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1972 Houston Oilers
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Record: 1-13-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 164 points (11.7/g), 25th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 380 points (27.1/g), 25th.
Differential of -216 points (-15.4/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 1.7-12.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 20th.
Coached by Bill Peterson (1-13-0)
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1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | L | 0-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 17 | 30 | 12 | 196 | 142 | 54 | 2 | 18 | 478 | 239 | 239 | 3 |
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 0-2 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 34 | 7 | 167 | 104 | 63 | 3 | 30 | 435 | 161 | 274 | 4 |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 1-2 | New York Jets | 26 | 20 | 19 | 412 | 262 | 150 | 1 | 19 | 398 | 301 | 97 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mon | October 9 | box | L | 1-3 | Oakland Raiders | 0 | 34 | 7 | 89 | -1 | 90 | 5 | 19 | 302 | 138 | 164 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 24 | 7 | 108 | 108 | 1 | 18 | 295 | 46 | 249 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 1-5 | Cleveland Browns | 17 | 23 | 17 | 364 | 221 | 143 | 2 | 13 | 254 | 119 | 135 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 1-6 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 30 | 10 | 145 | 47 | 98 | 2 | 29 | 496 | 252 | 244 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | box | L | 1-7 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 0 | 20 | 11 | 212 | 93 | 119 | 1 | 15 | 298 | 146 | 152 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | box | L | 1-8 | Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 18 | 18 | 348 | 112 | 236 | 3 | 12 | 237 | 84 | 153 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | box | L | 1-9 | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 23 | 16 | 240 | 126 | 114 | 14 | 310 | 100 | 210 | |||
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 1-10 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 20 | 34 | 18 | 213 | 162 | 51 | 1 | 23 | 367 | 137 | 230 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 1-11 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 20 | 13 | 242 | 154 | 88 | 6 | 17 | 328 | 167 | 161 | 3 |
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | box | L | 1-12 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 9 | 11 | 159 | 87 | 72 | 1 | 12 | 193 | 63 | 130 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | box | L | 1-13 | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 61 | 17 | 296 | 164 | 132 | 5 | 24 | 343 | 190 | 153 | 1 | |