Harvard

Missouri

WSU 31–14

R Machán B Taróczy

nwpdepression

Atlanta Falcons

Mike Bartoszek
ILL

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#1 Nebraska

1972 Paris Open

July 4 – 6

Juan Gisbert, Sr.

cat4

Huff 4-yard run
L 6–40 vs. Nebraska

A Gimeno J Gisbert, Sr.

Henson 1-yard run

Georgia Institute of Technology

Notre Dame 28-8

Rich Galbos

CAN

A Pattison

1972 Oregon State Beavers football team

Henson 1 yard run
Keith 1 yard run

1972 National Challenge Cup

Pacific Memorial Stadium

Lantry 35-yard field goal
Novak 12 yard pass from Steiner

AP Poll released prior to game

1972 Pacific hurricane season

California
Steve Myers

Statistics of Norwegian First Division in season 1972.

POL

#5 Nebraska

Henson 25-yard run

Overall: 1st

WASH 35–21

yes

Chargers

June

Arizona State

Big Ten Conference

PAGASA

Pennsylvania State University

CHI 7–0

South Course

V Zednik

October 18 – 19

Yes
Morgan 6 yard pass to King

USC 44–3

Ohio State

Robertson 4-yard run

GHA

I Năstase
S Baranyi P Szőke

Anderson 16 yard pass from Somers

Southern California

cat5

John Cieszowski 1-yard run

Carroll 24-yard pass from Robertson
#2 Oklahoma

E di Matteo

Light Cloud

The 1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season took place during the 1972 college football season. The conference featured the eventual national champions in USC.

Jim Cope

None

Southeastern Conference

Gary Lago

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh Steelers

A Zugarelli

San Pedro Yugoslavs

J-B Chanfreau D Contet

(Oakland Hills Country Club)

Alphonso Cain, DT

1972 Olympics medal count

#1 Nebraska at UCLA [box score]

Patriots
Charlie Gogolak 42 yard field goal

OSU 9-7

Final

Northwestern University

G Goven W N'Godrella

Olga

Independent

New Zealand

ORE 15–13

#7 Nebraska

J Fillol

Henson 16 yard run
Jim Kregel

Jackson, MS

Henson 3 yard run

UCLA 28–23

Alabama State

Andy Huff 1-yard run

othertitles

Charles Bonica

Jerry Smith 9 yard pass from Billy Kilmer

PITT

Pacific

OHST

Bears

football

Oklahoma 31-7

OSU 27–13
Ohio St 7-0

#3 Nebraska at #15 Colorado [box score]

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The 1972 Northern 300 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 16, 1972, at Trenton Speedway in Trenton, New Jersey.

The 1972 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1972 college football season. In their ninth and final year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (1–8 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1,335 passing yards, Greg Boykin with 625 rushing yards, and Jim Lash with 667 receiving yards. Five Northwestern player received All-Big Ten honors. They are: (1) tight end Steve Craig (AP-1, UPI-1); (2) split end Jim Lash (UPI-1); (3) defensive back Greg Strunk (AP-2, UPI-2); (4) defensive lineman Jim Anderson (AP-2); and (5) running back Greg Boykin (AP-2).

New England Patriots

Andrés Gimeno

USC 42–14

Chapel Hill, NC

Big Eight co-champion

The 1972 Nicaragua earthquake occurred at 12:29 a.m. local time (06:29 UTC) on Saturday, December 23 near Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. It had a magnitude of 6.2, with the epicenter 28 kilometers northeast of the city centre, and a depth of about 5 kilometers. Within an hour after the main shock, two aftershocks, one of magnitude 5.0 and the other 5.2, occurred at 1:18 a.m. and 1:20 a.m. The earthquake caused widespread casualties among Managua's residents: 6,000 were killed, 20,000 were injured and over 250,000 were left homeless.

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Orange Bowl

1972 Next Generation Adelaide International

Big 8

WIS

The 1972 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 8 January 1972. The race had 20 starters.It was the 18th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the first round of the 1972 Tasman Series. Australian Frank Gardner won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of British Grand Prix motorcycle racing champion Mike Hailwood. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Robbie Francevic in the McLaren Formula 5000 who came in 9th place.The race saw the tragic death of Bryan Faloon who died after an accident on the back straight with Graeme Lawrence in the closing laps of the race.

