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1972 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 319 points (22.8/g), 10th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 240 points (17.1/g), 6th.
 Differential of 79 points (5.6/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 9.3-4.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 18th.

Coached by Tom Landry (10-4-0)

1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 box W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 28 6 22 389 235 154 3 17 315 245 70 4
2 Sun September 24 box W 2-0 @ New York Giants 23 14 18 297 158 139 14 355 271 84 2
3 Sun October 1 box L 2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 13 16 16 269 131 138 5 11 168 44 124
4 Sun October 8 box W 3-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 13 21 367 176 191 4 14 272 142 130 2
5 Sun October 15 box W 4-1 @ Baltimore Colts 21 0 21 390 265 125 2 14 175 70 105 3
6 Sun October 22 box L 4-2 @ Washington Redskins 20 24 18 276 160 116 2 17 305 172 133 1
7 Mon October 30 box W 5-2 Detroit Lions 28 24 19 365 206 159 2 14 283 224 59
8 Sun November 5 box W 6-2 @ San Diego Chargers 34 28 17 269 169 100 2 17 346 202 144 4
9 Sun November 12 box W 7-2 St. Louis Cardinals 33 24 23 427 197 230 1 16 328 274 54 3
10 Sun November 19 box W 8-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 28 7 20 321 158 163 3 12 126 6 120 3
11 Thu November 23 box L 8-3 San Francisco 49ers 10 31 19 308 201 107 4 17 280 157 123 1
12 Sun December 3 box W 9-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 27 6 18 349 140 209 5 10 141 89 52 5
13 Sat December 9 box W 10-3 Washington Redskins 34 24 14 307 61 246 1 19 312 169 143 4
14 Sun December 17 box L 10-4 New York Giants 3 23 10 132 85 47 4 25 349 175 174 1
Playoffs
Division Sat December 23 box W 11-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 30 28
ConfChamp Sun December 31 box L 11-5 @ Washington Redskins 3 26