1972 Sugar Bowl (January)

The 1972 Sugar Bowl (January) was the 38th edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, January 1. It featured the third-ranked Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference and the #5 Auburn Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The favored Sooners won 40–22.

1972 Sugar Bowl
38th edition
1234 Total
Oklahoma 191236 40
Auburn 00715 22
DateJanuary 1, 1972
Season1971
StadiumTulane Stadium
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPJack Mildren
(Oklahoma QB)
FavoriteOklahoma by 10 points
National anthemElla Fitzgerald
RefereeJames M. Artley (SEC)
(split crew: SEC, Big 8)
Attendance84,031
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
AnnouncersChris Schenkel and
Bud Wilkinson

This was the last Sugar Bowl played in January until 1977, as it moved to New Year's Eve night for the next four editions.

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