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class="tcol"><u>Team</u></th> <th><u><abbr title="Wins">W</abbr></u></th> <th> </th> <th><u><abbr title="Losses">L</abbr></u></th> <th> </th> <th><u><abbr title="Ties">T</abbr></u></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th><u><abbr title="Wins">W</abbr></u></th> <th> </th> <th><u><abbr title="Losses">L</abbr></u></th> <th> </th> <th><u><abbr title="Ties">T</abbr></u> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1972_East_Carolina_Pirates_football_team" title="1972 East Carolina Pirates football team">East Carolina</a> $ </td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1972_Richmond_Spiders_football_team" title="1972 Richmond Spiders football team">Richmond</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>4 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a 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<td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a href="/wiki/1972_Furman_Paladins_football_team" title="1972 Furman Paladins football team">Furman</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>–</td> <td>6 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2 </td> <td>–</td> <td>9 </td> <td>–</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="tcol"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Appalachian State</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>–</td> <td>3 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>5 </td> <td>–</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-conference-title"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="99" class="standings-table-legend"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>$ – Conference champion</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1972 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team</b> was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> team that represented <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_State_University" title="Appalachian State University">Appalachian State University</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference" title="Southern Conference">Southern Conference</a> (SoCon) during the <a href="/wiki/1972_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1972 NCAA University Division football season">1972 NCAA University Division football season</a>. In their second year under head coach <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brakefield" title="Jim Brakefield">Jim Brakefield</a>, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 with a mark of 0–3–1 in conference play, and finished eighth in the SoCon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Appalachian_State_Mountaineers_football_team&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Opponent</th><th>Site</th><th>Result</th><th>Attendance</th><th>Source</th></tr><tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 9</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1972_Western_Kentucky_Hilltoppers_football_team" title="1972 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team">Western Kentucky</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houchens_Industries%E2%80%93L._T._Smith_Stadium" title="Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium">L. T. Smith Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green, KY</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 7–6</td><td style="text-align:center">15,200</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 16</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_The_Citadel_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1972 The Citadel Bulldogs football team">The Citadel</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium" title="Kidd Brewer Stadium">Conrad Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone, NC</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 21–28</td><td style="text-align:center">8,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 23</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1972_East_Carolina_Pirates_football_team" title="1972 East Carolina Pirates football team">East Carolina</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dowdy%E2%80%93Ficklen_Stadium" title="Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium">Ficklen Memorial Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina" title="Greenville, North Carolina">Greenville, NC</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 7–35</td><td style="text-align:center">16,410</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">September 30</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Furman_Paladins_football_team" title="1972 Furman Paladins football team">Furman</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Conrad Stadium</li><li>Boone, NC</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 17–20</td><td style="text-align:center">8,500</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFFFE6;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 7</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">vs. <a href="/wiki/1972_Davidson_Wildcats_football_team" title="1972 Davidson Wildcats football team">Davidson</a></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Legion_Memorial_Stadium" title="American Legion Memorial Stadium">American Legion Memorial Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, NC</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">T</span> 10–10</td><td style="text-align:center">4,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 14</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/1972_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="1972 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Williams%E2%80%93Brice_Stadium" title="Williams–Brice Stadium">Williams–Brice Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, SC</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 7–41</td><td style="text-align:center">36,865</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 21</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">at <a href="/wiki/Lenoir_Rhyne_Bears_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenoir Rhyne Bears football">Lenoir Rhyne</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moretz_Stadium" title="Moretz Stadium">Moretz Stadium</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory, NC</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 42–13</td><td style="text-align:center">10,500</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">October 28</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_football" title="East Tennessee State Buccaneers football">East Tennessee State</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Conrad Stadium</li><li>Boone, NC</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 35–34</td><td style="text-align:center">6,500</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 4</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Florence_State_Lions_football_team" title="1972 Florence State Lions football team">Florence State</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Conrad Stadium</li><li>Boone, NC</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 17–3</td><td style="text-align:center">5,750</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#DDFFDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 11</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Colonels_football" title="Eastern Kentucky Colonels football">Eastern Kentucky</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Conrad Stadium</li><li>Boone, NC</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">W</span> 55–7</td><td style="text-align:center">5,000</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr class="CFB-schedule-row" style="background-color:#FFDDDD;color:inherit"><td style="white-space:nowrap">November 18</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_Catamounts_football" title="Western Carolina Catamounts football">Western Carolina</a><span class="CFB-schedule-ncgame">*</span></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Conrad Stadium</li><li>Boone, NC (<a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_Old_Mountain_Jug" title="Battle for the Old Mountain Jug">rivalry</a>)</li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; font-weight:bold; width:1em">L</span> 21–35</td><td style="text-align:center">6,500</td><td style="text-align:center"><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:85%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>*Non-conference game</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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