1972 record 7–4 (5–2 WAC) Offensive coordinator Dave Kragthorpe | Head coach LaVell Edwards Home stadium Cougar Stadium | |
Conference Western Athletic Conference | ||
The 1972 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) for the 1972 college football season. It was their first year under head coach LaVell Edwards and the Cougars finished over .500 for the first time since 1969.
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Preseason
Defensive coordinator LaVell Edwards was promoted to head coach in January to take over for the departed Tommy Hudspeth, who ended up as the head coach at UTEP by season's end.
BYU was returning 28 players from the previous year but Golden Richards would not be one of them. Richards claimed it was because the Cougars were still a run-oriented offense while BYU and Edwards said it was because Richards had trouble keeping with his academics.
Awards
All-WAC: Dave Atkinson, Dan Hansen, Paul Howard, Paul Linford, Ron Tree, Pete Van Valkenburg
WAC Coach of the Year: LaVell Edwards