Cunningham 1 yard run
Griffin 30-yard run

Pacific Tigers

September 30 – October 7

Fulcher 35-yard field goal

J Hřebec

Ohio State Buckeyes
Niesen 6 yard run

Oral Roberts

1972 Navy Midshipmen football team

Penn State Nittany Lions

Galbos 37 yard pass from Hare

July 27 – 30

PST

ABC

Huff 1-yard run

The 1st edition of the Palestine Cup was held in Baghdad, Iraq between 1 January and 14 January. The tournament apparently acted as replacement for the Arab Nations Cup (or was just another name for it), which was otherwise not held between 1966 and 1985. Nine nations took part in the competition of which Egypt won.

NASCAR Winston Cup Series Races

The 1972 Pacific hurricane season was an ongoing event in tropical cyclone meteorology. There were few notable storms this year. No one was killed and storm effects were generally not serious. The most notable systems were Hurricane Celeste and Joanne. Celeste was the strongest storm of the season, and caused heavy damage to Johnston Atoll. Hurricane Joanne brought gale-force winds to the Continental United States and caused flooding in Arizona and northern Mexico, which killed one person. The only other system to directly impact land was Hurricane Annette.The season began on May 15, 1972, in the east Pacific, and on June 1, 1972, in the central Pacific. It ended on November 30, 1972. These dates conventionally delimit the period of time when tropical cyclones form in the east Pacific Ocean. This season had a below average number of storms. There were twenty tropical cyclones, four of which were in the central Pacific. Of those, four were tropical storms, eight were hurricanes, and four were major hurricanes that reached Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. In the central Pacific, two tropical storms and two tropical depressions formed. One of the depressions and one of the storms crossed the International Date Line to become typhoons in the 1972 Pacific typhoon season.

The 1972 New Orleans Saints season was the team's sixth as a member of the National Football League (NFL). They failed to improve on their previous season's output of 4–8–2, winning only two games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.The Saints suffered through their second 2-11-1 season in three years. It would be their worst until they went 2-12 in 1975.

The 1972 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1972 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–2 record, including the 1973 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where they lost 42–17 to the USC Trojans.

O Parun

Keith 11-yard run

WSH 14–7

CAL 12-9

1972 NFL season

Skip Peterson 1-yard run

Rain, 39°F

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Wyoming Cowboys

Cloudy, warm

1972 NHL Entry Draft

P Barthes

WSH 21–17

QB - Nebraska

John W. Mecom, Jr.

Florida

Maryland

Kansas

Lee Trevino

Vic Koegel

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1972 New Orleans Saints season

P Dominguez P Proisy

#6 Nebraska

The 1972 Pacific hurricane season was an ongoing event in tropical cyclone meteorology. There were few notable storms this year. No one was killed and storm effects were generally not serious. The most notable systems were Hurricane Celeste and Joanne. Celeste was the strongest storm of the season, and caused heavy damage to Johnston Atoll. Hurricane Joanne brought gale-force winds to the Continental United States and caused flooding in Arizona and northern Mexico, which killed one person.

TRI

Blair Conway

Lost Divisional Round

USC 34–7

Washington State

1972 NHL Expansion Draft

ISR

1972 NIT

ND 28-0

Big Ten co-champion

1972 Open Championship

Northern 300

Ruby

and Kyle Rote

USC 35–10

Stanford University

St. Joseph's

Georgia Tech

depression

1972 NLCS

August 11 – 20

Ottawa Rough Riders

Caversham

Nebraska 14-0

Ohio St 6-0

cat1

St. John's

Nebraska 31-0
#3 Nebraska

J-C Barclay

vs. DYN

Philadelphia, PA

Quarterfinals

W 32–28 vs. Texas Tech

B Phillips-Moore N Špear
F Jauffret

Ole Miss

The 1972 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1972. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two then-new expansion teams for the 1972–73 season, the New York Islanders and the Atlanta Flames.

USC 14–7
Novak 15 yard pass from Steiner
Craig 10 yard pass from Anderson

Charlie Smith 19 yard pass from Ken Stabler

Barry

Ohio St 31-7

Texas A&M

Lafayette

The 1972 Nicaragua earthquake occurred at 12:29 a.m. local time (06:29 UTC) on Saturday, December 23 near Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. It had a magnitude of 6.2, with the epicenter 28 kilometers northeast of the city centre, and a depth of about 5 kilometers. Within an hour after the main shock, two aftershocks, one of magnitude 5.0 and the other 5.2, occurred at 1:18 a.m. and 1:20 a.m.

ND 7-0

OSU 7–0

Prairie View A&M

Henson 2 yard run

Sam

Oklahoma Sooners

Powers 57-yard fumble return

OAK 21–14

The 1972 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1972 college football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Rick Forzano.

