1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season

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.

1972 Pacific-8 Conference football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 8, 1972, to January 1, 1973
Number of teams8
1973 NFL Draft
Top draft pickCharle Young, TE
Picked byPhiladelphia Eagles, 6th overall
Regular season
Season championsUSC
  Runners-upUCLA
1972 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 USC $ 7 0 012 0 0
No. 15 UCLA 5 2 08 3 0
No. 19 Washington State 4 3 07 4 0
Washington 4 3 08 3 0
California 3 4 03 8 0
Oregon 2 5 05 6 0
Stanford 2 5 06 5 0
Oregon State 1 6 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Games

Week 1

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 8 Oregon State San Diego State San Diego, CA L 817  
September 9 California No. 2 Colorado Folsom FieldBoulder, CO L 1020  
September 9 Oregon Missouri Columbia, MO L 2224  
September 9 No. 8 USC No. 4 Arkansas War Memorial StadiumLittle Rock, AR W 3110  
September 9 No. 1 Nebraska UCLA Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA W 2017  
September 9 Pacific No. 9 Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA W 136  
September 9 Washington State Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS W 1817  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 2

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16 Washington State California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA  CAL 3723  
September 16 Arizona Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR W 347  
September 16 Oregon State No. 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA  USC 516  
September 16 San Jose State Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA (Rivalry) W 440  
September 16 No. 8 UCLA Pittsburgh Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA W 3828  
September 16 Duke No. 12 Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA W 146  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 3

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23 Oregon State Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA L 1119  
September 23 No. 12 Michigan No. 6 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA L 926  
September 23 Oregon No. 2 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK L 368  
September 23 San Jose State California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA L 1017  
September 23 No. 1 USC Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL W 5520  
September 23 No. 19 Stanford Duke Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC W 106  
September 23 No. 15 Washington Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN W 2221  
September 23 Washington State Arizona Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ W 286  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 4

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
September 29 Oregon No. 15 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA  UCLA 6520  
September 30 California Missouri Columbia, MO L 2734  
September 30 BYU Oregon State Parker StadiumCorvallis, OR W 293  
September 30 Michigan State No. 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA W 516  
September 30 No. 20 West Virginia No. 19 Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA W 4135  
September 30 Utah Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA L 2544  
September 30 Illinois No. 14 Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA W 3111  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 5

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 7 Oregon State Arizona State Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ L 738  
October 7 No. 3 Ohio State California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA L 1835  
October 7 No. 1 USC No. 15 Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA  USC 3021  
October 7 Arizona No. 14 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA W 4231  
October 7 Oregon No. 11 Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA (Rivalry)  WASH 2317  
October 7 Idaho Washington State Martin StadiumPullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse) W 3514  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 6

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 14 California No. 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA  USC 4214  
October 14 No. 12 Washington No. 17 Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA  STAN 240  
October 14 No. 14 UCLA Oregon State Parker StadiumCorvallis, OR  UCLA 377  
October 14 Washington State Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR  WSU 3114  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 7

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 21 No. 13 Stanford Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR  ORE 15–13  
October 21 No. 18 Washington No. 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA  USC 34–7  
October 21 No. 11 UCLA California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA (Rivalry)  UCLA 49–13  
October 21 Oregon State Washington St Martin StadiumPullman, WA  WSU 37–7  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 8

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
October 28 No. 1 USC Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR  USC 18–0  
October 28 Oregon St Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, CA  STAN 1711  
October 28 Washington St UCLA Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA  UCLA 35–20  
October 28 California Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA  WASH 35–21  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 9

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 4 Oregon California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA  CAL 31–12  
November 4 No. 1 USC Washington St Husky StadiumSeattle, WA  USC 44–3  
November 4 Stanford No. 8 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA  UCLA 28–23  
November 4 Washington Oregon St Parker StadiumCorvallis, OR  WASH 23–16  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 10

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 11 San Jose St Oregon Autzen StadiumEugene, OR W 27–2  
November 11 California Oregon St Multnomah StadiumPortland, OR  ORST 26–23  
November 11 No. 8 UCLA Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, WA  WASH 30–21  
November 11 No. 20 Stanford Washington St Martin StadiumPullman, WA  WSU 27–13  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Week 11

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
November 18 Stanford California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA (The Big Game)  CAL 24–21  
November 18 Oregon Oregon St Parker StadiumCorvallis, OR (Civil War)  ORE 30–3  
November 18 No. 1 USC No. 14 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)  USC 24–7  
November 18 No. 17 Washington No. 20 Washington St Joe Albi StadiumSpokane, WA (Apple Cup)  WSU 27–10  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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Bowl games

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendance
January 1 No. 3 Ohio State No. 1 USC Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) W 4217  
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

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See also

References

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