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1972 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 2-11-1, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 145 points (10.4/g), 26th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 352 points (25.1/g), 22nd.
 Differential of -207 points (-14.8/g), 24th.
 Expected W-L: 1.5-12.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 22nd.

Simple Rating System: Total -14.6, Offense: -9.2, Defense: -5.3, SoS: 0.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Ed Khayat

 Offensive Coordinator: Tom Fears

Training Camp: Albright College (Reading, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 145 3463 826 4.2 203 184 375 2070 10 20 4.8 110 398 1393 2 3.5 78 38 18 15
Team Defense 352 4738 879 5.4 268 175 318 2472 20 19 7.4 117 544 2266 22 4.2 137 27 8 14
Lg Rank Offense 26 24 22 10 17 21 14 21 22 24 26 25 21 20
Lg Rank Defense 22 24 24 6 23 23 12 25 23 23 23 16 19 25

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 boxscore L 0-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 6 28 17 315 245 70 4 22 389 235 154 3
2 Sun September 24 boxscore L 0-2 Cleveland Browns 17 27 20 314 248 66 3 15 297 142 155 1
3 Mon October 2 boxscore L 0-3 New York Giants 12 27 21 394 212 182 4 21 321 164 157 2
4 Sun October 8 boxscore L 0-4 @ Washington Redskins 0 14 12 236 176 60 2 22 371 224 147 4
5 Sun October 15 boxscore L 0-5 Los Angeles Rams 3 34 14 137 90 47 5 18 313 147 166
6 Sun October 22 boxscore W 1-5 @ Kansas City Chiefs 21 20 12 349 196 153 2 17 244 152 92 2
7 Sun October 29 boxscore L 1-6 @ New Orleans Saints 3 21 13 209 57 152 3 23 432 284 148 1
8 Sun November 5 boxscore T 1-6-1 St. Louis Cardinals 6 6 17 299 200 99 1 14 228 82 146 2
9 Sun November 12 boxscore W 2-6-1 @ Houston Oilers 18 17 12 237 84 153 1 18 348 112 236 3
10 Sun November 19 boxscore L 2-7-1 Dallas Cowboys 7 28 12 126 6 120 3 20 321 158 163 3
11 Sun November 26 boxscore L 2-8-1 @ New York Giants 10 62 8 222 184 38 5 28 503 257 246
12 Sun December 3 boxscore L 2-9-1 Washington Redskins 7 23 9 120 54 66 1 19 325 155 170
13 Sun December 10 boxscore L 2-10-1 Chicago Bears 12 21 18 230 147 83 4 13 250 36 214 4
14 Sun December 17 boxscore L 2-11-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 23 24 18 275 171 104 18 396 324 72 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
6 John Reaves 22 qb 11 7 0-7-0 108 224 48.2 1508 7 3.1 12 5.4 77 6.7 4.9 14.0 137.1 58.4 38 322 4.53 3.00 14.5
14 Pete Liske 30 QB 14 7 2-4-1 71 138 51.4 973 3 2.2 7 5.1 67 7.1 5.2 13.7 69.5 60.4 11 107 5.81 4.10 7.4 1 0
11 Rick Arrington 25 1 0 5 13 38.5 46 0 0.0 1 7.7 16 3.5 0.1 9.2 46.0 16.8 4 28 1.06 -1.59 23.5
Team Total 26.4 14 2-11-1 184 375 49.1 2527 10 2.7 20 5.3 77 6.7 4.9 13.7 180.5 57.7 53 457 4.84 3.20 12.4 1 0
Opp Total 14 175 318 55.0 2615 20 6.3 19 6.0 8.2 6.79 14.9 186.8 78.3 17 143 7.4 6.0 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
27 Po James 23 RB 14 0 182 565 0 22 3.1 40.4 13.0 20 156 7.8 1 35 1.4 11.1 721 1 6
38 Tony Baker 27 13 0 90 322 0 14 3.6 24.8 6.9 16 114 7.1 0 14 1.2 8.8 436 0 2
34 Larry Watkins 26 FB 14 0 67 262 1 28 3.9 18.7 4.8 6 -2 -0.3 0 4 0.4 -0.1 260 1 8
6 John Reaves 22 qb 11 7 18 109 1 16 6.1 9.9 1.6 109 1 5
25 Tom Sullivan 22 12 0 13 13 0 5 1.0 1.1 1.1 4 17 4.3 0 7 0.3 1.4 30 0 1
29 Harold Jackson* 26 WR 14 14 9 76 0 34 8.4 5.4 0.6 62 1048 16.9 4 77 4.4 74.9 1124 4 2
31 Tom Bailey 23 14 0 7 22 0 5 3.1 1.6 0.5 5 32 6.4 0 9 0.4 2.3 54 0 1
14 Pete Liske 30 QB 14 7 7 20 0 9 2.9 1.4 0.5 20 0 3
18 Ben Hawkins 28 WR 14 0 3 0 0 12 0.0 0.0 0.2 30 512 17.1 1 67 2.1 36.6 512 1 0
11 Rick Arrington 25 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 1
47 Larry Crowe 22 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
17 Harold Carmichael 23 wr 13 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 276 13.8 2 54 1.5 21.2 276 2 1
87 Kent Kramer 28 TE 14 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 176 16.0 1 29 0.8 12.6 176 1 1
85 Gary Ballman 32 te 8 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 183 20.3 0 43 1.1 22.9 183 0 0
9 Billy Walik 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 15 15.0 1 15 0.1 1.5 15 1 0
Team Total 26.4 14 398 1393 2 34 3.5 99.5 28.4 184 2527 13.7 10 77 13.1 180.5 3920 12 37
Opp Total 14 544 2266 22 4.2 161.9 38.9 175 2472 14.1 20 12.5 176.6 4738 42 30

