Bowl History
1972
Conference
Bowl Record
- Atlantic Coast 2-0 Big 10 0-1 Big Eight 2-3 Big Sky 0-0 Big West 0-0 Colonial Athletic 0-0 Gulf South 0-0 Gulf States 0-0 Independent 1-3 Lone Star 0-0 Mid-American 0-1 Middle Three 0-0 Missouri Valley 0-0 Ohio Athletic 0-0 Ohio Valley 0-0 Pac 10 1-0 Southeastern 2-2 Southern 0-0 Southland 0-0 Southwest 1-1 Western Athletic 1-0
Bowl History
1972
Date
Bowl
Bowl Matchup
1/1/1973 Cotton Texas 17-13 Alabama 1/1/1973 Orange Nebraska 40-6 Notre Dame 1/1/1973 Rose Southern California 42-17 Ohio State 12/18/1972 Liberty Georgia Tech 31-30 Iowa State 12/23/1972 Fiesta Arizona State 49-35 Missouri 12/29/1972 Capital One Tampa 21-18 Kent 12/29/1972 Peach North Carolina State 49-13 West Virginia 12/30/1972 Bluebonnet Tennessee 24-17 Louisiana State 12/30/1972 Gator Auburn 24-3 Colorado 12/30/1972 Sun North Carolina 32-28 Texas Tech 12/31/1972 Sugar Oklahoma 14-0 Penn State
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.