1972 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

1972 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1972 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
1972 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1972 record	4–7 (1–6 SEC)
Head coach	Charles Shira (6th season);
Home stadium	Scott Field; (Capacity: 35,000)
	Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. After the season, head coach Charles Shira, who had compiled a 16–45–2 record over six seasons, stepped down and focused solely on athletic director duties.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 9	Auburn	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi	L 3–14
September 16	Northeast Louisiana*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 42–7	^[2]
September 23	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, Tennessee	W 10–6
September 30	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida	L 13–28
October 7	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	L 13–17
October 14	Florida State*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi	L 21–25
October 21	Southern Miss*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 26–7	^[3]
October 28	Houston*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 27–13
November 4	at No. 2 Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	L 14–58
November 18	at No. 8 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	L 14–28
November 25	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	L 14–51
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Burial to be in Starkville; Shira Funeral Services Today, Florence Times-Tri Cities Daily, January 3, 1976.
^ "Miss. State rambles over Northeast 42–7". The Clarion-Ledger. September 17, 1972. p. C1. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Felker-led State rips USM". The Delta Democrat-Times. October 22, 1972. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015

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1972 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Alabama $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Auburn	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 11 LSU	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll