The 1972 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as an independent during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In their tenth season under head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled an 11–1 record, defeated Drake in the Pioneer Bowl (the Midwest region final of the NCAA College Division), and outscored all opponents by a total of 431 to 107.

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Nashville high school football alldecade 1970s team

Nashville high school football alldecade 1970s team

Golden Vikings Tennessee High celebrates 1972 National Championship

5th Quarter

1972, when the first state tournament produced the first true state champs