Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 16 at Houston * No. 13 W 33–28
September 23 Kansas State * No. 10 W 56–14
September 30 at Wyoming No. 11 L 45–43
October 7 Oregon State * Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 38–7
October 14 Utah Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 59–48
October 21 at BYU No. 19 W 42–1723,561
October 28 Air Force * No. 16 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ L 39–31
November 4 at UTEP W 55–14
November 11 New Mexico No. 19 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 60–7
November 18 San Jose State * No. 18 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 51–21
November 25 at Arizona No. 18 W 38–21
December 23 vs. Missouri * No. 15 W 49–3551,318
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Captains: Larry Delbridge, Steve Matlock
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
[ 1]
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) [ 1]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Arizona St
20
10 0 3
33
Houston
14
0 0 14
28
Scoring summary 1 Arizona St Holden 55-yard pass from White (Cruz kick) Arizona St 7-0
1 Arizona St Holden 52-yard pass from White (kick failed) Arizona St 13-0
1 Arizona St Green 9-yard run (Cruz kick) Arizona St 20-0
1 Houston Nobles 1-yard run (Terrell kick) Arizona St 20-7
1 Houston Evans 20-yard interception return (Terrell kick) Arizona St 20-14
2 Arizona St McClanahan 2-yard run (Cruz kick) Arizona St 27-14
2 Arizona St Cruz 44-yard field goal Arizona St 30-14
4 Houston Watts 17-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick) Arizona St 30-21
4 Arizona St Cruz 38-yard field goal Arizona St 33-21
4 Houston Johnson 46-yard pass from Nobles (Terrell kick) Arizona St 33-28
[ 2]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final AP 12 13 10 11 — — 19 16 — 19 18 18 15 13
1972 team players in the NFL
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