American college football season
1973 BYU Cougars football |
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
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Record | 5–6 (3–4 WAC) |
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Head coach | - LaVell Edwards (2nd season)
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Offensive coordinator | Dave Kragthorpe (4th season) |
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Offensive scheme | West Coast |
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Defensive coordinator | Dick Felt (2nd season) |
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Base defense | 3–4 |
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Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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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 |
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- + – 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
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 15 | Colorado State | | L 13–21 |
September 29 | Oregon State* | - Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
| W 37–14 |
October 6 | at Utah State* | | L 7–13 |
October 13 | Iowa State* | - Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
| L 24–26 |
October 20 | at No. 12 Arizona State | | L 12–52 |
October 27 | at Wyoming | | L 21–41 |
November 3 | New Mexico | - Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
| W 56–21 |
November 10 | Arizona | - Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
| L 10–24 |
November 17 | Weber State* | - Cougar Stadium
- Provo, Utah
| W 45–14 |
November 24 | at Utah | | W 46–22 |
December 1 | at UTEP | | W 63–0 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Personnel
Coaching staff
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Game summaries
Utah
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • BYU | 3 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 46 | Utah | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | - Date: November 24
- Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City
- Game attendance: 18,243
- Game weather: Snow
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | BYU | Duke 51 yard field goal | BYU 3-0 | | 2 | | BYU | Blanc 1 yard run (Duke kick) | BYU 10-0 | | 2 | | BYU | Taylor 8 yard pass from Sheide (Duke kick) | BYU 17-0 | | 2 | | BYU | Blanc 32 yard pass from Sheide (Duke kick) | BYU 24-0 | | 2 | | BYU | Betham 35 yard pass from Sheide (kick failed) | BYU 30-0 | | 2 | | UTAH | Marrelli 37 yard field goal | BYU 30-3 | | 3 | | BYU | Safety | BYU 32-3 | | 3 | | BYU | Blanc 1 yard run (Duke kick) | BYU 39-3 | | 3 | | BYU | yard pass from Sheide (Duke kick) | BYU 46-3 | | 4 | | UTAH | Odom 36 yard pass from Van Galder (kick failed) | BYU 46-9 | | 4 | | UTAH | Hutchins 59 yard pass from Van Galder (Marrelli kick) | BYU 46-16 | | 4 | | UTAH | Odom 33 yard pass from Van Galder (run failed) | BYU 46-22 | |
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
- ^ 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.
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