1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
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| Date | December 30, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Houston Astrodome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | R. Pete Williams (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 52,961 | ||||||||||||||||||
The1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl,part of the1972bowl gameseason, took place on December 30, 1972, at theHouston AstrodomeinHouston, Texas.[1]The competing teams were theLSU TigersandTennessee Volunteerswith each team being a member of theSoutheastern Conference,although the teams did not meet in the regular season. Tennessee won the game 24–17.[2]
Teams
[edit]LSU
[edit]The 1972 LSU Tigers finished the regular season with a 9–1–1 record with its lone loss coming againstAlabamaand a tie againstFlorida.The appearance marked the second for LSU in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, and their eighteenth overallbowl game.[3]
Tennessee
[edit]The 1972 Tennessee Volunteers finished the regular season with a 9–2 record with a loss to bothAlabamaandAuburn.The appearance marked the second for Tennessee in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, and their nineteenth overallbowl game.
Game summary
[edit]Scoring summary
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Statistics
[edit]| Statistics[4] | LSU | UT |
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| First downs | 18 | 17 |
| Plays–yards | 72–277 | 60–273 |
| Rushes–yards | 52–187 | 41–179 |
| Passing yards | 90 | 94 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 7–20–1 | 11–19–1 |
References
[edit]- ^"Bluebonnet Bowl History".databasefootball.com. Archived fromthe originalon November 30, 2015.RetrievedDecember 25,2015.
- ^"Bluebonnet Bowl".sports-reference.com.RetrievedDecember 25,2015.
- ^"LSU Football Bowl History & Recaps".lsusports.net. Archived fromthe originalon September 5, 2015.RetrievedDecember 25,2015.
- ^abFourteenth Astro-Bluebonnet Game(PDF).Houston, TX: lsusports.net. 1972.RetrievedFebruary 3,2011.
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