-3	215	Bountiful, UT
52	Kahlili Hunt	JR	LB	5-11	220	Laie, HI		Eastern Arizona College
53	Ken Peterson	SO	OT	6-1	220	Anaheim, CA	Loara High
54	Steve Draeger	SO	LB	6-1	190	Burbank, CA	Monroe HS	Los Angeles Valley Junior College
54	Tom Miller	FR	C			Chowchilla, CA	Chowchilla Union
56	Paul Gustavson	JR	C	6-2	230	Overland Park, KS		Ricks College
57	Larry Nelson	SO	LB	6-1	190	Twin Falls, ID	Twin Falls HS
58	Conrad Cole	SR	DE	6-1	218	Nassena, NY
59	Sid Smith	SO	C	6-2	215	San Jose, CA	Peterson HS
60	Wally Molifua	JR	DT	6-2	263	Oceanside, CA		Miracosto College
61	Joe Bailey	JR	C	6-1	200	Orem, UT	Orem High
62	Craig Denney	JR	RT	6-2	225	Murray, UT	Murray HS
63	Julian Smilowitz	SO	RT	6-1	215	La Mirada, CA	Naff HS
64	Bill Critchfield	JR	OT	6-4	240	Lynwood, CA	Lynnwood High
65	Steve Price	JR	RT	6-2	195	Salt Lake City, UT	West HS
66	Doug Maughan	JR	LG	6-3	230	Sandy, UT	Jordan HS
67	Larry Carr	SO	LB	6-1	218	Canoga Park, CA	Canoga Park HS
68	Harold Farnsworth	JR	LG	6-1	215	Las Vegas, NV	Western HS	Dixie College
69	Jerry Burke	SR	LB	6-2	210	Burbank, CA
70	Paul Muklewicz	JR	LT	6-2	233	Stubenville, OH	Stubenville High	Glendale College
71	John Monahan	SR	LG	6-3	225	West Covina, CA	Edgewood HS
72	Wayne Baker	SO	DT	6-6	235	North West Montana, MT	Plains HS
74	Paul Linford	SO	DT	6-5	245	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
76	Val Miller	SO	RG	6-3	260	Provo, UT	Provo High
76	Dave Meteer	FR	OL			Moraga, CA	Miramonte High
77	Grant Wells	JR	DT	6-4	227	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
78	Paul Howard	SR	RG	6-3	260	Redding, CA	Central Valley HS
78	Lance Reynolds	FR	OL			Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
79	Dave Brooks	JR	LT	6-2	222	Corvallis, OR	Corvallis High
80	Dennis Doman	SR	TE	6-1	210	Nampa, ID
83	Orrin Olsen	SO	LB	6-2	230	Orem, UT	Orem HS
84	Greg Dunn	SO	LB	6-5	215	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
85	Joel Adams	SR	DE	6-3	210	Pleasant Grove, UT
87	Bob Larsen	JR	DE	6-4	205	Logan, UT	Logan HS
88	Ed Rozeski	JR	DE	6-1	220	San Pedro, CA	San Pedro HS	Harbor Junior College
89	Mike Pistorius	JR	TE	6-1	195	Salt Lake City, UT	Granite HS
90	Stan Varner	SO	DE	6-4	215	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS
90	Rick Powell	SO	SE	6-1	165	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position
Dave Kragthorpe	Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
Dewey Warren	Quarterbacks, Receivers
Dick Felt	Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
J.D. Helm	Running Backs, Receivers
Jim Criner	Defensive Line, Linebackers
LaVell Edwards	Head Coach
Mel Olson	Linebackers, Fresmen
Stan Watts	Athletic Director

Starters

Offense

Pos	Player
QB	Dave Terry
TB	Pete Van Valkenburg
FB	Steve Stratton
FL	John Betham
SE	Logan Hunter
TE	Dennis Doman
LT	Steve Price
LG	John Monahan
C	Joe Bailey
RG	Paul Howard
RT	Craig Denney

Defense

Pos	Player
DE	Bob Larsen
DE	Ed Rozeski
DT	Grant Wells
DT	Paul Linford
LB	Ron Tree
LB	Larry Carr
LB	Phil Jensen
CB	George Gourley
CB	Dave Atkinson
S	Craig Crompton
S	Dan Hansen

Special Teams

Pos	Player
PK	John Monahan
P	Doug Coon
KR	John Betham
PR	John Betham