The 1972 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Don Fambrough, the Jayhawks compiled a 4–7 record (2–5 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 305 to 208. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.
The team's statistical leaders included David Jaynes with 2,253 passing yards, Jerome Nellums with 684 rushing yards and Bruce Adams with 704 receiving yards. Don Perkins and Pat Ryan were the team captains.2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 185.
Three weeks before the season opener, the Jayhawks were banned from a bowl game and live television when the NCAA placed the university on probation for one year after it was discovered former assistant football coach DIck Tomey (who left KU with Pepper Rodgers when the latter was named head coach at UCLA in 1971) certified two prospective student-athletes from Washington as academically eligible under NCAA rules on the basis of falsified high school transcripts. Compliance director John Novotny realized the transcripts were doctored, but he did not take action upon discovery. KU's basketball and athletics programs received the same punishment.
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