The Spartans took a 14–0 first quarter lead on a pair of Buddy Carter touchdown passes to Paul Orndorff. before what was the largest crowd to date for the game. The 1972 edition of the Tangerine Bowl kicked off at 8:00 p.m. With a victory over the Rockets, Kent State won their first all-time MAC Championship and secured the league's automatic bid to the Tangerine Bowl. The Golden Flashes entered their game against Toledo with an overall record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1). See also: 1972 Kent State Golden Flashes football team Tampa's Paul Orndorff would go on to have a successful professional wrestling career. Other players of note that played in the game included eventual Alabama head coach Nick Saban, Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel and Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Lambert for Kent State and eventual number one NFL Draft pick John Matuszak for Tampa. The game featured two eventual College Football Hall of Fame coaches, Earle Bruce at Tampa and Don James at Kent State. In the game, Tampa took a 21–0 halftime lead, and then held off a Golden Flashes comeback to win 21–18. The competing teams were the Tampa Spartans, that competed as a College Division Independent, and the Kent State Golden Flashes, that competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The 1972 Tangerine Bowl, part of the 1972 bowl game season, took place on December 29, 1972, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. College football game 1972 Tangerine Bowl
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