1973 BYU Cougars football team
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
September 15Colorado State
L 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 State
L 12–52 October 27at Wyoming
L 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 Utah
W 46–22 December 1at UTEP
W 63–0
Personnel
Coaching staff
- Head Coach: LaVell Edwards
- Assistants: Dave Kragthorpe (OC/OL), Dick Felt (DB), J.D. Helm (RB), Mel Olson (JV), Tom Ramage (DL), Dewey Warren (QB/WR), Fred Whittingham (LB)
Game summaries
Utah
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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)
References
- ^ CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ^ CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ^ "BYU stops Utah in blinding snow." Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Nov 25.
- ^ CougarStats.com Archived 2011-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 4, 2011.