1972 San Jose State Spartans football | |
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Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
Record | 4–7 (1–3 PCAA) |
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Home stadium | Spartan 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 San Jose State Spartans football team represented California State University, San Jose [note 1] during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. [note 2] The team was led by third-year head coach Dewey King. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the season with a record of four wins, seven losses (4–7, 1–3 PCAA).
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Santa Clara * | W 33–28 | 18,400 | ||
September 16 | 1:30 p.m. | at Stanford * | L 0–44 | 48,500 | ||
September 23 | 1:35 p.m. | at California * | W 17–10 | 28,000–28,691 | [1] [2] | |
September 30 | 7:30 p.m. | Fresno State |
| L 21–23 | 16,500–17,150 | [3] |
October 7 | 7:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | L 12–23 | 35,030 | [4] | |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at Pacific (CA) | L 28–38 | 15,623–15,625 | [5] [6] | |
October 28 | 7:30 p.m. | Long Beach State ![]() |
| W 35–8 | 14,700 | |
November 4 | at New Mexico * | W 14–7 | 14,199–14,396 | [7] | ||
November 11 | 1:30 p.m. | at Oregon * | L 2–27 | 27,500 | [8] | |
November 18 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 18 Arizona State * | L 21–51 | 43,912 | [9] | |
November 25 | 10:30 p.m. | at Hawaii * | L 14–28 | 14,912 | [10] | |
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The following were selected in the 1973 NFL draft. [13]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
Cody Jones | Defensive tackle – Defensive end | 5 | 115 | Los Angeles Rams |