The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were 8-2 in 1972. They fell to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 40 to 6, in the Orange Bowl.
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1972 Stats
See stats| GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 10 | 283 | 4,238 | 766 | 5.5 | 3,043 | 594 | 5.1 | 1,195 | 172 | 6.9 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 21st | 17th | 71st | 8th | 7th | 32nd | 3rd | 85th | 96th | 27th | |||||||||
Opponent | 10 | 152 | 2,571 | 3.8 | 1,427 | 481 | 3.0 | 1,144 | 201 | 5.7 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 79th | 12th | 10th | 23rd | 27th | 19th | 20th | 24th | 31st | ||||||||||
Net | +131 | +1,667 | +766 | +1.8 | +1,616 | +113 | +2.2 | +51 | -29 | +1.3 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 15th | 7th | 71st | 6th | 8th | 26th | 4th | 57th | 80th | 23rd |
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| Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
| 2 |  BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
| Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
| 2 |  UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
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Louisiana | Independent | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
| 2 |  UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
| Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| 2 |  Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
| Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2 |  Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
| Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
| 2 |  Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
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Tulane | Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
| 2 |  Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |
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