FOOTBALL Record-setting year carries '72 Bisons to Cowboy Bowl win Led by the league's leading passer, Tom Ed Gooden, and rusher, Alan Dixon, the 1972 Bison compiled the best record in Harding's football history. Co-champions with Southern State the squad posted a 10-1 record as it was the first time Harding had won or shared the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference crown. Ranked in the top fifteen in the NAIA, the team accepted a bowl bid to play in the second annual Cowboy Bowl in Langston, Oklahoma, and a last play field goal by Gooden kept the game from being a 27-27 tie. The win was Harding's first bowl game victory. Head coach John Prock was named "Coach of the Year" in District 17, and senior tackle Edd Eason was selected as a member to the All-American Second Team. Alan Dixon and Tom Ed Gooden were honorable mentions on the All-American roster. 61 f 192
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