Notre Dame 42-16

Big Ten

Lost Eastern Final

did not qualify

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Michigan

List 9-yard pass from Humm

Willie Townsend 62-yard pass from Tom Clements

1972 NCAA University Division baseball season

New Orleans Saints

Ohio St 14-0

Daniels 1-yard run
Janasek 3-yard pass from Hogan

Prairie View A&M University

1972 NHL Draft

Shuttlesworth 1-yard run

Tie 14–14

Giants seasons

Flanagan 33-yard pass from Harris

Nebraska 37-7

1972 North and South Yemen war

Navy Midshipmen

EST

Lou Mathis

Greg Pruitt 1-yard run

Pagac 10-yard pass from Purdy

#9 Nebraska

Oklahoma State Cowboys

The 1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the North Carolina Tar Heels of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1972 college football season. The team won its second consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship, going 6–0 in conference play, and played in the 1972 Sun Bowl, defeating Texas Tech by a score of 32–28. The Tar Heels ended the year ranked 12th in the AP Poll.

The 1972 Open Championship was the 101st Open Championship, held 12–15 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Lee Trevino won his second straight Claret Jug, the first to successfully defend his title since Arnold Palmer in 1962. Trevino finished one stroke ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus, ending his bid for the grand slam. Nicklaus had won the first two majors in 1972 and was the odds-on favorite at Muirfield, where he won his first Open in 1966.

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October 19

Louisville Cardinals

Offense: Jerry Tagge

Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Second Round

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CST

Texas

Oklahoma 17-7

Alabama

Norman, OK

Jets

Jeff Davis

OU 14-0

IND

Gisborne City

OHST 0–7

indoors

Unknown

E Deblicker

Krijt 22 yard field goal

Oklahoma
Richmond

1972 NCAA University Division football rankings

Cornell

Griffin 11 yard run

WSU 27–13

1972 Olympics

Harvard Crimson

A Bouteleux

Utah State Aggies

Keith 1-yard run

The 1972 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1972 college football season. Oklahoma was a member of the Big Eight Conference and played its home games in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted an 11–1 overall record and were 6–1 in conference, later changed to 8–4 and 3–4. This was Chuck Fairbanks' last season as Sooner head coach; he left for the New England Patriots of the NFL.There is actually a discrepancy as to the Sooners' 1972 record. The NCAA never officially forced Oklahoma to forfeit games, having only penalized scholarships, TV appearances, bowl appearances, etc. Oklahoma had used players (including Kerry Jackson, the team's first black quarterback) with falsified transcripts and at one point volunteered to forfeit all its games. Eventually, the Big Eight asked them to forfeit three conference victories (Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma State) despite the fact that the NCAA still recognizes them, but Oklahoma now recognizes these as wins and claims the 1972 conference title.Oklahoma was led by four All-Americans: Rod Shoate (OU's second three-time All-American), Greg Pruitt, Tom Brahaney and Derland Moore. This was the first season that the Selmon brothers Lucious, Lee Roy and Dewey, all eventual All-Americans, anchored the defensive line. The Sooners played seven ranked opponents (In order, #10 Texas, #9 Colorado, #14 Iowa State, #14 Missouri, #5 Nebraska, #20 Oklahoma State, and #5 Penn State), and four of these opponents finished the season ranked. Oklahoma's only loss on the field was in the fifth game against Colorado. The team concluded its season with a 14–0 victory over Penn State in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Eve.Pruitt led the Sooners in rushing with 1024 yards, Dave Robertson led in passing with 1136 yards, and Tinker Owens led in receiving (for the first of four consecutive seasons) with 430 yards. Pruitt led in scoring with 86 points, Shoate in tackles with 145, and Dan Ruster in interceptions with seven.The 1972 Sooners twice posted 37 first downs, which was a school record that stood for 16 seasons.

Gwen

TIED 12–12
L 17–42 vs. USC

Memorial Stadium

Randy Keith

F McMillan I Năstase

Jacksonville

(Muirfield)

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Niagara

Bledsoe 5 yard run
Ohio St 7–0

UCLA 49–13

J Connors

The 1972 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1972 college football season.

Rae 10 yard pass to Swann
Conway 44 yard field goal

Brann won the Norwegian Cup by beating Rosenborg 1–0 on 22 October. The goal scorer for Brann was Jan Erik Osland who scored in the 13th minute.17 700 spectators watched the game at Ullevål stadion in Oslo. The referee was Kjell Wahlen. This was the third time Brann won the Norwegian Cup.Brann's winning squad: Oddvar Trææn, Helge Karlsen, Rune Pedersen, Ole Kobbeltvedt, Tore Nordtvedt, Frode Larsen (Torgeir Hauge 60), Erling Mikkelsen (Atle Bilsback 75), Arnfinn Espeseth, Roald Jensen, Kjell Øyasæter and Jan Erik Osland.Rosenborg's squad: Øivind Brynte Torp, Erling Meirik, Kåre Rønnes, Bjørn Rime, Øystein Wormdal, Jan Christiansen, Anders Farstad, Tore Lindseth, Harald Sunde, Bjørn Wirkola and Arne Hanssen.

