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]

Schedule

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

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