1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football
WAC champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 49–35 vs. Missouri
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record10–2 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorLarry Kentera (2nd season)
Home stadiumSun Devil Stadium
1972 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Arizona State $ 5 –1 –010 –2 –0
BYU 5 –2 –07 –4 –0
Utah 5 –2 –06 –5 –0
Arizona 4 –3 –04 –7 –0
Wyoming 3 –4 –04 –7 –0
New Mexico 2 –4 –03 –8 –0
Colorado State 1 –4 –01 –10 –0
UTEP 1 –6 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 16at Houston*No. 13
W 33–28
September 23Kansas State*No. 10
W 56–14
September 30at WyomingNo. 11
L 45–43
October 7Oregon State*
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 38–7
October 14Utah
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 59–48
October 21at BYUNo. 19
W 42–1723,561
October 28Air Force*No. 16
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 39–31
November 4at UTEP
W 55–14
November 11New MexicodaggerNo. 19
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 60–7
November 18San Jose State*No. 18
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 51–21
November 25at ArizonaNo. 18
W 38–21
December 23vs. Missouri*No. 15
W 49–3551,318
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Depth chart

Captains: Larry Delbridge, Steve Matlock

Offense

POS Name
QBDanny White
HBWoody Green
FBBrent McClanahan
SEEd Beverly
WBSteve Holden
TEJoe Petty
LTSteve Gunther
LGJohn Houser
CRon Lou
RGSteve Matlock
RTEd Kindig

Defense

POS Name
LDELarry Shorty
LDTDeke Ballard
MGTim Hoban
RDTNeal Skarin
LLBBob Breunig
RLBLarry Delbridge
LCBReedy Hall
RCBPrentice McCray
WSWayne Bradley
SSRon Lumpkin
KJuan Cruz

[1]

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]

Game summaries

Houston

1 234Total
• Arizona St 20 1003 33
Houston 14 0014 28
Scoring summary
1Arizona StHolden 55-yard pass from White (Cruz kick)Arizona St 7-0
1Arizona StHolden 52-yard pass from White (kick failed)Arizona St 13-0
1Arizona StGreen 9-yard run (Cruz kick)Arizona St 20-0
1HoustonNobles 1-yard run (Terrell kick)Arizona St 20-7
1HoustonEvans 20-yard interception return (Terrell kick)Arizona St 20-14
2Arizona StMcClanahan 2-yard run (Cruz kick)Arizona St 27-14
2Arizona StCruz 44-yard field goalArizona St 30-14
4HoustonWatts 17-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick)Arizona St 30-21
4Arizona StCruz 38-yard field goalArizona St 33-21
4HoustonJohnson 46-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick)Arizona St 33-28

[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
AP12131011——1916—1918181513

1972 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1973 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Steve HoldenWide receiver116Cleveland Browns
Brent McClanahanRunning back5118Minnesota Vikings
Ed BeverlyWide receiver5122San Francisco 49ers
Prentice McCrayDefensive back8200Detroit Lions
Ron LouCenter14339Houston Oilers
Ron Lumpkin Defensive back 12 303 New York Giants

[3]

References

  1. 1 2 2010 Arizona State football media guide
  2. ↑ Palm Beach Post. 1972 September 17
  3. ↑ "1973 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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