1972 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
1972 Kent State Golden Flashes football | |
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MAC champion | |
Tangerine Bowl, L 18–21 vs. Tampa | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
1972 record | 6–5–1 (4–1 MAC) |
Head coach | Don James (2nd season) |
Offensive coordinator | Dick Scesniak (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Dennis Fitzgerald (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Dix Stadium |
1972 Mid-American Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1972 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 1972 college football season. The Golden Flashes offense scored 191 points while the defense allowed 196 points. Led by head coach Don James, the Golden Flashes participated in the Tangerine Bowl. Future college head coaches Nick Saban (Alabama) and Gary Pinkel (Missouri) played on the team.
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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September 9 | at Akron* | Rubber Bowl • Akron, Ohio (Wagon Wheel) | T 13–13 | ||||||
September 16 | at Louisville* | Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky | L 0–34 | ||||||
September 23 | Ohio | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | W 37–14 | ||||||
September 30 | San Diego State* | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | L 0–14 | ||||||
October 7 | Western Michigan | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | L 12–13 | ||||||
October 14 | at Bowling Green | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio | W 14–10 | ||||||
October 21 | Xavier* | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | W 26–16 | ||||||
October 28 | at Northern Illinois* | Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois | L 7–28 | ||||||
November 4 | at Marshall* | Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia | W 16–14 | ||||||
November 11 | at Miami (OH) | Miami Field • Oxford, Ohio | W 21–10 | ||||||
November 18 | Toledo | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | W 27–9 | ||||||
December 29 | vs. Tampa | Tangerine Bowl • Orlando, Florida (Tangerine Bowl) | L 18–21 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. |
- Reference:[1]
Kent State players in the NFL
- Linebacker Jack Lambert went on to a career in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[2]
References
- ↑ "Kent State University – 1972". College Football Reference. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Jack Lambert". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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