1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football
WAC champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 49–35 vs. Missouri
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record10–2 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Larry Kentera (2nd season)
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
Seasons
  1971
1973  
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.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 16at Houston *No. 13W 33–28
September 23 Kansas State *No. 10W 56–14
September 30at Wyoming No. 11L 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 21at BYU No. 19W 42–1723,561
October 28 Air Force *No. 16
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 39–31
November 4at UTEP W 55–14
November 11 New Mexico Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 19
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 60–7
November 18 San Jose State *No. 18
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 51–21
November 25at Arizona No. 18W 38–21
December 23vs. Missouri *No. 15
W 49–3551,318
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Depth chart

Captains: Larry Delbridge, Steve Matlock

Offense

POSName
QB Danny White
HB Woody Green
FB Brent McClanahan
SEEd Beverly
WB Steve Holden
TEJoe Petty
LTSteve Gunther
LGJohn Houser
CRon Lou
RGSteve Matlock
RTEd Kindig

Defense

POSName
LDELarry Shorty
LDTDeke Ballard
MGTim Hoban
RDTNeal Skarin
LLB Bob Breunig
RLBLarry Delbridge
LCBReedy Hall
RCBPrentice McCray
WSWayne Bradley
SSRon Lumpkin
KJuan 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]

Game summaries

Houston

1234Total
Arizona St20100333
Houston14001428

[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
AP 1213101119161918181513

1972 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1973 NFL draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Steve Holden Wide receiver116 Cleveland Browns
Brent McClanahanRunning back5118 Minnesota Vikings
Ed BeverlyWide receiver5122 San Francisco 49ers
Prentice McCrayDefensive back8200 Detroit Lions
Ron LouCenter14339 Houston Oilers
Ron LumpkinDefensive back12303New York Giants

[3]

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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.