1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1972 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1972 college football season.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 16 |
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at Houston* |
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Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX |
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W 33–28 |
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September 23 |
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Kansas State* |
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Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
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W 56–14 |
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September 30 |
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at Wyoming |
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War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY |
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L 45–43 |
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October 7 |
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Oregon State* |
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Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
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W 38–7 |
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October 14 |
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Utah |
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Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
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W 59–48 |
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October 21 |
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at BYU |
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Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT |
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W 42–17 |
23,561[1] |
October 28 |
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Air Force* |
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Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
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L 39–31 |
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November 4 |
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at UTEP |
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Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX |
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W 55–14 |
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November 11 |
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New Mexico![dagger](../I/m/Dagger-14-plain.png) |
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Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
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W 60–7 |
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November 18 |
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San Jose State* |
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Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ |
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W 51–21 |
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November 25 |
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at Arizona |
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Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Territorial Cup) |
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W 38–21 |
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December 23 |
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vs. Missouri* |
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Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl) |
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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
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 |
[3]
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
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Arizona St |
20 |
10 | 0 | 3 |
33 |
Houston |
14 |
0 | 0 | 14 |
28 |
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Scoring summary |
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1 |
| Arizona St | Holden 55-yard pass from White (Cruz kick) | Arizona St 7-0 |
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1 |
| Arizona St | Holden 52-yard pass from White (kick failed) | Arizona St 13-0 |
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1 |
| Arizona St | Green 9-yard run (Cruz kick) | Arizona St 20-0 |
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1 |
| Houston | Nobles 1-yard run (Terrell kick) | Arizona St 20-7 |
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1 |
| Houston | Evans 20-yard interception return (Terrell kick) | Arizona St 20-14 |
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2 |
| Arizona St | McClanahan 2-yard run (Cruz kick) | Arizona St 27-14 |
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2 |
| Arizona St | Cruz 44-yard field goal | Arizona St 30-14 |
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4 |
| Houston | Watts 17-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick) | Arizona St 30-21 |
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4 |
| Arizona St | Cruz 38-yard field goal | Arizona St 33-21 |
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4 |
| Houston | Johnson 46-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick) | Arizona St 33-28 |
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[4]
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 |
[5]
1972 team players in the NFL
The following players were claimed in the 1973 NFL Draft.
[6]
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