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
26 Al Nelson 29 KR/LCB 14 0 25 728 0 78 29.1 728
28 Bill Bradley*+ 25 FS/P/PR 14 0 22 155 0 60 7.0 2 22 0 20 11.0 177
9 Billy Walik 25 10 0 3 4 0 10 1.3 21 466 0 35 22.2 485
45 Pat Gibbs 22 2 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 3 61 0 23 20.3 69
67 Vernon Winfield 23 9 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 3 9 0 9 3.0 21
25 Tom Sullivan 22 12 0 3 72 0 34 24.0 102
56 Bill Overmyer 23 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
88 Gary Pettigrew 28 13 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Team Total 26.4 14 27 179 0 60 6.6 59 1375 0 78 23.3 5474
Opp Total 14 26 0 41 886 0 21.6

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
28 Bill Bradley*+ 25 FS/P/PR 14 0 56 2250 60 0 40.2
19 Tom Dempsey 25 K 14 0 6 6 6 3 10 7 9 2 4 2 35 20 57.1% 12 11 91.7%
36 Tom McNeill 30 p 2 0 7 290 51 0 41.4
Team Total 26.4 14 6 6 6 3 10 7 9 2 4 2 35 20 57.1% 12 11 91.7% 63 2540 60 0 40.3
Opp Total 14 25 16 64.0% 43 42 97.7% 54 2187 40.5

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
28 Bill Bradley*+ 25 FS/P/PR 14 0 9 73 0 21 0 0 1 2 0 0
27 Po James 23 RB 14 0 0 6 3 0 0
34 Larry Watkins 26 FB 14 0 0 8 0 0 0
6 John Reaves 22 qb 11 7 0 5 0 0 0
38 Tony Baker 27 13 0 0 2 2 2 0
59 Mike Evans 26 C 12 0 0 0 4 0 0
50 Ron Porter 27 LLB 14 0 2 10 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 0
31 Tom Bailey 23 14 0 0 1 2 0 0
84 Richard Harris 24 LDE 14 0 0 0 3 0 0
29 Harold Jackson* 26 WR 14 14 0 2 1 0 0
14 Pete Liske 30 QB 14 7 0 3 0 0 0
24 Nate Ramsey 31 RCB 14 0 3 14 0 10 0
54 Chuck Allen 33 MLB 12 8 1 15 0 15 0 0 0 1 4 0
95 John Bunting 22 lb 14 3 1 45 0 45 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 Leroy Keyes 25 SS 14 0 2 0 0 0 0
74 Steve Smith 28 RT 14 0 0 2 0 -50 0
25 Tom Sullivan 22 12 0 0 1 1 0 0
53 Dick Absher 28 8 0 1 7 0 7 0
11 Rick Arrington 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
85 Gary Ballman 32 te 8 4 0 0 1 0 0
17 Harold Carmichael 23 wr 13 5 0 1 0 0 0
45 Pat Gibbs 22 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
72 Wade Key 26 LT 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
87 Kent Kramer 28 TE 14 8 0 1 0 0 0
26 Al Nelson 29 KR/LCB 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 Billy Walik 25 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.4 14 19 164 0 45 0 0 37 24 -44 0 1
Opp Total 14 53 30 22 2

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
19 Tom Dempsey 25 K 14 0 11 20 71
29 Harold Jackson* 26 WR 14 14 4 4 24
17 Harold Carmichael 23 wr 13 5 2 2 12
18 Ben Hawkins 28 WR 14 0 1 1 6
27 Po James 23 RB 14 0 1 1 6
87 Kent Kramer 28 TE 14 8 1 1 6
6 John Reaves 22 qb 11 7 1 1 6
9 Billy Walik 25 10 0 1 1 6
34 Larry Watkins 26 FB 14 0 1 1 6
8 Al Coleman 28 12 0 1 2
Team Total 26.4 14 2 10 12 11 20 1 145
Opp Total 14 22 20 42 16 2 352