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BYU vs Utah — November 18, 1972

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Date	November 18, 1972
Stadium	Rice Stadium
Location	Salt Lake City, UT
Weather	47°, overcast
Attendance	24,917
BYU Conference	WAC
Opp Conference	WAC
BYU Head Coach	LaVell Edwards
Opp Head Coach	Bill Meek
BYU AP Rank
Opp AP Rank

Game Notes

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No game summary available.

Qtr	Time	Team	Scoring Event	BYU	OPP
1	04:11	BYU	Steve Stratton 4-yard run (John Monahan PAT made)	7	0
2	12:11	BYU	TEAM safety	9	0
3	02:23	UTAH	Ike Spencer 70-yard run (Flemming Jensen PAT made)	9	7
4	00:31	BYU	George Gourley 24-yard interception return (John Monahan PAT made)	16	7

Statistic	BYU	UTAH
First Downs	17	10
Rushing	15	8
Passing	2	2
Penalty	0	0
Rushing	286	134
Attempts	67	42
Avg per Rush	4.3	3.2
Touchdowns	1	1
Passing	50	38
Cmp-Att-Int	7-16-1	3-22-4
Completion %	43.8	13.6
Yds/Attempt	3.1	1.7
Yds/Catch	7.1	12.7
Touchdowns	0	0
Total Offense	336	172
Plays	83	64
Avg per Play	53.4	40.1
Punt/Kick Returns
Punt Ret-Yds-TD	5-36-0	1--12-0
Avg Punt Return	7.2	(12.0)
Kick Ret-Yds-TD	2-53-0	3-76-0
Avg Kick Return	26.5	25.3
Punting	8-313	7-343
Avg Punt	39.1	49.0
Miscellaneous
Fumbles-Lost	7-5	7-3
Penalties-Yards	5-45	3-30
Sacks By	5	1
FG Made-Att	0-	0-
3rd Down Conv	10-21	4-17
4th Down Conv	0-0	0-0

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Dave Terry	7	13	53.8	71	5.5	0	1	15	84.3	0
Pete Van Valkenburg	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Bill August	1	2	50.0	-4	-2.0	0	0	0	33.2	1

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Pete Van Valkenburg	37	158	4.3	0	34
Steve Stratton	19	93	4.9	1	22
Dave Terry	5	25	5.0	0	14
Wayne Bower	2	5	2.5	0	4
Bill August	3	4	1.3	0	9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Logan Hunter	3	25	8.3	0	15
John Betham	2	17	8.5	0	11
Mike Pistorius	1	12	12.0	0	12
Pete Van Valkenburg	1	-4	-4.0	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Pete Van Valkenburg	2	38	19.0	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
John Betham	5	20	4.0	0	0

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
Larry Carr	10	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Tree	10	2.0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Atkinson	8	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Gourley	7	0.0	0.0	0	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Hansen	6	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Rozeski	5	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orrin Olsen	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Linford	5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Crompton	3	0.0	0.0	0	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bennie Smith	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Jensen	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Baker	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Echo Hawk	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Wells	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Smith	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Larsen	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	FGA	Lng	Blk	XP	XPA	XP Blk
John Monahan	0	0	0		2	2	0

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Yds/Att	TD	Int	Lng	Eff	Sacked
Dan Payne	3	18	16.7	38	2.1	0	4	18	-10.0
Steve Marshall	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Ike Spencer	11	98	8.9	1	70
Steven Marlowe	9	32	3.6	0	12
Eugene Belczyk	5	26	5.2	0	13
Steve Odom	1	8	8.0	0	8
Daniel Payne	6	-14	-2.3	0	8
Steven Marshall	8	-16	-2.0	0	5

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lng
Willie Armstead	1	18	18.0	0	18
Steve Odom	1	15	15.0	0	15
Gene Belczyk	1	5	5.0	0	5

Defense

Player	Tkl	Sk	TFL	PBU	INT	INT Yds	INT TD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Blk	Sfty
Ev Custer	19	0.0		0				0					0
Dennis Wall	19	0.0		0				0					0
Elliott Hagood	12	0.0		0				0					0
Bob Fratto	12	0.0		0				1					0
Larry Eldracher	10	0.0		0				0					0
Gary Keller	10	0.0		0				0					0
Ron Rydalch	10	0.0		0				0					0
Bob Pritchett	8	0.0		0				0					0
Greg May	7	0.0		0				0					0
Mike Stevens	6	0.0		2				0					0
Alan Gilreath	6	1.0		0				1					0
Gene Belczyk	2	0.0		0				0					0
Ed Onofrio	1	0.0		0				0					0
Jeff Nichols	1	0.0		0				0					0
Rick Edge	1	0.0		0				0					0
Steve Hallsey	1	0.0		0				0					0

Offense

BYU

Pos	Player
QB	Bill August
HB	Pete Van Valkenburg
FB	Steve Stratton
WB	John Betham
SE	Logan Hunter
TE	Mike Pistorius
LT	Steve Price
LG	John Monahan
C	Joe Bailey
RG	Paul Howard
RT	Craig Denney

Utah

No data.

Defense

BYU

Pos	Player
DE	Ed Rozeski
DE	Bob Larsen
DT	Paul Linford
DT	Wayne Baker
LB	Ron Tree
LB	Larry Carr
LB	Phil Jensen
CB	Dave Atkinson
CB	George Gourley
S	Dan Hansen
S	Craig Crompton

Utah

No data.