Dave Purdy

Iowa State

Alabama State University

E di Matteo A Zugarelli

Nelson

TCH

The 1972 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 2nd place in the CFL East division with an 11–3 record, with all three losses coming at the hands of the 1st place Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The team lost in the East Final series to those same Tiger-Cats by a total points score of 30–27.

The 1972 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1972 college football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time: Division I, also known as the University Division, where they competed among the Independents schools of the league. They were led by head coach Jerry Ippoliti, his second season with the team and the first NIU coach with a winning record in Division I football. They played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

Notre Dame Stadium

Safety, Toews blocked punt out of end zone

September 14 – 22

1972 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Bobby Allison

MSU 6–3

Oklahoma State

Temple

Clyde Williams Field, Ames, Iowa

Permanent racing facility

Henson 5-yard run
OSU 22-12

Notre Dame 14-0

Mul-Key

ACC champion

WPac

EPac

Henson 4 yard run

Toni

Semifinals

UCLA 35–20

John Dampeer

Defense: Willie Harper

Location in East Lothian, Scotland

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OSU 35-12

The 1972 Paris Open, also known as the Jean Becker Open Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit and classified as a B category tournament. It was the 4th edition of the Paris Open (later known as the Paris Masters) and took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from October 30 through November 5, 1972. Stan Smith won the singles title.

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Iraq

UCLA 37–7

Northern Illinois Huskies

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Eric Penick 14-yard run

First Round

Walt Patulski, DE

Wellington City

Ole Miss Rebels

OSU 3-2

The 1972 National Challenge Cup was the 59th edition of the United States Soccer Football Association's annual open soccer championship. Teams from the North American Soccer League declined to participate. Elizabeth S.C. defeated the San Pedro Yugoslavs in the final game.

Ohio St 28–7
OHST 14–27

Blockhouse Bay

Fernanda

The 1972 New York Giants season was the 48th season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants had an 8–6 record and finished in third place in the National Football Conference East Division, three games behind the Washington Redskins.The Giants had two first-round selections in the 1972 NFL Draft, and chose Eldridge Small and Larry Jacobson with the 17th and 24th overall picks, respectively. Before the season, New York traded their starting quarterback, Fran Tarkenton, to the Minnesota Vikings for a package of players and draft picks that included quarterback Norm Snead, who led the league in pass completion average in 1972. The Giants lost twice to open the season, but went on a four-game winning streak afterwards. In their 11th game, the Giants defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 62–10, setting the franchise record for the most points scored in a game; it was also an Eagles record for the most points allowed. The victory put the team at 7–4 and in contention for a playoff berth. Two losses ended their postseason chances, but New York beat the Dallas Cowboys in the final game of the season to finish with 8 wins in 14 games. Halfback Ron Johnson scored nine touchdowns on running plays to top the NFL, and his 1,182 rushing yards broke the Giants' single-season record.

WASH 30–21

The 1972 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1972 college football season. In their 15th season under head coach Bill Hess, the Bobcats compiled a 3–8 record (1–4 against MAC opponents), finished in sixth place, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 321 to 185.

Brown recovered blocked punt in end zone

Washington Redskins

Hyacinth

Mid-American Conference

Princeton

Nebraska 37-0
Nebraska

Linhart
Adams

Charley Taylor 4 yard pass from Billy Kilmer

Baltimore Colts

OSU 14-3

Pittsburgh

Palestine Cup

1972 New York Giants season

The 1972 National Invitation Tournament was the 1972 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Northwestern Wildcats

Mount Wellington

Saints seasons

Brann won the Norwegian Cup by beating Rosenborg 1–0 on 22 October. The goal scorer for Brann was Jan Erik Osland who scored in the 13th minute.17 700 spectators watched the game at Ullevål stadion in Oslo. The referee was Kjell Wahlen.

Louisville

1972 National Board of Review Awards

WASH 23–17

TCU

Australia

Raiders seasons

'''J Gisbert, Sr.

Elizabeth S.C.

Ohio St

C Barazzutti

Did not enter

Michigan State

Regular season

OSU 6–12

#10 Nebraska

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San Jose St

Minnesota at #7 Nebraska [box score]

Lewis 60-yard pass from Perrin
Ted Powell

Sam Adams, Sr.

