1972 Texas Southern Tigers football team
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The 1972 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Rod Paige, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–4–1, with a mark of 3–2–1 in conference play, and finished fourth in the SWAC.
| 1972 Texas Southern Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (3–2–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Astrodome Jeppesen Stadium Rice Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 / T–8 Grambling + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | Texas A&I* | W 24–16 | 17,960 | [1] | |
| September 16 | Southern |
| W 37–0 | 32,585 | [2] |
| September 30 | at Tennessee State* | L 15–38 | 14,224–16,000 | [3][4] | |
| October 7 | at Alcorn A&M | T 7–7 | 6,318–9,000 | [5][6] | |
| October 14 | Bishop* |
| W 32–23 | 12,000 | [7] |
| October 21 | Mississippi Valley State |
| W 44–17 | 11,000 | [8] |
| October 28 | Grambling |
| L 15–21 | 52,745 | [9] |
| November 4 | at Jackson State | L 7–29 | 36,000 | [10] | |
| November 11 | at Langston* | Langston, OK | L 21–26 | 3,200 | [11] |
| November 23 | Prairie View A&M |
| W 13–0 | 19,000 | [12] |
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