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1973 BYU Cougars football team

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1973 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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*dagger

  • 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

Template:CFB Schedule End

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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.