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USC 28–10

W 14–0 vs. Penn State

Ohio St 19-7

VII

Best 56-yard run

1972 New York Mosque Incident

OSU

Kicker

T Gorman

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season

1972 NHL Expansion

Cloudy, WNW wind 10 mph, 41°F

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September 28 – October 3

1972 North Yemen–South Yemen war

Griffin 9-yard run

untelevised

1972 Nicaragua earthquake

Estelle

Hare 6-yard run

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1972 Orange Bowl

1972 NCAA football season

Northwestern

1972 Paris Open – Doubles

The 1972 Olympics Black Power Salute was a political protest by two US Olympic runners Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett. This event is sometimes referred to as "The Forgotten Protest." This event came four years after the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute.

#3 Nebraska at #17 Iowa State [box score]

Syracuse

OAK

Rick Fulcher 32-yard field goal

Pac-8

Trenton Speedway, featuring its "kidney bean" shape.

#5 Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

CLEM

Don Shy 1 yard run

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Conway 21 yard field goal

1972 PHS

OSU 21–13

1972 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Benny

1972 Pacific typhoon season

I Ţiriac

MSU

ENG

Penn State

WSU 37–7

W 40–6 vs. Notre Dame

UNC

B Paul

North Carolina State University

Ross Brupbacher recovered fumble in end zone

OU 52-3

Bahe 12-yard pass from Runty

STS

vs. TOR

NBC
CAL

TCU Horned Frogs

Season champions

Robertson 3-yard run

The 1972 New Zealand National Soccer League was the third season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football.

OSU 27–19

#14 Oklahoma

Iowa

Bengals

Datvos 22-yard run

Joe Washington 61-yard run

Russ McQueen

Wisconsin

OAK 28–21

Ohio St 14–0

The 1972 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1972 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled a 2–9 record (1–6 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in last place in the Pac-8, and were outscored by their opponents, 295 to 131. The team played its home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Damkrogger 1-yard run

J Kodeš

Missouri at #6 Nebraska [box score]

USC 42–17

October 12 – 18
August 6 – 22

CUST

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1972 New York Cosmos season

John

Krijt 31 yard field goal

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Crosswhite 6-yard run

Ohio St 44-7

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Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg

1972 National Hockey League Expansion Draft

Steelers

WASH 23–16

Wylie 2-yard run
Sugar Bowl champion

1972 Pakistan Census

OAK 14–7

The 38th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 3 January 1973, honored the best filmmaking of 1972.

Nebraska 21-0

Broncos

cat3

Philadelphia Eagles, 6th overall
USC 18–0

Ohio St 21–7

1972 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

cat2

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USC 21–10

Josh Ashton 2 yard run

1972 National Football League Draft

Dallas Cowboys

Hare 23 yard pass to Powell

OU 21-0

Alabama State Hornets

OU 31-0

Crist

USC 51–6

Rich Parsons

1972 National Basketball Association Draft

Rita

C Dibley

Hare 8 yard run

BER

OU 52-0

New Brighton

Two

Safety

J McManus

Pete Cusick

ConfWinsForfeit

Arnie Jones

#12 Notre Dame

Fordham

Steiner 1 yard run
MICH 0-3
Ohio Stadium

1972 National Football League season

Oilers

The 1972 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to December 3. The season consisted of 47 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were five first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Greg Hare

1972 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

F Pala

Illinois

CHI

#4 Oklahoma Sooners at Kansas Jayhawks

Chuck

OHST 7–14

1972 Next Generation Adelaide International - Singles

The 1972 New York Giants season was the 48th season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants had an 8–6 record and finished in third place in the National Football Conference East Division, three games behind the Washington Redskins.The Giants had two first-round selections in the 1972 NFL Draft, and chose Eldridge Small and Larry Jacobson with the 17th and 24th overall picks, respectively.

1972 NFL Season

George Hasenhorl

1972 NHL All-Star Game

Oregon Ducks

1972 Paris Open - Singles

UCLA

The 1972 New York Cosmos season was the second season for the New York Cosmos in the now-defunct North American Soccer League. In the Cosmos' second year of existence, the club finished 1st in the Northern Division and 1st in the overall league table. In the playoffs, the Cosmos defeated the Dallas Tornado in the semifinal and the St. Louis Stars in the final, winning their first league championship and completing the first double by a club in the national era.

