The 1972–73 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1972 and January 1973 to end the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Liberty Bowl on December 18, 1972, and concluded on January 1, 1973, with the Orange Bowl.
Schedule
[1]
| Date
|
Game
|
Site
|
TV
|
Teams
|
Results
|
| Dec. 18
|
Liberty Bowl
|
Memphis Memorial Stadium
Memphis, Tennessee
|
ABC
|
Georgia Tech (6–4–1)
Iowa State (5–5–1)
|
Georgia Tech 31
Iowa State 30
|
| Dec. 23
|
Fiesta Bowl
|
Sun Devil Stadium
Tempe, Arizona
|
Mizlou
|
No. 15 Arizona State (9–2)
Missouri (6–5)
|
Arizona State 49
Missouri 35
|
| Dec. 29
|
Tangerine Bowl
|
Tangerine Bowl
Orlando, Florida
|
|
Tampa (9–2)
Kent State (6–4–1)
|
Tampa 21
Kent State 18
|
| Peach Bowl
|
Fulton County Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia
|
Mizlou
|
NC State (7–3–1)
No. 18 West Virginia (8–3)
|
NC State 49
West Virginia 13
|
| Dec. 30
|
Sun Bowl
|
Sun Bowl
El Paso, Texas
|
CBS
|
No. 16 North Carolina (10–1)
Texas Tech (8–3)
|
North Carolina 32
Texas Tech 28
|
| Gator Bowl
|
Gator Bowl Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida
|
NBC
|
No. 6 Auburn (9–1)
No. 13 Colorado (8–3)
|
Auburn 24
Colorado 3
|
| Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
|
Astrodome
Houston, Texas
|
HTN
|
No. 11 Tennessee (9–2)
No. 10 LSU (9–1–1)
|
Tennessee 24
LSU 17
|
| Dec. 31
|
Sugar Bowl
|
Tulane Stadium
New Orleans, Louisiana
|
ABC
|
No. 2 Oklahoma (10–1)
No. 5 Penn State (10–1)
|
Oklahoma 14
Penn State 0
|
| Jan. 1
|
Cotton Bowl Classic
|
Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
|
CBS
|
No. 7 Texas (9–1)
No. 4 Alabama (10–1)
|
Texas 17
Alabama 13
|
| Rose Bowl
|
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
|
NBC
|
No. 1 USC (11–0)
No. 3 Ohio State (9–1)
|
USC 42
Ohio State 17
|
| Orange Bowl
|
Miami Orange Bowl
Miami, Florida
|
NBC
|
No. 9 Nebraska (8–2–1)
No. 12 Notre Dame (8–2)
|
Nebraska 40
Notre Dame 6
|
Rankings from AP Poll
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References