1973 BYU Cougars football team
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.
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
1973 record | 5–6 (3–4 WAC) |
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Offensive coordinator | Dave Kragthorpe |
Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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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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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 15 | Colorado State | L 13–21 | |
September 29 | Oregon State* |
| W 37–14 |
October 6 | at Utah State* | L 7–13 | |
October 13 | Iowa State* |
| L 24–26 |
October 20 | at No. 12 Arizona State | L 12–52 | |
October 27 | at Wyoming | L 21–41 | |
November 3 | New Mexico |
| W 56–21 |
November 10 | Arizona |
| L 10–24 |
November 17 | Weber State* |
| W 45–14 |
November 24 | at Utah | W 46–22 | |
December 1 | at UTEP | W 63–0 | |
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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]
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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