#9 Nebraska vs #12 Notre Dame [box score]

1972 Northern 300

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Pacific Coast Athletic Association

Larry Wiggins

Notre Dame 7-0

GER

Pearson

WSH

Purdue

Charlie Smith 14 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica

Munsey

TIED 7–7

Race 1 of 7 in 1972 Tasman Series

Clarence Davis 45 yard run

USC 24–7

Hemingway Stadium

Notre Dame 42-8

Howard & Egerton Racing

Mostly cloudy, 12mph wind, 47°F

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Stop Out

OAK 28–14

MINN

Punter
1972 NFL Draft

Christchurch United

Winsforfeit

S Smith

Conway 22-yard field goal
Merv Teague

nwpstorm

François Jauffret

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North Carolina Tar Heels

Three

Greg Marx

Virginia

Cloudy, 59°F

1972 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Auckland City

USC 42–10

Oklahoma 17-0

Mike Scannell

1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Chiefs

C Barazzutti P Bertolucci

Robertson 1-yard run

Morrison 1-yard run

Liza

Sanger 54-yard field goal

The 1972 New Zealand rugby league season was the 65th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.

Big 8 Conference

The 1972 PGA Championship was the 54th PGA Championship, played August 3–6 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Gary Player won his second PGA Championship with a total of 281 (+1), two strokes ahead of runners-up Tommy Aaron and Jim Jamieson. It was the sixth of Player's nine major titles, but his first in over four years.The PGA Championship returned to the month of August in 1972 after being played in late February in 1971 in Florida.Defending champion Jack Nicklaus, winner of the year's Masters and U.S. Open and runner-up in the British Open, finished six strokes back in a tie for thirteenth place. He regained the title the following year.It was the fifth major championship held on the South Course, which previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1924, 1937, 1951, and 1961. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 1979 and 2008, the U.S. Open in 1985 and 1996, and the Ryder Cup in 2004.

1972 National Basketball Association All-Star Game

Atlantic Coast Conference

June 27 – 28

Division: 1st

Krijt 40 field goal

Diana

Bartoszcek 5-yard pass from Purdy

Patriots seasons

storm

USC 14–10
Ohio St 21-0

1972 Norwegian First Division

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Iowa Hawkeyes

Nebraska by 6

1972 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Josh Ashton 24 yard pass from Jim Plunkett

1972 PGA Championship

Pacific hurricane

James

OU 38-0

September 24 – 28

Eastern Suburbs AFC

Washington State Cougars

MSU 19–12

University of Louisville
Utah State

* Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Jim Champion
* Linebackers – Marv Matuszak
* Defensive Backfield – Bud Whitehead

USC

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كأس فلسطين

1972 PGA Tour

I-Formation

Pete Banaszak 1 yard run

UCLA 65–20

#4 Oklahoma

F McMillan

Beaudoin 7 yard run

November 12 – 14

Conway 39-yard field goal

Charley Taylor 30 yard pass from Billy Kilmer

August 28 – September 7

Raiders

Cornhuskers

The 1972 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1972, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line.

Seigler 49-yard field goal

ND 14-0

The 1972 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1972 college football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time: Division I, also known as the University Division, where they competed among the Independents schools of the league. They were led by head coach Jerry Ippoliti, his second season with the team and the first NIU coach with a winning record in Division I football.

Humm 1-yard run
Oklahoma State at #3 Nebraska [box score]

Jack Spellman 24-yard run

The 1972 NFL season was the 53rd regular season of the National Football League. The Miami Dolphins became the first (and to date the only) NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied when they beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.The Kansas City Chiefs moved their home games to Arrowhead Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex and became the twelfth team (of 26) to play its home games on artificial turf.

'''J Fillol

Wyoming

Bowling Green

OHST 7–20

The 1972 PGA Championship was the 54th PGA Championship, played August 3–6 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Gary Player won his second PGA Championship with a total of 281 (+1), two strokes ahead of runners-up Tommy Aaron and Jim Jamieson.

Wersching 20-yard field goal

Rams

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PCAA

MSU 6–0

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

The 1972 Open Championship was the 101st Open Championship, held 12–15 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Lee Trevino won his second straight Claret Jug, the first to successfully defend his title since Arnold Palmer in 1962. Trevino finished one stroke ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus, ending his bid for the grand slam. Nicklaus had won the first two majors in 1972 and was the odds-on favorite at Muirfield, where he won his first Open in 1966. In addition, he also held the PGA Championship title from February 1971; a win at Muirfield and he would become the first to hold all four major titles at once.Six strokes back at even-par after 54 holes, Nicklaus shot a final round 66 (−5) on Saturday to tie the course record, but played the final three holes at one-over par. Trevino posted his own 66 in the third round and held on with an even-par 71, which included a chip-in for par at 17, to gain the fourth of his six major titles.It was the third of four times that Nicklaus was a runner-up to Trevino in a major championship.Thirty years later, Tiger Woods became the first since Nicklaus to win the first two majors of the year. His bid for a grand slam in 2002 also ended at Muirfield, foiled by stormy weather during his third round. Woods is the only one to hold all four major titles at once, completed at the Masters in April 2001.

