1972 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1972 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season and final season under head coach Lee Corso, the Cardinals compiled a 9–1 record (4–1 MVC, tied first), and were ranked eighteenth in the final AP Poll.[1]
1972 Louisville Cardinals football | |
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MVC co-champion | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
AP | No. 18 |
1972 record | 9–1 (4–1 MVC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | T. W. Alley |
Home stadium | Cardinal Stadium |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Louisville + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Texas State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corso's overall record in four seasons was 28–11–3 (.702). After the season in early January, he left for Indiana in the Big Ten Conference,[2] and assistant T. W. Alley, age 30, was promoted to head coach.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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September 16 | Kent State* | W 34–0 | ||
September 30 | at Dayton* | W 28–11 | ||
October 7 | at Tampa* | W 17–14 | ||
October 14 | North Texas State |
| W 56–6 | |
October 21 | at Wichita State | W 46–3 | ||
October 28 | at Cincinnati* | W 38–13 | ||
November 4 | Tulsa | No. 17 |
| L 26–28 |
November 11 | Southern Illinois* | W 20–16 | ||
November 18 | Memphis State |
| W 17–0 | |
November 25 | Drake |
| W 27–0 | |
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References
- "2017 Louisville football media guide" (PDF). University of Louisville. 2017. p. 206. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- "Hoosiers select Corso". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 8, 1973. p. 15.
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