1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season
League	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 →

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.

Games

Week 1

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

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Week 2

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

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Week 3

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

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Week 4

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

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Week 5

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

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Week 6

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

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Week 7

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

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Week 8

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

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Week 9

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

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Week 10

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

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Week 11

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

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Bowl games

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

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See also

• 1972 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

References