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1972 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

1972 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UC Davis $ 5 0 0 6 2 2
Humboldt State 4 1 0 7 3 0
Chico State 2 3 0 4 5 0
Cal State Hayward 2 3 0 2 8 0
San Francisco State 1 4 0 3 8 0
Sacramento State 1 4 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1972 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented California State University, Humboldt—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bud Van Deren, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC.[1] The team outscored its opponents 262 to 215 for the season. Humboldt State played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9Humboldt State alumni*W 30–7
September 16at Puget Sound*
W 27–24
September 23No. 7 Boise State*
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
L 15–21
September 30at Cal Poly*L 0–346,200[2]
October 7at Santa Clara*W 28–20
October 14Chico State
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 14–02,000[3]
October 21Cal State Hayward
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 59–337,000[4]
October 28at Sacramento StateW 20–144,100[5]
November 11at UC DavisL 18–419,000[6]
November 18San Francisco State
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 51–214,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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