1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season
1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 8, 1972, to January 1, 1973
Teams	8
1973 NFL draft
Top draft pick	Charle Young, TE
Picked by	Philadelphia Eagles, 6th overall
Regular season
Season champions	USC
Runners-up	UCLA
Seasons
	1971 1973

LeagueNCAA

SportCollege football

DurationSeptember 8, 1972, to January 1, 1973

Teams8

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 USC $	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 15 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season took place during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The conference featured the eventual national champions in USC.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	Oregon State	San Diego State	San Diego, CA	L 8–17	-
September 9	California	No. 2 Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	L 10–20	-
September 9	Oregon	Missouri	Columbia, MO	L 22–24	-
September 9	No. 8 USC	No. 4 Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	W 31–10	-
September 9	No. 1 Nebraska	UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 20–17	-
September 9	Pacific	No. 9 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 13–6	-
September 9	Washington State	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 18–17	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 16	Washington State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	CAL 37–23	-
September 16	Arizona	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 34–7	-
September 16	Oregon State	No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	USC 51–6	-
September 16	San Jose State	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	W 44–0	-
September 16	No. 8 UCLA	Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 38–28	-
September 16	Duke	No. 12 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 14–6	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	Oregon State	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 11–19	-
September 23	No. 12 Michigan	No. 6 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 9–26	-
September 23	Oregon	No. 2 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 3–68	-
September 23	San Jose State	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 10–17	-
September 23	No. 1 USC	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 55–20	-
September 23	No. 19 Stanford	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 10–6	-
September 23	No. 15 Washington	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 22–21	-
September 23	Washington State	Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 28–6	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Oregon	No. 15 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	UCLA 65–20	-
September 30	California	Missouri	Columbia, MO	L 27–34	-
September 30	BYU	Oregon State	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	W 29–3	-
September 30	Michigan State	No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 51–6	-
September 30	No. 20 West Virginia	No. 19 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 41–35	-
September 30	Utah	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 25–44	-
September 30	Illinois	No. 14 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 31–11	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 7	Oregon State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 7–38	-
October 7	No. 3 Ohio State	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 18–35	-
October 7	No. 1 USC	No. 15 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	USC 30–21	-
October 7	Arizona	No. 14 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 42–31	-
October 7	Oregon	No. 11 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Rivalry)	WASH 23–17	-
October 7	Idaho	Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 35–14	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season

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Week 11

Bowl games

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Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 14	California	No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	USC 42–14	-
October 14	No. 12 Washington	No. 17 Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	STAN 24–0	-
October 14	No. 14 UCLA	Oregon State	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	UCLA 37–7	-
October 14	Washington State	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	WSU 31–14	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 21	No. 13 Stanford	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ORE 15–13	-
October 21	No. 18 Washington	No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	USC 34–7	-
October 21	No. 11 UCLA	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Rivalry)	UCLA 49–13	-
October 21	Oregon State	Washington St	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	WSU 37–7	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
October 28	No. 1 USC	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	USC 18–0	-
October 28	Oregon St	Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	STAN 17–11	-
October 28	Washington St	UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	UCLA 35–20	-
October 28	California	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	WASH 35–21	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 4	Oregon	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	CAL 31–12	-
November 4	No. 1 USC	Washington St	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	USC 44–3	-
November 4	Stanford	No. 8 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	UCLA 28–23	-
November 4	Washington	Oregon St	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	WASH 23–16	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 11	San Jose St	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 27–2	-
November 11	California	Oregon St	Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	ORST 26–23	-
November 11	No. 8 UCLA	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	WASH 30–21	-
November 11	No. 20 Stanford	Washington St	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	WSU 27–13	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance
November 18	Stanford	California	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	CAL 24–21	-
November 18	Oregon	Oregon St	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	ORE 30–3	-
November 18	No. 1 USC	No. 14 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	USC 24–7	-
November 18	No. 17 Washington	No. 20 Washington St	Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA (Apple Cup)	WSU 27–10	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
January 1	No. 3 Ohio State	No. 1 USC	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 42–17	-
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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