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1972 Season Stats

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	61	98	38	54	251
OPP	54	47	54	72	227

1972 (7-4)
Date	AP	Opponent	Score
Sep 16		Kansas State	32 - 9 W
Sep 23		Utah State	19 - 42 L
Sep 30		@ Oregon State	3 - 29 L
Oct 7		@ Long Beach State	38 - 27 W
Oct 14		UTEP	21 - 14 W
Oct 21		#19 Arizona State	17 - 49 L
Oct 28		@ Colorado State	44 - 8 W
Nov 4		Wyoming	33 - 14 W
Nov 11		@ Arizona	7 - 21 L
Nov 18		@ Utah	16 - 7 W
Nov 25		@ New Mexico	21 - 7 W

Team Stats
	BYU	OPP
Scoring	251	227
Points per Game	22.8	20.6
1st Downs	195	206
Rushing 1st Downs	112	120
Passing 1st Downs	73	74
Penalty	10	12
Rushing	2,312	2,146
Rushing Attempts	520	554
Yards Gained Rushing	2,680	2,503
Yards Lost Rushing	368	357
Average per Rush	4.4	3.9
Average per Game	210.2	195.1
TDs Rushing	19	16
Passing	1,665	1,692
Passes Attempted	271	294
Passes Completed	133	131
Intercepted	16	19
Average per Pass	6.1	5.8
Average per Catch	12.5	12.9
Average per Game	151.4	153.8
TDs Passing	8	13
Pass Efficiency	98.62	94.57
Total Offensive Plays	791	848
Total Net Yards	3,977	3,838
Average Gain Per Play	5.03	4.53
Average per Game	361.55	348.91
Fumbles - Lost	39 - 24	31 - 15
Penalties - Yards	68 - 669	65 - 623
Interceptions - Yards	19 - 303	16 - 277
Int Return Average	15.95	17.31
Punts - Yards	66 - 2500	70 - 2740
Average Per Punt	37.88	39.14
Punt Returns - Yards	40 - 331	38 - 170
Punt Return Average	8.28	4.47
Kickoff Returns - Yards	43 - 915	37 - 844
Kick Return Average	21.28	22.81
Time of Possession/Game	00:00	00:00

Season Info
Record	7-4
Conference	WAC
Coach	LaVell Edwards

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
John Monahan	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
John Betham	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
George Gourley	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Steve Stratton	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dan Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TEAM	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
TOTALS	4	2	3	0	0	1	35

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Bill August	69-144-5	891	6.2	5	104.41
Dave Terry	62-122-10	742	6.1	2	90.92
Pete Van Valkenburg	2-5-0	32	6.4	1	159.76
John Betham	0-1-1	0	0.0	0	-200.00
TOTALS	133-272-16	1665	6.1	8	98.26

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Pete Van Valkenburg	232	1443	57	1386	6.0	12
Steve Stratton	78	334	6	328	4.2	3
Wayne Bower	43	281	10	271	6.3	1
Dan Taylor	46	190	29	161	3.5	1
Dave Terry	61	209	89	120	2.0	2
Gil Gillenwater	3	56	0	56	18.7	0
Bill August	50	145	123	22	0.4	0
Bryce Johnson	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
John Betham	4	22	37	-15	-3.8	0
TOTALS	518	2680	351	2329	4.5	19

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Logan Hunter	49	555	11.3	2
John Betham	19	345	18.2	2
Mike Pistorius	16	314	19.6	2
Pete Van Valkenburg	10	98	9.8	1
Steve Stratton	8	55	6.9	0
Dennis Doman	7	59	8.4	0
Jay Miller	6	30	5.0	0
Lynn Zwahlen	5	95	19.0	1
Dan Taylor	4	45	11.2	0
Wayne Bower	4	36	9.0	0
Dave Affleck	3	15	5.0	0
Dave Terry	1	10	10.0	0
Bryce Johnson	1	8	8.0	0
TOTALS	133	1665	12.5	8

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Pete Van Valkenburg	11	328	29.8	1
John Betham	12	268	22.3	0
Gil Gillenwater	5	126	25.2	0
Lynn Zwahlen	4	88	22.0	0
Dave Atkinson	2	32	16.0	0
Steve Stratton	3	30	10.0	0
Dan Hansen	1	27	27.0	0
Bryce Johnson	1	10	10.0	0
Wayne Bower	3	4	1.3	0
Paul Howard	1	2	2.0	0
TOTALS	43	915	21.3	1

