1972–73 NCAA football bowl games
{{Short description|Series of post-season NCAA football games}}
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{{Infobox College football bowl games
| season = 1972
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season =
| number_of_bowls = 11
| all_star_games =
| bowl_start = December 18, 1972
| bowl_end =
January 1, 1973
| championship_bowl = 1973 Rose Bowl
| championship_location = Rose Bowl,
Pasadena, California
| champions = USC
}}
The 1972–73 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1972 and January 1973 to end the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Liberty Bowl on December 18, 1972, and concluded on January 1, 1973, with the Orange Bowl.
Schedule
{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2022/Bowls.pdf|title=All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance|access-date=May 1, 2024|work=National Collegiate Athletic Association}}
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| Date
!Game !Site !TV !Teams !Results |
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| {{nowrap|Dec. 18}}
|Memphis Memorial Stadium |ABC |Georgia Tech (6–4–1) |Georgia Tech 31 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 23}}
|Sun Devil Stadium |No. 15 Arizona State (9–2) |Arizona State 49 |
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Dec. 29}}
|Tangerine Bowl |{{Clear}} |Tampa (9–2) |Tampa 21 |
| Peach Bowl
|Fulton County Stadium |Mizlou |NC State (7–3–1) |NC State 49 |
| rowspan=3|{{nowrap|Dec. 30}}
|CBS |No. 16 North Carolina (10–1) |North Carolina 32 |
| Gator Bowl
|Gator Bowl Stadium |NBC |No. 6 Auburn (9–1) |Auburn 24 |
| Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
|HTN |No. 11 Tennessee (9–2) |Tennessee 24 |
| {{nowrap|Dec. 31}}
|Tulane Stadium |ABC |No. 2 Oklahoma (10–1) |Oklahoma 14 |
| rowspan=3|{{nowrap|Jan. 1}}
|CBS |No. 7 Texas (9–1) |Texas 17 |
| Rose Bowl
|Rose Bowl |NBC |No. 1 USC (11–0) |USC 42 |
| Orange Bowl
|Miami Orange Bowl |NBC |No. 9 Nebraska (8–2–1) |Nebraska 40 |
Rankings from AP Poll
{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1972-bowls.html | title=1972 College Football Bowl Games | access-date=May 1, 2024 | work=Sports Reference }}