The 1972 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as an independent during the

1972 NCAA College Division football season The 1972 NCAA College Division football season was the 17th and final season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level. Conference realignment Membership ...

. In their tenth season under head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled an 11–1 record, defeated Drake in the

Pioneer Bowl The Pioneer Bowl was the name of some December college football bowl games played in two different eras. Between 1971 and 1982, the game was contested 10 times in Texas as an NCAA College Division regional final, or as a playoff game for Divisio ...

(the Midwest region final of the NCAA College Division), and outscored all opponents by a total of 431 to 107.

Schedule

References

{{Tennessee State Tigers football navbox

Tennessee State Tennessee State University (Tennessee State, Tenn State, or TSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, it is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennesse ...

Tennessee State Tigers football seasons Pioneer Bowl champion seasons Tennessee State Tigers football