1972_Tennessee_State_Tigers_football_team

1972 Tennessee State Tigers football team

1972 Tennessee State Tigers football team

American college football season

The 1972 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as an independent during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In their tenth season under head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled an 11–1 record, defeated Drake in the Pioneer Bowl (the Midwest region final of the NCAA College Division), and outscored all opponents by a total of 431 to 107.[1]

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    "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
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    "Pettiford directs a Big Blue romp". The Commercial Appeal. September 10, 1972. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Tenn. State passes take toll of Alcorn". Chicago Tribune. September 24, 1972. Retrieved August 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Revenge sweet for TSU". The Tennessean. October 1, 1972. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Texas Southern)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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    "Grambling's Defense Leaves Tenn. Staters Black and Blue". The Shreveport Times. October 8, 1972. p. 4D – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Tennessee State routs Va. State". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 15, 1972. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Rattlers bow again by 44–25". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 22, 1972. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Big Blue dominates Southern University". The Commercial Appeal. October 29, 1972. Retrieved August 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Southern)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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    "Morris Brown loses another". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 5, 1972. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Marauders blankes by Tenn. State". Dayton Daily News. November 12, 1972. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Alabama St. bombed, 43–0". Birmingham Post-Herald. November 24, 1972. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Tennessee St. plugs Bulldogs". Wichita Falls Times. December 10, 1972. Retrieved September 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
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