1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Final Replay
Date	15 October 1972
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Paddy Devlin (Tyrone)
Attendance	66,136
	1973 →

1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event	1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date	24 September 1972
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	F. Tierney (Cavan)
Attendance	72,032
	← 1971

The 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 85th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1972 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match 1[]

Summary[]

Mick O'Dwyer brought the sides level to force a replay.^[1]

Details[]

24 September 1972 Final	Offaly	1-13 - 1-13	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
	T McTague 0-6, J Cooney 1-2, P Fenning 0-2, J Smith 0-2, K Kilmurray 0-1.		B Lynch 1-7, M O'Dwyer 0-5, M O'Connell 0-1.	Attendance: 72,032 Referee: F Tierney (Cavan)

Match 2[]

Summary[]

Offaly won the replay.

Tony McTague scored sixteen points in the two games.

This was Kerry's biggest ever defeat in an All-Ireland Final.

It was also the last time Micks O'Connell and O'Dwyer played at Croke Park.^[2]

Details[]

15 October 1972 Final replay	Offaly	1-19 - 0-13	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
	T McTague 0-10, P Fenning 1-1, M Connor 0-2, S Darby, 0-2, W Bryan 0-3, K Kilmurray 0-1.		M O'Connell 0-7, B Lynch 0-2, L Higgins 0-2, M O'Dwyer 0-2.	Attendance: 66,136 Referee: P Devlin (Tyrone)

References[]

^ Keys, Colm (13 September 2019). "Scoring the equaliser proves great leveller". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 13 September 2019. Does it present any advantage in an All-Ireland final replay to have scored the equaliser in the drawn game? A look back on the last six drawn football finals shows honours even in that regard... In 1972, Mick O'Dwyer's leveller was in vain when Kerry lost the replay heavily to Offaly...
^ Fogarty, John (12 September 2019). "Replay readings suggest this will be tight, with a busy referee". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 September 2019. The 1972 final replay loss to Offaly was the last time Mick O'Connell and Mick O'Dwyer played in Croke Park.

[1] Keys, Colm (13 September 2019). "Scoring the equaliser proves great leveller". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 13 September 2019. Does it present any advantage in an All-Ireland final replay to have scored the equaliser in the drawn game? A look back on the last six drawn football finals shows honours even in that regard... In 1972, Mick O'Dwyer's leveller was in vain when Kerry lost the replay heavily to Offaly...

[2] Fogarty, John (12 September 2019). "Replay readings suggest this will be tight, with a busy referee". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 September 2019. The 1972 final replay loss to Offaly was the last time Mick O'Connell and Mick O'Dwyer played in Croke Park.

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