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).[1][2] Arizona State never trailed, gained over 700 yards on offense, and won again on its home field, 49–35.[3][4]
This was the first of two consecutive Fiesta Bowls played at night.
^"Can MU slow Sun Devils at Fiesta Bowl tonight?". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. December 23, 1972. p. 11.
^Ferguson, George (December 22, 1972). "Mizzou, ASU square off for Fiesta". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B8.
^"Green-led Sun Devils roll past Missouri". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 24, 1972. p. 3B.
^"Arizona St. Fiesta king". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 24, 1972. p. B3.
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