1973 BYU Cougars football team

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1973 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1973 record5–6 (3–4 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Kragthorpe
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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 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[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
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
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel[]

Coaching staff[]

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Game summaries[]

Utah[]

1 234Total
• BYU 3 27160 46
Utah 0 3613 22
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Rice Stadium, Salt Lake City
  • Game attendance: 18,243
  • Game weather: Snow

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.
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