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.
1972, astro, bluebonnet, bowl, part, 1972, bowl, game, season, took, place, december, 1972, houston, astrodome, houston, texas, competing, teams, were, tigers, tennessee, volunteers, with, each, team, being, member, southeastern, conference, although, teams, m. 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 1972 Astro Bluebonnet BowlLSU Tigers Tennessee Volunteers 9 1 1 9 2 17 24Head coach Charles McClendon Head coach Bill BattleAPCoaches1010 APCoaches11111234 TotalLSU 3077 17Tennessee 141000 24DateDecember 30 1972Season1972StadiumHouston AstrodomeLocationHouston TexasRefereeR Pete Williams SEC Attendance52 961Astro Bluebonnet Bowl lt 1971 1973 gt Contents 1 Teams 1 1 LSU 1 2 Tennessee 2 Game summary 2 1 Scoring summary 2 2 Statistics 3 ReferencesTeams editLSU edit See also 1972 LSU Tigers football team 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 Tennessee edit See also 1972 Tennessee Volunteers football team 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 Game summary editScoring summary edit Scoring summaryQuarter Time Drive Team Scoring information ScorePlays Yards TOP LSU Tennessee1 9 56 LSU 29 yard field goal by Dalton Jackson 3 01 5 03 Tennessee Jimmy Young 32 yard touchdown reception from Condredge Holloway Ricky Townsend kick good 3 71 2 51 Tennessee Condredge Holloway 15 yard touchdown run Ricky Townsend kick good 3 142 13 47 Tennessee 33 yard field goal by Ricky Townsend 3 172 6 10 Tennessee Condredge Holloway 10 yard touchdown run Ricky Townsend kick good 3 243 7 12 LSU Bert Jones 2 yard touchdown run Dalton Jackson kick good 10 244 7 26 LSU Brad Davis 1 yard touchdown run Dalton Jackson kick good 17 24 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football 17 24Source 4 Statistics edit Statistics 4 LSU UTFirst downs 18 17Plays yards 72 277 60 273Rushes yards 52 187 41 179Passing yards 90 94Passing Comp Att Int 7 20 1 11 19 1References edit Bluebonnet Bowl History databasefootball com Archived from the original on November 30 2015 Retrieved December 25 2015 Bluebonnet Bowl sports reference com Retrieved December 25 2015 LSU Football Bowl History amp Recaps lsusports net Archived from the original on September 5 2015 Retrieved December 25 2015 a b Fourteenth Astro Bluebonnet Game PDF Houston TX lsusports net 1972 Retrieved February 3 2011 nbsp This college football bowl article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1972 Astro Bluebonnet Bowl amp oldid 1113146729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
