1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football
WAC champion Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 49–35 vs. Missouri
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
1972 record	10–2 (5–1 WAC)
Head coach	Frank Kush
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	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^[1]
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 Mexico	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^[2]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll. All times are in local to gamesite.

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	Ron 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) ^[3]

Game summaries

Houston

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

Date: September 16
Location: Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas

Scoring summary

1	Arizona St	Holden 55-yard pass from White (Cruz kick)	Arizona St 7-0

1	Arizona St	Holden 52-yard pass from White (kick failed)	Arizona St 13-0

1	Arizona St	Green 9-yard run (Cruz kick)	Arizona St 20-0

1	Houston	Nobles 1-yard run (Terrell kick)	Arizona St 20-7

1	Houston	Evans 20-yard interception return (Terrell kick)	Arizona St 20-14

2	Arizona St	McClanahan 2-yard run (Cruz kick)	Arizona St 27-14

2	Arizona St	Cruz 44-yard field goal	Arizona St 30-14

4	Houston	Watts 17-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick)	Arizona St 30-21

4	Arizona St	Cruz 38-yard field goal	Arizona St 33-21

4	Houston	Johnson 46-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick)	Arizona St 33-28

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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
Ron Lumpkin	Defensive Back	12	303	New York Giants

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References

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

Arizona State Sun Devils football

Venues	Normal Field (1897–1926) Irish Field (1927–1935) Goodwin Stadium (1936–1957) Sun Devil Stadium (1958–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona (Territorial Cup)

Culture & lore	Sparky the Sun Devil "Maroon & Gold" Marching band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Western Athletic Conference football champions

New Mexico (1962) Arizona State (1963) Arizona & New Mexico & Utah (1964) BYU (1965) Wyoming (1966) Wyoming (1967) Wyoming (1968) Arizona State (1969) Arizona State (1970) Arizona State (1971) Arizona State (1972) Arizona & Arizona State (1973) BYU (1974) Arizona State (1975) BYU & Wyoming (1976) Arizona State & BYU (1977) BYU (1978) BYU (1979) BYU (1980) BYU (1981) BYU (1982) BYU (1983) BYU (1984) Air Force & BYU (1985) San Diego State (1986) Wyoming (1987) Wyoming (1988) BYU (1989) BYU (1990) BYU (1991) BYU & Fresno State & Hawaii (1992) BYU & Fresno State & Wyoming (1993) Colorado State (1994) Air Force & BYU & Colorado State & Utah (1995) BYU (1996) Colorado State (1997) Air Force (1998) Hawaii & Fresno State & TCU (1999) TCU & UTEP (2000) Louisiana Tech (2001) Boise State (2002) Boise State (2003) Boise State (2004) Boise State & Nevada (2005) Boise State (2006) Hawaii (2007) Boise State (2008) Boise State (2009) Boise State & Hawaii & Nevada (2010) Louisiana Tech (2011) Utah State (2012)

National championships in bold

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