1973 BYU Cougars football team

1973 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1973 record	5–6 (3–4 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards
Offensive coordinator	Dave Kragthorpe
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

The 1973 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1973 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result
September 15		Colorado State		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT		L 13–21
September 29		Oregon State*		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT		W 37–14
October 6		at Utah State*		Romney Stadium • Logan, UT (Beehive Boot)		L 7–13
October 13		Iowa State*		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT		L 24–26
October 20		at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		L 12–52
October 27		at Wyoming		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY		L 21–41
November 3		New Mexico		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT		W 56–21
November 10		Arizona		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT		L 10–24
November 17		Weber State*		Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT		W 45–14
November 24		at Utah		Rice Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)		W 46–22
December 1		at UTEP		Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX		W 63–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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 notes

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, UT Game attendance: 18,243 Game weather: Snow

Scoring summary 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.

Awards

• All-WAC: DT Paul Linford (1st), SE Jay Miller (1st)