1972 College Football Season
Regular season
As originally compiled by Jeff79:
Sat 9/9, #15 Tennessee @ Georgia Tech, ABC, 5 pm, Keith Jackson, Bud Wilkinson, Bud Palmer
Jackson did pbp on the 9/9 game as Schenkel was still in Munich for the Olympics. (Jackson had also been in Munich but returned early.)
Sat 9/16, #13 Arizona St @ Houston, ABC, 3:30 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Sat 9/23, #9 Nebraska @ Army, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Sat 9/23, #19 Stanford @ Duke, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup
Sat 9/23, Georgia @ Tulane, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Lynn Sanner, Forest Evashevski
Sat 9/23, Bowling Green @ Miami-Ohio, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Dick Galiette, Tim Brown
Sat 9/30, Illinois @ #14 Washington, ABC, 3:30 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Sat 10/7, #7 Notre Dame @ Michigan St, ABC, 1:30 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
* Sat 10/14, Citadel @ East Carolina, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 10/14, #2 Oklahoma vs #10 Texas (at Dallas), ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Sat 10/14, Arizona @ New Mexico, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup
Sat 10/21, #2 Oklahoma @ #9 Colorado, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup
Sat 10/21, North Carolina @ Wake Forest, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Bob Murphy, Tim Brown
Sat 10/21, Rice @ SMU, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Joe Kapp
* Sat 10/21, Idaho @ Idaho St, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 10/21, #17 Arkansas @ #14 Texas, ABC, 9 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Newspaper evidence suggests that Flemming called pbp on 10/21 at SMU and worked sidelines at Texas that night.
Sat 10/28, #11 Penn St @ West Virginia, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson
* Sat 10/28, Indiana @ Northwestern, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, ??
Sat 10/28, #17 Florida St @ #12 Auburn, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Lynn Sanner, Joe Kapp
* Sat 10/28, Dartmouth @ Harvard, ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Bob Murphy, ??
Sat 10/28, Air Force @ #16 Arizona St, ABC, 4 pm (west coast), Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup
Sat 11/4, #3 Nebraska @ #15 Colorado, ABC, 2 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Sat 11/11, #5 Ohio St @ Michigan St, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup
Sat 11/11, TCU @ #15 Texas Tech, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Lynn Sanner, Forest Evashevski
Sat 11/11, Fisk @ Fort Valley St, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Bob Murphy, Clarence Peaks
Sat 11/11, #6 LSU vs #2 Alabama (at Birmingham), ABC, 4 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Sat 11/18, Purdue @ #3 Michigan, ABC, 1 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup
* Sat 11/18, Georgia @ #11 Auburn, ABC, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 11/18, Duke @ #16 North Carolina, ABC, 1 pm (regional), Bob Murphy, Joe Kapp
* Sat 11/18, #12 Iowa St @ #19 Missouri, ABC, 1 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 11/18, #17 Washington vs #20 Washington St (at Spokane), ABC, 3 pm (west coast), Lynn Sanner, Clarence Peaks
Sat 11/18, #1 USC @ #14 UCLA, ABC, 8 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Thu 11/23, #4 Oklahoma @ #5 Nebraska, ABC, 2 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Thu 11/23, Texas A&M @ #7 Texas, ABC, 9 pm, Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup
Sat 11/25, #3 Michigan @ #9 Ohio St, ABC, 1 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Sat 12/2, Army vs Navy (at Philadelphia), ABC, 12:30 pm, Keith Jackson, Lee Grosscup
Sat 12/2, #10 Notre Dame @ #1 USC, ABC, 4 pm, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Sat 12/9, Massachusetts vs Cal-Davis (at Atlantic City - Boardwalk Bowl), ABC, 2 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Forest Evashevski
Sat 12/9, Louisiana Tech vs Tennessee Tech (at Baton Rouge - Grantland Rice Bowl), ABC, 2 pm (regional), Lynn Sanner, Timmy Brown
Sat 12/9, Tennessee St vs Drake (at Wichita Falls, TX - Pioneer Bowl), ABC, 2 pm (regional), Dave Diles, Joe Kapp
Sat 12/9, North Dakota vs Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (at Sacramento - Camellia Bowl), ABC, 4:30 pm (regional), Bob Murphy, Lee Grosscup
Bowl games
Monday, December 18
Liberty Bowl (Memphis), Georgia Tech vs Iowa State, 7pm, ABC, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
Saturday, December 23
Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ), #15 Arizona State vs Missouri, 8pm, Mizlou syndication, Lindsey Nelson, Ed Doucette Long Beach Press-Telegram, 12/17/72
Friday, December 29
Peach Bowl (Atlanta), NC State vs #18 West Virginia, 8pm, Mizlou syndication, Jack Drees, Ed Doucette Long Beach Press-Telegram, 12/24/72
Saturday, December 30
Sun Bowl (El Paso), #16 North Carolina vs Texas Tech, 2pm, CBS, Lindsey Nelson, Irv Cross
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville), #6 Auburn vs #13 Colorado, 4pm, ABC, Bill Flemming, Lee Grosscup
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston), #11 Tennessee vs #10 LSU, 7:30pm, SNI syndication, Ray Scott, Johnny Sauer
Sunday, December 31
Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), #2 Oklahoma vs #5 Penn State, 9pm, ABC, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming Louisville Courier-Journal, 12/31/72
Monday, January 1
Cotton Bowl (Dallas), #7 Texas vs #4 Alabama, 2pm, CBS, Lindsey Nelson, Tom Brookshier, Frank Glieber
Rose Bowl (Pasadena), #1 USC vs #3 Ohio State, 5pm, NBC, Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis
Orange Bowl (Miami), #9 Nebraska vs #12 Notre Dame, 8pm, NBC, Jim Simpson, Kyle Rote