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
John Betham	37	297	8.0	1
Pete Van Valkenburg	1	26	26.0	0
Bob Larsen	1	8	8.0	0
Dave Atkinson	1	0	0.0	0
TOTALS	40	331	8.3	1

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Dave Atkinson	8	88	1
Craig Crompton	3	96	1
Dan Hansen	3	80	0
Ron Tree	2	6	0
George Gourley	1	24	1
Larry Carr	1	9	0
Bennie Smith	1	0	0
TOTALS	19	303	3

BYU Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FF	PBU
Larry Carr	146	90	56	3/	1	4
Dan Hansen	139	90	49	3/	1	10
Ron Tree	79	50	29	12/	4	4
Ed Rozeski	72	41	31	14/	1	0
Paul Linford	69	45	24	12/	2	0
Dave Atkinson	68	47	21	2/	0	9
Grant Wells	61	34	27	5/	1	0
Orrin Olsen	55	33	22	5/	3	0
Bob Larsen	47	21	26	1/	0	2
Phil Jensen	46	29	17	4/	5	0
George Gourley	45	30	15	3/	0	2
Mike Preston	45	21	24	1/	0	0
Craig Crompton	42	22	20	3/	0	8
Wayne Baker	39	24	15	3/	1	0
Bennie Smith	34	23	11	0/	0	1
Kahili Hunt	33	16	17	1/	0	1
Tom Echo Hawk	1	1	0			0
Sid Smith	1	0	1			0
TOTALS	1022	617	405	72/0	19	41

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	XP	Pts
John Monahan	9-16	56.2%	26-29	53
TOTALS	9-16	56.2%	26-29	53

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Doug Coon	66	2500	37.9
Dave Coon	8	327	40.9	46
TOTALS	74	2827	38.2	46

OPP Scoring (7+ points)
	Team	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Sawyer	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Anderson	USU	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Hughes	USU	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
TOTALS		7	0	5	1	0	0	49

OPP Passing (Top 15)
	Team	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Payne	Utah	3-17-4	38	2.2	18	0	-10.64
Marshall	Utah	1-5-0	5	1.0	5	0	28.40
TOTALS		4-22-4	43	2.0	18	0	-1.76

OPP Rushing (Top 15)
	Team	No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Spencer	Utah	11	101	9.2	70	1
Marlowe	Utah	8	30	3.8	12	0
Belczyk	Utah	5	26	5.2	13	0
Marshall	Utah	6	-7	-1.2	5	0
Payne	Utah	7	-24	-3.4	8
TOTALS		37	126	3.4	70	1

OPP Receiving (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Odom	Utah	2	20	10.0	15	0
Armstead	Utah	1	18	18.0	18	0
Belczyk	Utah	1	5	5.0	5	0
TOTALS		4	43	10.8	18	0

OPP Kick Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Odom	Utah	2	66	33.0	0
Marlowe	Utah	1	11	11.0	0
TOTALS		3	77	25.7	0

OPP Punt Returns (Top 10)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Odom	Utah	2	2	1.0	0
TOTALS		2	2	1.0	0

OPP Defense (Top 25)
	Team	Total	Solo	Ast	PBU
Wall	Utah	19	5	14	0
Custer	Utah	19	2	17	0
Hagood	Utah	12	3	9	0
Fratto	Utah	12	2	10	0
Keller	Utah	10	4	6	0
Rydalch	Utah	10	4	6	0
Eldracher	Utah	10	2	8	0
Pritchett	Utah	8	1	7	0
May	Utah	7	3	4	0
Stevens	Utah	6	3	3	2
Gilreath	Utah	6	2	4	0
Belczyk	Utah	2	0	2	0
Onofrio	Utah	1	1	0	0
Hallsey	Utah	1	1	0	0
Nichols	Utah	1	0	1	0
Edge	Utah	1	0	1	0
TOTALS		125	33	92	2

OPP Kicking (Top 15)
	Team	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Jensen	Utah	0-	0	1-1	1
TOTALS		0-	0	1-1	1

OPP Punting (Top 15)
	Team	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Marrelli	Utah	7	344	49.1	62
TOTALS		7	344	49.1	62

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