BYU Cougars

1972 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
45	Doug Adams D. Adams	LB	6'2"	210	SO
85	Joel Adams J. Adams	DL	6'3"	210	SO
9	Dave Affleck D. Affleck	WR	6'2"	190	JR
34	Charlie Ah You C. Ah You	FB	5'10"	185	SO
8	Dave Atkinson D. Atkinson		6'2"	185	JR
7	Bill August B. August	QB	6'0"	180	SR
61	Joe Bailey J. Bailey	OL	6'1"	200	JR
72	Wayne Baker W. Baker		6'6"	235	SO
41	John Betham J. Betham	WR	5'11"	165	SO
36	Wayne Bower W. Bower	RB	6'0"	185	JR
79	Dave Brooks D. Brooks	OL	6'2"	222	JR
69	Jerry Burke J. Burke	LB	6'2"	210	SO
18	Stan Call S. Call		5'10"	180	SO
67	Larry Carr L. Carr	LB	6'0"	218	SO
42	Dave Clark D. Clark	WR	6'0"	170	SO
58	Conrad Cole C. Cole	DL	6'1"	218	SO
22	Dean Conway D. Conway	FB	6'1"	210	SO
10	Dave Coon D. Coon	FB	6'0"	185	SR
64	Bill Critchfield B. Critchfield	OL	6'4"	240	SO
44	Craig Crompton C. Crompton	DB	5'10"	165	SR
62	Craig Denny C. Denny	OL	6'2"	225	JR
30	Paul Devine P. Devine	RB	5'8"	195	JR
80	Dennis Doman D. Doman	TE	6'1"	210	SR
54	Steve Draeger S. Draeger	LB	6'1"	190	SO
84	Greg Dunn G. Dunn	LB	6'5"	215	SO
17	Fred Echohawk F. Echohawk	DB	6'1"	190	JR
24	Tom Echohawk T. Echohawk		6'2"	195	SO
12	Mike Epperson M. Epperson	DB	6'1"	185	SO
86	Lloyd Fairbanks L. Fairbanks	DL	6'4"	215	JR
68	Harold Farnsworth H. Farnsworth	OL	6'1"	215	JR
31	Reed Gempeler R. Gempeler		5'10"	180	SO
	Gil Gillenwater G. Gillenwater	RB
33	George Gourley G. Gourley	DB	5'11"	180	SR
16	Brian Gunderson B. Gunderson	QB	6'0"	175	SR
56	Paul Gustavson P. Gustavson	OL	6'2"	230	JR
11	Dan Hansen D. Hansen		6'2"	195	SR
78	Paul Howard P. Howard	OL	6'3"	260	SR
52	Kahlili Hunt K. Hunt	LB	5'11"	220	JR
25	Logan Hunter L. Hunter	WR	6'1"	180	SR
20	Bryce Johnson B. Johnson	RB	6'2"	192	SO
26	Paul Karaica P. Karaica		5'10"	185	JR
87	Bob Larsen B. Larsen	DL	6'4"	205	JR
74	Paul Linford P. Linford		6'5"	245	SO
66	Doug Maughan D. Maughan		6'3"	230	JR
14	Terry McEwen T. McEwen	QB	6'2"	180	SO
76	Jay Miller J. Miller	OL	6'3"	260	SO
60	Wally Molifua W. Molifua		6'2"	263	JR
71	John Monahan J. Monahan	OL	6'3"	225	SR
16	Mark Montgomery M. Montgomery	QB	6'0"	175	SO
70	Paul Muklewicz P. Muklewicz	OL	6'2"	233	JR
57	Larry Nelson L. Nelson	LB	6'0"	190	SO
19	Dennis Olsen D. Olsen		6'4"	200	JR
83	Orrin Olsen O. Olsen	LB	6'2"	230	SO
53	Ken Peterson K. Peterson	OL	6'1"	230	SO
89	Mike Pistorius M. Pistorius	TE	6'1"	195	JR
90	Rick Powell R. Powell	WR	6'1"	165	SO
50	Mike Preston M. Preston	LB	6'3"	205	JR
65	Steve Price S. Price	OL	6'2"	195	JR
46	Roy Robbins R. Robbins	DL	6'0"	220	SO
37	Karl Rogoff K. Rogoff	LB	6'3"	205	SO
88	Ed Rozeski E. Rozeski	DL	6'1"	220	JR
63	Julian Smilowitz J. Smilowitz		6'0"	215	SO
5	Bennie Smith B. Smith		6'0"	178	JR
59	Sid Smith S. Smith	OL	6'2"	215	SO
51	Scott Stapley S. Stapley	LB	6'3"	215	SO
35	Steve Stratton S. Stratton	FB	6'0"	215	JR
43	Dan Taylor D. Taylor	RB	6'2"	190	SO
13	Dave Terry D. Terry	QB	5'11"	165	JR
32	Ron Tree R. Tree	LB	5'11"	190	SR
28	Pete Van Valkenburg P. Van Valkenburg	RB	6'2"	195	SR
73	Stan Varner S. Varner	DL	6'4"	215	SO
77	Grant Wells G. Wells		6'4"	227	JR
23	Von Wells V. Wells	DB	6'2"	185	SR
	Lynn Zwahlen L. Zwahlen	WR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333