1972 North Dakota State Bison football team

The 1972 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their seventh year under head coach Ron Erhardt, the team compiled a 8–2 record.^[1]

1972 North Dakota State Bison football
NCC co-champion
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	8–2 (6–1 NCC)
Head coach	Ron Erhardt (7th season)
Home stadium	Dacotah Field
Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

1972 North Central Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. T–6 North Dakota +	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. T–6 South Dakota +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
North Dakota State +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Mankato State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Northern Iowa	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
South Dakota State	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Morningside	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Augustana (SD)	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP small college poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	Mankato State		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 21–17	7,800	[2]
September 9	at Northern Arizona*		Lumberjack Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	W 14–7	7,963	[3]
September 16	at Montana State*		Memorial Stadium Great Falls, MT	L 24–27	5,500–6,500	[4][5]
September 23	Youngstown State*		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 16–10	8,300	[6]
September 30	Morningside		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 48–6	9,100	[7]
October 7	at Northern Iowa		O. R. Latham Stadium Cedar Falls, IA	W 42–0	7,300–7,364	[8][9]
October 14	Augustana (SD)		Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 40–24	9,700	[10]
October 21	at No. 3 North Dakota		Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)	W 22–17	13,500	[11]
October 28	South Dakota State	No. 6	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (rivalry)	W 34–16	6,100–6,500	[12]
November 4	at South Dakota	No. 6	Inman Field Vermillion, SD	L 21–35	10,001	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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