1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
Date | December 30, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Houston Astrodome | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | R. Pete Williams ( SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 52,961 | ||||||||||||||||||
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]
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]
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.
Scoring summary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Source: [4]
Statistics [4] | LSU | UT |
---|---|---|
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 |
1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
Date | December 30, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Houston Astrodome | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | R. Pete Williams ( SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 52,961 | ||||||||||||||||||
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]
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]
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.
Scoring summary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Source: [4]
Statistics [4] | LSU | UT |
---|---|---|
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 |