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Tuscaloosa Football Team History
Tuscaloosa Black Bears
Tuscaloosa High School
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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