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), Bob Murphy, 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), ??, ??
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), ??, ??
* 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
December 18
Liberty Bowl, Georgia Tech vs Iowa State, 7pm, ABC, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming
December 23
Fiesta Bowl, #15 Arizona State vs Missouri, 8pm, Mizlou syndication, Lindsey Nelson, Ed Doucette Long Beach Press-Telegram, 12/17/72
December 29
Peach Bowl, NC State vs #18 West Virginia, 8pm, Mizlou syndication, Jack Drees, Ed Doucette Long Beach Press-Telegram, 12/24/72
December 30
Sun Bowl, #16 North Carolina vs Texas Tech, 2pm, CBS, Lindsey Nelson, Irv Cross
Gator Bowl, #6 Auburn vs #13 Colorado, 4pm, ABC, Bill Flemming, Lee Grosscup
Bluebonnet Bowl, #11 Tennessee vs #10 LSU, 7:30pm, SNI syndication, Ray Scott, Johnny Sauer
December 31
Sugar Bowl, #2 Oklahoma vs #5 Penn State, 9pm, ABC, Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson, Bill Flemming Louisville Courier-Journal, 12/31/72
January 1
Cotton Bowl, #7 Texas vs #4 Alabama, 2pm, CBS, Lindsey Nelson, Tom Brookshier, Frank Glieber
Rose Bowl, #1 USC vs #3 Ohio State, 5pm, NBC, Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis
Orange Bowl, #9 Nebraska vs #12 Notre Dame, 8pm, NBC, Jim Simpson, Kyle Rote