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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1972
| team = Appalachian State Mountaineers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Southern Conference]]
| short_conf = SoCon
| record = 5–5–1
| conf_record = 0–3–1
| head_coach = [[Jim Brakefield]]
| hc_year = 2nd
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach =
| dc_year =
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| captain =
| stadium = [[Kidd Brewer Stadium|Conrad Stadium]]
}}
{{1972 Southern Conference football standings}}
The '''1972 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented [[Appalachian State University]] as a member of the [[Southern Conference]] (SoCon) during the [[1972 NCAA University Division football season]]. In their second year under head coach [[Jim Brakefield]], 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.

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1972
| rankdivision = NCAA University Division

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 9
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1972 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|Western Kentucky]]
| site_stadium = [[Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium|L. T. Smith Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green, KY]]
| score = 7–6
| attend = 15,200
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90072694/mistakes-abound-as-appalachian-edges-wes/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Mistakes abound as Appalachian edges Western 7–6|date=September 10, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1972 The Citadel Bulldogs football team|The Citadel]]
| site_stadium = [[Kidd Brewer Stadium|Conrad Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Boone, North Carolina|Boone, NC]]
| score = 21–28
| attend = 8,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90073049/citadel-nips-apps/|work=The News and Observer|title=Citadel nips Apps|date=September 17, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1972 East Carolina Pirates football team|East Carolina]]
| site_stadium = [[Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium|Ficklen Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville, NC]]
| score = 7–35
| attend = 16,410
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72594118/pirates-defeat-mounties-357/|work=The Gastonia Gazette|title=Pirates defeat Mounties 35–7|date=September 24, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date =September 30
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1972 Furman Paladins football team|Furman]]
| site_stadium = Conrad Stadium
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 17–20
| attend = 8,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90073314/late-furman-score-upends-mounties-2017/|work=The Greenville News|title=Late Furman score upends Mounties, 20–17|date=October 1, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = t
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1972 Davidson Wildcats football team|Davidson]]
| site_stadium = [[American Legion Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]]
| score = 10–10
| attend = 4,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90073476/wildcats-fail-on-late-fg-try-finish-in/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Wildcats fail on late FG try, finish in 10–10 tie with ASU|date=October 8, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1972 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|South Carolina]]
| site_stadium = [[Williams–Brice Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia, SC]]
| score = 7–41
| attend = 36,865
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90073621/usc-sinks-appalachian-417/|work=The State|title=USC sinks Appalachian, 41–7|date=October 15, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1972|team=Lenoir Rhyne Bears|title=Lenoir Rhyne}}
| site_stadium = [[Moretz Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory, NC]]
| score = 42–13
| attend = 10,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90073859/appalachian-slams-lenoir-rhyne-4213/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Appalachian slams Lenoir Rhyne, 42–13|date=October 22, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1972|team=East Tennessee State Buccaneers|title=East Tennessee State}}
| site_stadium = Conrad Stadium
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 35–34
| attend = 6,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90073995/apps-hold-on-to-whip-bucs/|work=Johnson City Press-Chronicle|title=Apps hold on to whip Bucs|date=October 29, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1972 Florence State Lions football team|Florence State]]
| site_stadium = Conrad Stadium
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 17–3
| attend = 5,750
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90074125/loflin-led-apps-upend-florence/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Loflin-led Apps upend Florence|date=November 5, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1972|team=Eastern Kentucky Colonels|title=Eastern Kentucky}}
| site_stadium = Conrad Stadium
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 55–7
| attend = 5,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90074263/appalachian-mauls-eastern-kentucky-557/|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|title=Appalachian mauls Eastern Kentucky 55–7|date=November 12, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1972|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}
| site_stadium = Conrad Stadium
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 21–35
| gamename = [[Battle for the Old Mountain Jug|rivalry]]
| attend = 6,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90074386/appalachian-state-rally-fails-3521/|work=Daily Press|title=Appalachian State rally fails, 35–21|date=November 19, 1972|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==References==
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{{Appalachian State Mountaineers football navbox}}

[[Category:1972 Southern Conference football season|Appalachian State]]
[[Category:Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons]]
[[Category:1972 in sports in North Carolina|Appalachian State Mountaineers football]]

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1972 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team - Revision history

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