1972 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1972 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Mountaineers' 80th overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden, in his third year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 8–4 with a loss against NC State in the Peach Bowl.

1972 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Peach Bowl, L 13–49 vs. NC State
ConferenceIndependent
1972 record8–4
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
1972 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Penn State      10 2 0
No. 14 Notre Dame      8 3 0
Utah State      8 3 0
West Virginia      8 4 0
Florida State      7 4 0
Northern Illinois      7 4 0
No. 20 Georgia Tech      7 4 1
Air Force      6 4 0
Army      6 4 0
Virginia Tech      6 4 1
Houston      6 4 1
Tulane      6 5 0
Temple      5 4 0
Colgate      5 4 1
Holy Cross      5 4 1
Syracuse      5 6 0
Miami (FL)      5 6 0
Dayton      4 6 1
Boston College      4 7 0
Navy      4 7 0
South Carolina      4 7 0
Southern Miss      3 7 1
Marshall      2 8 0
Xavier      2 8 0
Cincinnati      2 9 0
Villanova      2 9 0
Pittsburgh      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 9VillanovaW 25–633,500
September 16Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 28–731,000
September 23at VirginiaW 48–1027,000
September 30at StanfordL 35–4156,000
October 7William & Mary
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 49–3428,000
October 14at TempleL 36–3913,067
October 21Tulane
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 31–1929,500
October 28No. 11 Penn StateNo. 18
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
L 19–2837,000
November 4at PittsburghW 38–2040,286
November 11VMI
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 50–2421,000
November 18Syracuse
W 43–1231,500
December 29vs. NC StateNo. 18L 13–4952,671

Roster

1972 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR  8 Danny Buggs So
QB  12 Bernie Galiffa Sr
RB  32 Kerry Marbury Jr
WR  9 Marshall Mills So
OG  78 Walt Bragg Jr
OT  72 Dan Larcamp Jr
C  57 Gerald Schultze Sr
OG  68 Doug Stevens So
OT  60 Bill Samuelson Sr
TE  88 Nate Stephens Sr
FB  44 Brian Chiles Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE  89 Bob Sims Sr
DT  77 Dennis Reid Sr
DT  90 Jeff Merrow So
DT  73 Frank Samsa Sr
LB  63 Tom Zakowski Sr
LB  50 Billy Joe Mantooth Sr
LB  84 Bruce Huffman So
DB  20 Rick Weiskircher Sr
DB  23 Tom Geishauser Sr
DB  18 David Morris Sr
DB  10 Doug Charley Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K  41 Steve Soroka Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    References

    1. "WVU 1972 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
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