1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
LSU Tigers	Tennessee Volunteers
(9–1–1)	(9–2)
17	24
Head coach: ; Charles McClendon	Head coach: ; Bill Battle
AP	Coaches
10	10
AP	Coaches
11	11
Date	December 30, 1972
Season	1972
Stadium	Houston Astrodome
Location	Houston, Texas
Referee	R. Pete Williams (SEC)
Attendance	52,961
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
< 1971	1973 >

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]

Teams

LSU

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

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

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	LSU	Tennessee
1	9:56				LSU	29-yard field goal by Dalton Jackson	3	0
1	5:03				Tennessee	Jimmy Young 32-yard touchdown reception from Condredge Holloway, Ricky Townsend kick good	3	7
1	2:51				Tennessee	Condredge Holloway 15-yard touchdown run, Ricky Townsend kick good	3	14
2	13:47				Tennessee	33-yard field goal by Ricky Townsend	3	17
2	6:10				Tennessee	Condredge Holloway 10-yard touchdown run, Ricky Townsend kick good	3	24
3	7:12				LSU	Bert Jones 2-yard touchdown run, Dalton Jackson kick good	10	24
4	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	24

Source:^[4]

Statistics

Statistics^[4]	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

^ "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 & 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.

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[1] "Bluebonnet Bowl History". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.

[2] "Bluebonnet Bowl". sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015.

[3] "LSU Football Bowl History & Recaps". lsusports.net. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.

[Statistics-4] Fourteenth Astro-Bluebonnet Game (PDF). Houston, TX: lsusports.net. 1972. Retrieved February 3, 2011.

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