The 1972 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the

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in the

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(MVC) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season and final season under head coach

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, the Cardinals compiled a 9–1 record (4–1 MVC, tied first), and were ranked eighteenth in the final AP Poll. Corso's overall record in four seasons was . After the season in early January, he left for

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in the

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, and assistant T. W. Alley, age 30, was promoted to head coach.

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