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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 192 points (13.7/g), 24th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 446 points (31.9/g), 26th.
Differential of -254 points (-18.1/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 1.7-12.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 25th.
Coached by Phil Bengston (1-4-0) and John Mazur (2-7-0)
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1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | box | L | 0-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 31 | 9 | 137 | 83 | 54 | 3 | 21 | 357 | 111 | 246 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | box | W | 1-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 21 | 20 | 19 | 287 | 184 | 103 | 20 | 399 | 217 | 182 | |||
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 2-1 | Washington Redskins | 24 | 23 | 23 | 380 | 253 | 127 | 2 | 15 | 349 | 213 | 136 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 38 | 23 | 354 | 244 | 110 | 4 | 19 | 305 | 160 | 145 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | box | L | 2-3 | New York Jets | 13 | 41 | 18 | 311 | 175 | 136 | 2 | 24 | 396 | 63 | 333 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 2-4 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 33 | 17 | 276 | 149 | 127 | 4 | 19 | 426 | 183 | 243 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 2-5 | @ | New York Jets | 10 | 34 | 14 | 194 | 128 | 66 | 3 | 21 | 392 | 201 | 191 | 2 |
| 8 | Mon | November 6 | box | L | 2-6 | Baltimore Colts | 17 | 24 | 21 | 281 | 154 | 127 | 3 | 19 | 267 | 89 | 178 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | box | L | 2-7 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 0 | 52 | 11 | 169 | 77 | 92 | 3 | 21 | 482 | 301 | 181 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | box | L | 2-8 | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 27 | 15 | 298 | 183 | 115 | 4 | 19 | 295 | 116 | 179 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 2-9 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 0 | 31 | 12 | 206 | 75 | 131 | 6 | 15 | 262 | 98 | 164 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 2-10 | Miami Dolphins | 21 | 37 | 14 | 217 | 107 | 110 | 2 | 29 | 501 | 197 | 304 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | box | W | 3-10 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 17 | 10 | 18 | 289 | 180 | 109 | 2 | 20 | 337 | 243 | 94 | 4 |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | box | L | 3-11 | @ | Denver Broncos | 21 | 45 | 22 | 260 | 135 | 125 | 26 | 482 | 341 | 141 | ||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 192 | 3659 | 842 | 4.3 | 236 | 198 | 412 | 2127 | 10 | 28 | 4.7 | 126 | 386 | 1532 | 13 | 4.0 | 86 | 38 | 10 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 446 | 5250 | 889 | 5.9 | 433 | 175 | 326 | 2533 | 24 | 10 | 7.4 | 124 | 548 | 2717 | 27 | 5.0 | 288 | 24 | 14 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 24 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 26 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 14 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Plunkett | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 169 | 355 | 47.6 | 2196 | 8 | 2.3 | 25 | 7.0 | 62 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 13.0 | 156.9 | 45.7 | 39 | 385 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| Brian Dowling | 25 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 54 | 53.7 | 383 | 2 | 3.7 | 1 | 1.9 | 42 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 13.2 | 27.4 | 81.0 | 4 | 63 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 6.9 | |
| Carl Garrett | 25 | RB | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | -2.0 | -24.5 | 50.0 | |
| Bob Gladieux | 25 | fb | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | |
| Pat Studstill | 34 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 198 | 412 | 48.1 | 2579 | 10 | 2.4 | 28 | 6.8 | 62 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 13.0 | 184.2 | 48.0 | 44 | 452 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 9.6 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 175 | 326 | 53.7 | 2533 | 24 | 7.4 | 10 | 3.1 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 14.5 | 180.9 | 91.0 | 15 | 101 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Carl Garrett | 25 | RB | 10 | 7 | 131 | 488 | 5 | 41 | 3.7 | 48.8 | 13.1 | 30 | 410 | 13.7 | 0 | 43 | 3.0 | 41.0 | 898 | 5 | 5 |
| Josh Ashton | 23 | FB | 14 | 12 | 128 | 546 | 3 | 35 | 4.3 | 39.0 | 9.1 | 22 | 207 | 9.4 | 1 | 24 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 753 | 4 | 3 |
| John Tarver | 23 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 132 | 1 | 21 | 3.1 | 16.5 | 5.3 | 11 | 112 | 10.2 | 1 | 22 | 1.4 | 14.0 | 244 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 36 | 230 | 1 | 21 | 6.4 | 16.4 | 2.6 | 230 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Bob Gladieux | 25 | fb | 11 | 6 | 24 | 56 | 0 | 11 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 19 | 192 | 10.1 | 0 | 31 | 1.7 | 17.5 | 248 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Maitland | 24 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 9 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 66 | 0 | 2 | |
