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1972 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 8
CaptainJamie Rotella
1972 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Alabama $ 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 5 Auburn 6 1 0 10 1 0
No. 11 LSU 4 1 1 9 2 1
No. 8 Tennessee 4 2 0 10 2 0
Georgia 4 3 0 7 4 0
Florida 3 3 1 5 5 1
Ole Miss 2 5 0 5 5 0
Kentucky 2 5 0 3 8 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0 4 7 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1972 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Bill Battle, in his third year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and a victory over LSU in the 1972 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. The Volunteers offense scored 297 points while the defense allowed 100 points.

Schedule

September 9at Georgia Tech*No. 15

ABCW 34–352,112 September 16No. 6 Penn State*No. 7

W 28–2171,647 September 23Wake Forest*No. 5

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 45–666,266 September 29at AuburnNo. 4

L 6–1069,483 October 7at Memphis State*No. 10

W 38–7  October 21No. 3 AlabamaNo. 10

L 10–1772,049 October 28Hawaii*No. 14

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 34–2  November 4at GeorgiaNo. 13

W 14–060,086 November 18Ole MissdaggerNo. 13

  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN

W 17–070,527 November 25KentuckyNo. 12

W 17–764,836 December 2at VanderbiltNo. 12

W 30–1034,000 December 30vs. No. 10 LSUNo. 11

MizlouW 24–1752,961

Template:CFB Schedule End

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Jamie Rotella Linebacker 3 62 Baltimore Colts
Conrad Graham Defensive Back 8 187 Chicago Bears
Carl Johnson Back 10 254 Dallas Cowboys
Richard Earl Tackle 11 265 Buffalo Bills

References

General

  • 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 124
  2. ^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 101
  3. ^ "1973 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.