1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

January 2019 March 2026 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl December 30 1972 1972 Louisiana State University LSU Tigers 9–1–1 Charles McClendon 10 10 3 0 7 7 University of Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers 9–2 Bill Battle 11 11 14 10 0 0 bg Houston Astrodome Houston, Texas R. Pete Williams (SEC) 52,961 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.Bluebonnet Bowl History databasefootball.com http://www.databasefootball.com/College/bowls/bowlgame.htm?BowlID=9 December 25, 2015 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20151130154650/http://www.databasefootball.com/College/bowls/bowlgame.htm?BowlID=9 November 30, 2015 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.Bluebonnet Bowl sports-reference.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/bowls/bluebonnet-bowl.html December 25, 2015 Teams LSU 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.LSU Football Bowl History & Recaps lsusports.net http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=177162 December 25, 2015 September 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905100530/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=177162 dead Tennessee 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 Scoring summary LSU Tennessee expand 1 9:56 LSU FG 29 Dalton Jackson 3 0 1 5:03 Tennessee RecTD Jimmy Young Condredge Holloway 32 good Ricky Townsend 3 7 1 2:51 Tennessee RushTD Condredge Holloway 15 good Ricky Townsend 3 14 2 13:47 Tennessee FG 33 Ricky Townsend 3 17 2 6:10 Tennessee RushTD Condredge Holloway 10 good Ricky Townsend 3 24 3 7:12 LSU RushTD Bert Jones 2 good Dalton Jackson 10 24 4 7:26 LSU RushTD Brad Davis 1 good Dalton Jackson 17 24 17 24 Source:Fourteenth Astro-Bluebonnet Game 1972 lsusports.net Houston, TX http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/pdf/19721230.pdf February 3, 2011 PDF Statistics Statistics LSU UT First downs 18 17 Plays–yards 72–277 60–273 Rushes–yards 52–187 41–179 Passing yards 90 94 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 7–20–1 11–19–1 References Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Category:Bluebonnet Bowl Category:LSU Tigers football bowl games Category:Tennessee Volunteers football bowl games Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl