en 1972 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1972 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ashland		–		11	–	0	–	0
Bridgeport		–		11	–	0	–	0
No. 1 Delaware		–		10	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Tennessee State		–		11	–	1	–	0
Colorado College		–		8	–	1	–	0
Tampa		–		10	–	2	–	0
Trinity (TX)		–		8	–	2	–	0
Western Carolina		–		7	–	2	–	1
Hawaii		–		8	–	3	–	0
Indiana State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Northeastern		–		6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Cortland		–		6	–	3	–	0
San Diego		–		6	–	3	–	1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		–		4	–	2	–	1
Eastern Michigan		–		6	–	4	–	0
Milwaukee		–		6	–	4	–	0
Samford		–		5	–	3	–	2
Lake Forest		–		4	–	3	–	1
Nevada		–		6	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan		–		5	–	5	–	1
Rose-Hulman		–		5	–	5	–	0
Santa Clara		–		4	–	4	–	1
Akron		–		3	–	4	–	2
St. Norbert		–		4	–	5	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		3	–	4	–	0
Kentucky State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Drexel		–		3	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		3	–	7	–	0
Portland State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Wayne State (MI)		–		2	–	5	–	1
Boston University		–		2	–	8	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		2	–	8	–	0
Saint Peter's		–		2	–	8	–	0
Chattanooga		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		1	–	8	–	1
Eastern Illinois		–		1	–	9	–	0
Madison		–		0	–	4	–	1
UNLV		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1972 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno as an independent during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jerry Scattini, the Wolf Pack compiled a record of 6–5. The team played home games at Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nevada.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	San Francisco State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 37–6	4,000
September 16	at Cal State Fullerton	Santa Ana Stadium Santa Ana, CA	L 6–13	2,515–4,200	^[1]^[2]
September 30	at Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	L 14–19	2,000–3,800	^[3]
October 7	Portland State	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	W 27–13	2,500
October 14	at No. 8 Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	L 19–56	8,000–10,336
October 21	Santa Clara	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 21–7	4,100–5,042	^[4]
October 28	No. 3 Cal Poly	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 12–14	3,500–4,200	^[5]
November 4	Chico State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 48–32	1,000–2,000	^[6]
November 11	Cal State Hayward	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 48–8	1,500–2,109	^[7]
November 18	at UNLV	Las Vegas Stadium East Las Vegas, NV (Fremont Cannon)	W 41–13	5,186–8,000	^[8]
November 25	at No. T–6 Grambling	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA	L 3–37	14,000	^[9]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game