1972_Astro-Bluebonnet_Bowl

1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

College football game

The 1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, part of the 1972 bowl game season, took place on December 30, 1972, at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.[1] The competing teams were the LSU Tigers and Tennessee Volunteers with each team being a member of the Southeastern Conference, although the teams did not meet in the regular season. Tennessee won the game 24–17.[2]

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Teams

LSU

See also: 1972 LSU Tigers football team

The 1972 LSU Tigers finished the regular season with a 9–1–1 record with its lone loss coming against Alabama and a tie against Florida. The appearance marked the second for LSU in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, and their eighteenth overall bowl game.[3]

Tennessee

See also: 1972 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1972 Tennessee Volunteers finished the regular season with a 9–2 record with a loss to both Alabama and Auburn. The appearance marked the second for Tennessee in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, and their nineteenth overall bowl game.

Game summary

Scoring summary

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References

  1. [1]
    "Bluebonnet Bowl History". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Bluebonnet Bowl". sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "LSU Football Bowl History & Recaps". lsusports.net. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  4. [4]
    Fourteenth Astro-Bluebonnet Game (PDF). Houston, TX: lsusports.net. 1972. Retrieved February 3, 2011.


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