| Brian Dowling | 25 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 35 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 44 | 681 | 15.5 | 3 | 62 | 3.1 | 48.6 | 686 | 3 | 2 |
| Bob Windsor | 30 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 33 | 383 | 11.6 | 1 | 24 | 2.4 | 27.4 | 379 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Studstill | 34 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Randy Vataha | 24 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 369 | 14.8 | 2 | 44 | 1.8 | 26.4 | 369 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tom Reynolds | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 2 | 36 | 0.7 | 12.7 | 152 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Beer | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 386 | 1532 | 13 | 41 | 4.0 | 109.4 | 27.6 | 198 | 2579 | 13.0 | 10 | 62 | 14.1 | 184.2 | 4111 | 23 | 26 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 548 | 2717 | 27 | 5.0 | 194.1 | 39.1 | 175 | 2533 | 14.5 | 24 | 12.5 | 180.9 | 5250 | 51 | 23 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Carl Garrett | 25 | RB | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 6.0 | 16 | 410 | 0 | 49 | 25.6 | 1344 |
| Josh Ashton | 23 | FB | 14 | 12 | 15 | 309 | 0 | 31 | 20.6 | 1062 | |||||
| George Hoey | 26 | rcb | 12 | 6 | 9 | 210 | 0 | 30 | 23.3 | 210 | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 8 | 227 | 0 | 43 | 28.4 | 913 | |||||
| Larry Carwell | 28 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 | 2 | |||||
| Rickie Harris | 29 | FS | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | |||||
| Jack Maitland | 24 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 16.0 | 114 | ||||||
| Henry Matthews | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 29 | 24.7 | 74 | ||||||
| Bob Gladieux | 25 | fb | 11 | 6 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 | 242 | |||||
| Tom Beer | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 55 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 27 | 2.2 | 55 | 1293 | 0 | 49 | 23.5 | 5441 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 34 | 1 | 32 | 784 | 0 | 24.5 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Pat Studstill | 34 | P | 14 | 0 | 75 | 2859 | 57 | 1 | 38.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Walker | 23 | K | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 25.0% | 15 | 15 | 100.0% | |||||||||||
| Charlie Gogolak | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 75.0% | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 50.0% | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | 75 | 2859 | 57 | 1 | 38.1 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 36 | 22 | 61.1% | 54 | 54 | 100.0% | 48 | 1939 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Ron Acks | 28 | RLB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Julius Adams | 24 | LDE/ldt | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Adams | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Josh Ashton | 23 | FB | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Blanchard | 23 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Larry Carwell | 28 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rick Cash | 27 | RDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Cheyunski | 27 | MLB | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brian Dowling | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Carl Garrett | 25 | RB | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | 25 | fb | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rickie Harris | 29 | FS | 14 | 11 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 | ||||||
| George Hoey | 26 | rcb | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Honor Jackson | 24 | SS | 13 | 10 | 4 | 133 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Kadziel | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | 24 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Montler | 28 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Rowe | 27 | LDT | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Scott | 28 | ss | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Len St. Jean | 31 | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Weisacosky | 28 | LLB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Windsor | 30 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Wirgowski | 25 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | -7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 10 | 223 | 0 | 55 | 26 | 27 | -8 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Garrett | 25 | RB | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Gogolak | 28 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Josh Ashton | 23 | FB | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| Mike Walker | 23 | K | 8 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 21 | |||||||||
| Brian Dowling | 25 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tom Reynolds | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| John Tarver | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | 24 | WR | 14 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Larry Carwell | 28 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bob Windsor | 30 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 192 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 54 | 22 | 1 | 446 |