1972 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1972 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Golden Hurricane compiled a 4–7 record, 3–1 against conference opponents, and finished in fourth place in the Missouri Valley Conference. The team began the season in its third year under Claude "Hoot" Gibson and went 1–5 in games under Gibson. Prior to the end of the season, Gibson was replaced by F. A. Dry and went 3–2 under Dry.[1][2]
| 1972 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| 1972 record | 4–7 (3–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Skelly Stadium Capacity (40,385) |
| 1972 Missouri Valley Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Louisville + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Todd Starks with 1,201 passing yards, Ed White with 675 rushing yards, and Drew Pearson with 690 receiving yards.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 9 | at Kansas State* | L 13–21 | |
| September 16 | Wichita State | W 10–9 | |
| September 23 | Houston* |
| L 0–21 |
| September 30 | at Arkansas* | L 20–21 | |
| October 7 | at Texas Tech* | L 18–35 | |
| October 14 | TCU* |
| L 9–35 |
| October 28 | at Memphis State | L 21–49 | |
| November 4 | at No. 17 Louisville | W 28–26 | |
| November 11 | at Florida State* | L 21–23 | |
| November 18 | Montana* |
| W 10–7 |
| November 25 | North Texas State |
| W 45–22 |
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References
- "1972 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- "1972 Missouri Valley Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- "1972 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
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