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Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
1972 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1972 college football season.

Schedule

September 16at Houston*

W 33–28   September 23Kansas State*

W 56–14   September 30at Wyoming

L 45–43   October 7Oregon State*

  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona

W 38–7   October 14Utah

  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona

W 59–48   October 21at BYU

W 42–17 23,561[1] October 28Air Force*

  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona

L 39–31   November 4at UTEP

W 55–14   November 11New Mexicodagger

  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona

W 60–7   November 18San Jose State*

  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, Arizona

W 51–21   November 25at Arizona

W 38–21   December 23vs. Missouri*

W 49–35 51,318[2]

Template:CFB Schedule End

Depth chart

Captains: Larry Delbridge, Steve Matlock

Offense

POS Name
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
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

[3]

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

1 234Total
• Arizona St 20 1003 33
Houston 14 0014 28
Scoring summary
1Arizona StHolden 55-yard pass from White (Cruz kick)Arizona St 7-0
1Arizona StHolden 52-yard pass from White (kick failed)Arizona St 13-0
1Arizona StGreen 9-yard run (Cruz kick)Arizona St 20-0
1HoustonNobles 1-yard run (Terrell kick)Arizona St 20-7
1HoustonEvans 20-yard interception return (Terrell kick)Arizona St 20-14
2Arizona StMcClanahan 2-yard run (Cruz kick)Arizona St 27-14
2Arizona StCruz 44-yard field goalArizona St 30-14
4HoustonWatts 17-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick)Arizona St 30-21
4Arizona StCruz 38-yard field goalArizona St 33-21
4HoustonJohnson 46-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick)Arizona St 33-28

[4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
AP12131011——1916—1918181513

[5]

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

[6]

References

  1. ^ 1972 Football season – CougarStats
  2. ^ Fiesta Bowl website
  3. ^ a b 2010 Arizona State football media guide
  4. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1972 September 17
  5. ^ CFRC.net. Retrieved 2016-Jan-10.
  6. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1973.htm
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