The Penn State Nittany Lions were 10-1 in 1972. They fell to the Oklahoma Sooners, 14 to 0, in the Sugar Bowl.
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 | 11 | 358 | 4,425 | 805 | 5.5 | 2,230 | 568 | 3.9 | 2,195 | 237 | 9.3 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 8th | 12th | 37th | 11th | 40th | 47th | 46th | 15th | 56th | 2nd | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 175 | 3,239 | 4.1 | 1,264 | 488 | 2.6 | 1,975 | 303 | 6.5 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 94th | 47th | 30th | 12th | 29th | 6th | 116th | 119th | 71st | ||||||||||
Net | +183 | +1,186 | +805 | +1.4 | +966 | +80 | +1.3 | +220 | -66 | +2.7 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 9th | 13th | 37th | 11th | 25th | 37th | 21st | 44th | 101st | 8th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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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 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |