1972 Fiesta Bowl
The 1972 Fiesta Bowl was the second edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday, December 23. Part of the 1972–73 bowl game season, it matched the unranked Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference and #15 Arizona State Sun Devils of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Arizona State never trailed, gained over 700 yards on offense, and won again on its home field, 49–35.
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| Date | December 23, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Woody Green (ASU HB) Mike Fink (Missouri DB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 51,138 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lindsey Nelson, Eddie Doucette | ||||||||||||||||||||
This was the first of two consecutive Fiesta Bowls played at night.
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