Pierre Barthes

Connecticut

Cloudy, cold
Hare 7-yard run

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Ohio St 13-7

1972 North Yemen-South Yemen war

none

Lincoln, NE

Farcher's Grove Stadium, Union, New Jersey

Iva

1972 New Zealand National Soccer League

ND 21-0

WSH 14–0

1972 Olympics (disambiguation)

Ohio St 37-7

University of Florida

#9 Nebraska at Army [box score]

1972 National Invitation Tournament

Nebraska 7-0

Gordon Bradley

1972 Palestine Cup of Nations

SEC

United Kingdom

Idaho

Hot with temperatures approaching ; wind speeds up to

Crimson Tide

Cunningham 2 yard run
Davis 20 yard run

A Gimeno

Wide receiver

UTEP

1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

He played professional soccer in Austria

Utah State University

BRA
true

Egypt

Kenan Memorial Stadium

1972 Norwegian Football Cup

Mahalic 54-yard interception return

CAL 31–12

Stanford

Ohio Bobcats

George Hasenohrl

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

Leda-Chevrolet

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OHST 14–20

* Offensive Coordinator – Ken Shipp
* Offensive Line – Jim Royer

Playoffs: Champions

OSU 14-11
Indiana

P Bertolucci

OU 45-0

September 2012

Notre Dame 21-8

Oregon

ESP

NCAA Tournament

Thirteen

Cornell Big Red

1972 Paralympics

Oxford, MS

1972 Ohio Bobcats football team

The 1972 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1972, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1972 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.

1972 New Zealand rugby league season

At least

Stanford Cardinals

Tom Marendt

1972 Pakistani Census

Richard Galbos
OSU 29-14

June 1 – 8

Clear, 74°F

Location in the United States

Ohio St 24-7
Ohio St 14-7

Malinchak blocked punt through end zone

Iowa State Cyclones

Barnes

1972 New Zealand Grand Prix

Kansas Jayhawks

OSU 16-7

Historic Earthquakes

Oklahoma 24-7

June 1 – November 20
August 20 – September 1

Virginia Cavaliers

John Hughes

Algeria

1972 New England Patriots

#2 Oklahoma Sooners at Clemson Tigers

1972 National Basketball Association Finals

Columbus, OH

expansion

OU 24-0

STAN 17–11

J-C Barclay J McManus

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

NC State Wolfpack

MAC

Bills

Krijt 24 yard field goal
OSU 7-3

ORE 30–3
STAN 24–0

1972 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Greg Pruitt 5-yard run

The 1972 Orange Bowl was played the night of January 1 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. In the final game of the 1971 college football season, top-ranked and defending national champion Nebraska soundly defeated the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide, 38–6.Six-point favorite Nebraska entered the game on a 31-game unbeaten streak, and scored first on a 2-yard touchdown run by Jeff Kinney. Future Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers scored on a 77-yard punt return on the final play of the first quarter, as Nebraska led 14–0. In the second quarter, quarterback Jerry Tagge and Gary Dixon added touchdown runs of one and two yards respectively, as Nebraska led convincingly 28–0 at halftime as the Husker defense stifled the Tide's previously potent Wishbone offense with All-American running back Johnny Musso.In the third quarter, Bama's Terry Davis scored on a 3–yard touchdown run making the score 28–6, eliminating the shutout. Nebraska's Rich Sanger kicked a 21-yard field goal at the end of the third quarter, and a 1-yard touchdown run by reserve senior QB Van Brownson made the final score 38–6.With top-ranked Nebraska's 32-point victory, the 1972 Orange Bowl was one of the most lopsided meetings of #1 vs #2, specifically in a season-ending bowl game.Nebraska (13-0) was the consensus national champion, having defeated the next three teams in the final AP Poll released on January 3: Oklahoma, Colorado, and Alabama.

1972 Olympic Winter Games

Redskins

Running back

Walt Schmotolocha

Shad Williams

The 1972 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1972 college football season. In their ninth and final year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (1–8 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1,335 passing yards, Greg Boykin with 625 rushing yards, and Jim Lash with 667 receiving yards.

NC State

Randy Horton

Cloudy, 49°F
OSU 6–10

NIT

T Bernasconi J-P Meyer

Offensive guard

Schroll 49-yard pass from Jaynes

J Hřebec V Zednik

ACC

ORST 26–23

The 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1972. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1972 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty sixth time in 1972, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship for the third year in a row, en route to five consecutive titles.

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Gary Player

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ND 35-8

USC 30–21

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OSU 9–12
CAL 9-3
Doug France
Ohio St 21–0

WSH 7–0

Cloudy, 51°F

Pacific-8 Conference

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Tied 9-9

Other seasons

Ohio St 26-7

1972 National Hockey League Amateur Draft

Ohio St 28–20

South Bend, IN

Bowling Green Falcons

PUR

OSU 15-12

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Greg Pruitt 4-yard run

Florida Gators

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Nebraska 28-0

DeKalb, IL

1972 Oakland Raiders season

Hare 20 yard pass to Powell
Sweeney 19-yard pass from Shaughnessy

November 20 – 21

WSU 27–10

1972 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

LB - Nebraska

Huskie Stadium

Conway 32-yard field goal

1972 New England Patriots season

Bonny

#15 Colorado

Bethea 37-yard pass from Vidnovic

August 22 – 31

Location in Scotland

MINN 7–13
Rick Seifert

Annette
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New York Giants

1972 Pacific Tigers football team

The 1972 National Football League draft was held February 1–2, 1972, at the Essex House in New York City, New York.During round 17, after Falcons coach Norm Van Brocklin yelled to his staff "Do we want the roughest, toughest s.o.b. in the draft?!", the team drafted the actor John Wayne, "of Fort Apache State"; NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle disallowed the selection, however.
Cornerback

Race 19 of 31 in the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season

OSU 35-18

Iowa State University

OSU 29-7

1972 National Basketball Association Playoffs

The 1972 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1972 college football season. Oklahoma was a member of the Big Eight Conference and played its home games in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted an 11–1 overall record and were 6–1 in conference, later changed to 8–4 and 3–4.

Location in Michigan

1972 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Minnesota

The 1972 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 8 January 1972. The race had 20 starters.It was the 18th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the first round of the 1972 Tasman Series. Australian Frank Gardner won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of British Grand Prix motorcycle racing champion Mike Hailwood.

Texas A&M at #10 Nebraska [box score]

Oklahoma 7-0

Herb

1972 Palestine Cup

Ohio St 13-0

Finals

Reggie Rucker 11 yard pass from Jim Plunkett

Orange Bowl champion

USC 7–0

Stockton, CA

Notre Dame 35-8

CAL 37–23

The 1972 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1972 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney, in his eleventh and final season with the Huskers, and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.Nebraska, national champions in 1970 and 1971, entered the season top-ranked in the polls, with a 23-game winning streak and 33-game unbeaten streak.

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1972 NFL draft

MSU 3–0

hurricane

Safety, blocked kick
Ohio St 17-7

R. Pete Williams

CAL 24–21

The 1972 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1972. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1972 College World Series.

1972 Olympics Black Power salute

1972 Olympic Games

Steve Morrison

M Leclercq

August 15 – 22

UNC 7-0

* President – John W. Mecom, Jr.
* Executive Vice President – Richard F. Gordon, Jr.

Sixteen

OSU 3-0

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Penick 2-yard run

OU 7-0

1972 Orszagos Bajnoksag I (men's water polo)

Unnamed
November 13 – 15

Mike Creaney 39-yard pass from Tom Clements

Elmer Lippert

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

MICH

in New York City, NY

Kansas State at #5 Nebraska [box score]

Ohio St 28–14

Syria

Notre Dame 14-8

Ron Smith 94 yard kickoff return

University of Wyoming

1972 Paris-Roubaix

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1972 Olympic

Packers
Oakland Raiders
Al Davis

Memphis

UNC 7-3
Hare 17-yard run

#14 Oklahoma at #5 Nebraska [box score]

Texas Longhorns

1972 Oscars

OSU 28-12

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Kathleen

Oklahoma State University

1972 Paris Open - Doubles

College World Series

Annapolis, MD

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Davidson

* Head Coach – J. D. Roberts

The 1972 Orange Bowl was played the night of January 1 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. In the final game of the 1971 college football season, top-ranked and defending national champion Nebraska soundly defeated the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide, 38–6.Six-point favorite Nebraska entered the game on a 31-game unbeaten streak, and scored first on a 2-yard touchdown run by Jeff Kinney.

Oregon State Beavers

USA

Tie 7–7

Shaughnessy 7-yard pass from Ferragamo

Oklahoma 14-0

King 1 yard run

Clemson

John James

Big Eight Conference

Richmond Spiders

typhoon

OSU 23-7

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OSU 14–13
North Carolina
Henson 23-yard run

1972 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

United States

Prairie View A&M Panthers