1972 Long Beach State 49ers football | |
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Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
Record | 5–6 (1–3 PCAA) |
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Home stadium | Veterans Stadium Anaheim Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific (CA) | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Los Angeles* | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1972 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach [note 1] during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.
Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. [note 2] The team was led by fourth year head coach Jim Stangeland, and played the majority of their home games at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California. One home game was played at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California, and another at Falcon Stadium at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 1–3 PCAA).
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 9 | at Western Michigan * | L 20–28 | ||||
September 16 | North Texas State * | W 24–21 | 4,972 | [1] | ||
September 22 | at Grambling * | W 25–19 | 42,058 | [2] [3] [4] | ||
September 30 | Cal State Fullerton * | W 27–14 | 8,146 | [5] | ||
October 7 | BYU * | L 27–38 | 11,529 | [6] | ||
October 14 | at Pacific (CA) | L 10–14 | ||||
October 28 | at San Jose State | L 8–35 | ||||
November 4 | at Fresno State | W 21–16 | 9,049 | [7] | ||
November 17 | 7:30 p.m. | Northern Illinois * |
| L 13–22 | 4,000 | [8] [9] [10] |
November 25 | San Diego State |
| L 14–33 | 17,644 | [11] | |
December 2 | at Cal State Northridge * | W 35–32 | 4,700 | [12] | ||
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One 49er player was selected in the 1973 NFL draft. [14]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
Terry Metcalf | Running back, Wide receiver | 3 | 63 | St. Louis Cardinals |