The 1972–73 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in November and December 1972 and January 1973 to end the 1972 NCAA University Division football season and the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. A total of 19 team-competitive games were played. The University Division post-season began with the Liberty Bowl on December 18, 1972, and concluded on January 1, 1973, with the Orange Bowl.
Schedule
DateGameSiteTVTeamsResultsKnute Rockne BowlBoardwalk HallAtlantic City, New JerseyBridgeport (10–0)Slippery Rock (8–1–1)Bridgeport 27Slippery Rock 22Amos Alonzo Stagg BowlGarrett–Harrison StadiumPhenix City, AlabamaHeidelburg (10–0)Fort Valley State (10–1)Heidelberg 28Fort Valley State 16Orange Blossom ClassicMiami Orange BowlMiami, FloridaFlorida A&M (4–6)Maryland Eastern Shore (4–4)Florida A&M 41Maryland Eastern Shore 21Pelican BowlWallace Wade StadiumDurham, North CarolinaNo. 8 Grambling (10–2)NC Central (9–1)Grambling 56NC Central 6Boardwalk BowlBoardwalk HallAtlantic City, New JerseyABCUMass (8–2)UC Davis (6–1–2)UMass 35UC Davis 14Grantland Rice BowlBREC Memorial StadiumBaton Rouge, LouisianaABCNo. 2 Louisiana Tech (11–0)Tennessee Tech (10–1)Louisiana Tech 35Tennessee Tech 0Pioneer BowlMemorial StadiumWichita Falls, TexasABCNo. 5 Tennessee State (10–1)Drake (7–4)Tennessee State 29Drake 21Camellia BowlHughes StadiumSacramento, CaliforniaABCNo. 3 Cal Poly (8–0–1)No. 6 North Dakota (9–1)North Dakota 38Cal Poly 21Liberty BowlMemphis Memorial StadiumMemphis, TennesseeABCGeorgia Tech (6–4–1)Iowa State (5–5–1)Georgia Tech 31Iowa State 30Fiesta BowlSun Devil StadiumTempe, ArizonaMizlouNo. 15 Arizona State (9–2)Missouri (6–5)Arizona State 49Missouri 35Tangerine BowlTangerine BowlOrlando, FloridaTampa (9–2)Kent State (6–4–1)Tampa 21Kent State 18Peach BowlFulton County StadiumAtlanta, GeorgiaMizlouNC State (7–3–1)No. 18 West Virginia (8–3)NC State 49West Virginia 13Sun BowlSun BowlEl Paso, TexasCBSNo. 16 North Carolina (10–1)Texas Tech (8–3)North Carolina 32Texas Tech 28Gator BowlGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville, FloridaNBCNo. 6 Auburn (9–1)No. 13 Colorado (8–3)Auburn 24Colorado 3Astro-Bluebonnet BowlAstrodomeHouston, TexasHTNNo. 11 Tennessee (9–2)No. 10 LSU (9–1–1)Tennessee 24LSU 17Sugar BowlTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LouisianaABCNo. 2 Oklahoma (10–1)No. 5 Penn State (10–1)Oklahoma 14Penn State 0Cotton Bowl ClassicCotton BowlDallas, TexasCBSNo. 7 Texas (9–1)No. 4 Alabama (10–1)Texas 17Alabama 13Rose BowlRose BowlPasadena, CaliforniaNBCNo. 1 USC (11–0)No. 3 Ohio State (9–1)USC 42Ohio State 17Orange BowlMiami Orange BowlMiami, FloridaNBCNo. 9 Nebraska (8–2–1)No. 12 Notre Dame (8–2)Nebraska 40Notre Dame 6
Rankings from AP Poll
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