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Tuscaloosa Football Team History
Tuscaloosa Black Bears
Tuscaloosa High School
Tuscaloosa, AL 0
Stadium: Van deGraaf Field Colors: Red & Black Coach: Harold Lutz
1972 Season Highlights
Harold Lutz enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Tuscaloosa.
First playoff win.
First playoff appearance. The Black Bears set a team record by winning 9 games.
1972 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Sep. 1 vs.
Holt
10
8
W
Fri., Sep. 8 vs.
Druid
35
0
W
Fri., Sep. 15 vs.
Sidney Lanier
21
14
W
Fri., Sep. 22 @
Selma
35
14
W
Fri., Sep. 29 vs.
Jess Lanier
14
6
W
Fri., Oct. 6 vs.
Tarrant
48
14
W
Fri., Oct. 13 @
Tuscaloosa County
35
14
W
Fri., Oct. 20 @
Mountain Brook
13
14
L
Fri., Oct. 27 OPEN Fri., Nov. 3 @
Lee Huntsville
21
7
W
Playoffs Fri., Nov. 17 @
Enterprise
17
7
W
1st Round Playoffs Fri., Nov. 24 @
Banks
0
21
L
Semi-finals Playoffs
1972 Season Totals
Record 9-2
Points Scored 249
Scoring Average 22.6
Points Allowed 119
Defense Average 10.8
Opponents Record 59-48
-5
Home Record 5-0
Away Record 4-2
1972 Class 4A Rankings
Date
Week
Rank
Record
Votes
Source
10/11/1972 6
6 (6-0)
AHSAA
10/18/1972 7
6 (7-0)
AHSAA
10/25/1972 8
7 (7-1)
AHSAA
10/4/1972 5
4 (5-0)
AHSAA
11/1/1972 9
9 (7-1)
AHSAA
11/12/1972 Final
7 (9-1)
AHSAA
11/5/1972 10
9 (7-1)
AHSAA
11/8/1972 10
6 (8-1)
AHSAA
9/20/1972 3
6 (3-0)
AHSAA
9/27/1972 4
5 (4-0)
AHSAA
1972 Player Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Bill Henderson
TE
Sr. 6-3 240
All-Star Game
Bob Baumhower
NG
Sr. 6-6 237
All-Star Game
1972 All State Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Billy Henderson E
Sr. 6-3 230
1st
BN
Billy Henderson E
Sr. 6-4 225
1st
BPH
Clarence Hester B
HM
BPH
Mike Skelton LB
Sr. 6-3 210
2nd
BPH
Mike Skelton G/C
Sr. 6-3 210
HM
BN
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