1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football
WAC Champions
Fiesta Bowl Champions
Fiesta Bowl, W, 49–35 vs. Missouri
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches #13
AP #13
1972 record 10-2 (5-1 WAC)
Head coach Frank Kush
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
Seasons
« 1971 1973 »
1972 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 Arizona State $ 5 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
BYU 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Utah 5 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Arizona 4 – 3 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Wyoming 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
New Mexico 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Colorado State 1 – 4 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
UTEP 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1972 college football season.

Depth chart

Captains: Larry Delbridge, Steve Matlock

Offense

POS Name
QB Danny White
HB Woody Green
FB Brent McClanahan
SE Ed Beverly
WB Steve Holden
TE Joe Petty
LT Steve Gunther
LG John Houser
C Ron Lou
RG Steve Matlock
RT Ed Kindig

Defense

POS Name
LDE Larry Shorty
LDT Deke Ballard
MG Tim Hoban
RDT Neal Skarin
LLB Bob Breunig
RLB Larry Delbridge
LCB Reedy Hall
RCB Prentice McCray
WS Wayne Bradley
SS Juan Lumpkin
K Juan Cruz

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Coaching staff

Head coach: Frank Kush

Assistants: Don Baker (offensive backfield), Larry Kentera (DE/LB), Jerry Thompson (DL), Al Luginbill (DB), Joe McDonald (WR), Al Tanara (OL), Bill Kajikawa (freshman) [1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 16 at Houston* Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX W 33–28    
September 23 Kansas State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 56–14    
September 30 at Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY L 45–43    
October 7 Oregon State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 38–7    
October 14 Utah Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 59–48    
October 21 at BYU Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT W 42–17   23,561[2]
October 28 Air Force* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 39–31    
November 4 at UTEP Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX W 55–14    
November 11 New Mexicodagger Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 60–7    
November 18 San Jose State* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 51–21    
November 25 at Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup) W 38–21    
December 23 vs. Missouri* Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl) W 49–35   51,318[3]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. All times are in local to gamesite.

Game notes

Houston

1 2 3 4 Total
• Arizona St 20 10 0 3 33
Houston 14 0 0 14 28

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
AP 12 13 10 11 NR NR 19 16 NR 19 18 18 15 13


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1972 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1973 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Steve Holden Wide Receiver 1 16 Cleveland Browns
Brent McClanahan Running Back 5 118 Minnesota Vikings
Ed Beverly Wide Receiver 5 122 San Francisco 49ers
Prentice McCray Defensive Back 8 200 Detroit Lions
Ron Lou Center 14 339 Houston Oilers

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Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 2010 Arizona State football media guide
  2. ↑ 1972 Football season - CougarStats
  3. ↑ Fiesta Bowl website
  4. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1972 September 17
  5. ↑ CFRC.net. Retrieved 2016-Jan-10.
  6. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1973.htm
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