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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 304 points (21.7/g), 11th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 226 points (16.1/g), 4th.
Differential of 78 points (5.6/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 9.4-4.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +17 (1.2/g), 3rd.
Coached by Dan Devine (10-4-0)
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1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 26 | 10 | 15 | 290 | 145 | 145 | 1 | 13 | 188 | 126 | 62 | 4 |
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 1-1 | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 20 | 15 | 207 | 64 | 143 | 2 | 21 | 313 | 117 | 196 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 2-1 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 13 | 11 | 168 | 44 | 124 | 16 | 269 | 131 | 138 | 5 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 3-1 | Chicago Bears | 20 | 17 | 17 | 341 | 240 | 101 | 2 | 13 | 258 | 119 | 139 | 1 | |
| 5 | Mon | October 16 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 24 | 23 | 16 | 265 | 140 | 125 | 2 | 18 | 229 | 83 | 146 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 4-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 9 | 10 | 10 | 215 | 103 | 112 | 2 | 19 | 244 | 137 | 107 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 4-3 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 27 | 12 | 232 | 130 | 102 | 4 | 15 | 344 | 192 | 152 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 5-3 | San Francisco 49ers | 34 | 24 | 13 | 338 | 141 | 197 | 16 | 327 | 306 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 6-3 | @ | Chicago Bears | 23 | 17 | 8 | 163 | 40 | 123 | 2 | 19 | 296 | 117 | 179 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 7-3 | @ | Houston Oilers | 23 | 10 | 14 | 310 | 100 | 210 | 16 | 240 | 126 | 114 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 7-4 | @ | Washington Redskins | 16 | 21 | 12 | 187 | 67 | 120 | 1 | 16 | 281 | 149 | 132 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | box | W | 8-4 | Detroit Lions | 33 | 7 | 19 | 309 | 76 | 233 | 1 | 6 | 189 | 162 | 27 | 6 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | box | W | 9-4 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 23 | 7 | 18 | 270 | 56 | 214 | 2 | 9 | 144 | 90 | 54 | 4 |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 10-4 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 30 | 20 | 15 | 244 | 66 | 178 | 12 | 152 | 102 | 50 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 24 | box | L | 10-5 | @ | Washington Redskins | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||