American college football season
The 1973 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Cougars were led by second-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. The team competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference, finishing tied for fourth with a conference record of 3–4.
Game summaries
Utah
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• BYU |
3 |
27 | 16 | 0 |
46 |
Utah |
0 |
3 | 6 | 13 |
22 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | BYU | Duke 51 yard field goal | BYU 3-0 |
| 2 | | BYU | Blanc 1 yard run (Duke kick) | BYU 10-0 |
| 2 | | BYU | Taylor 8 yard pass from Sheide (Duke kick) | BYU 17-0 |
| 2 | | BYU | Blanc 32 yard pass from Sheide (Duke kick) | BYU 24-0 |
| 2 | | BYU | Betham 35 yard pass from Sheide (kick failed) | BYU 30-0 |
| 2 | | UTAH | Marrelli 37 yard field goal | BYU 30-3 |
| 3 | | BYU | Safety | BYU 32-3 |
| 3 | | BYU | Blanc 1 yard run (Duke kick) | BYU 39-3 |
| 3 | | BYU | yard pass from Sheide (Duke kick) | BYU 46-3 |
| 4 | | UTAH | Odom 36 yard pass from Van Galder (kick failed) | BYU 46-9 |
| 4 | | UTAH | Hutchins 59 yard pass from Van Galder (Marrelli kick) | BYU 46-16 |
| 4 | | UTAH | Odom 33 yard pass from Van Galder (run failed) | BYU 46-22 |
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The first half was played in a blinding snowstorm. Gary Sheide tied the WAC single-season touchdown record of 21 in the third quarter shared by Virgil Carter (1966) and Danny White (1972). It was the most points BYU had scored against Utah to date.
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