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.

Coached by Ed Khayat (2-11-1)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

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

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	399	175	318	2472	20	19	7.4	117	544	2266	22	4.2	268	27	8	14
Lg Rank Offense	26	24			22		10	17	21	14	23		22	24	26	25		21	20
Lg Rank Defense	22	24			23		6	23	23	12	25		23	23	23	16		19	25

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
John Reaves	22	qb	11	7	108	224	48.2	1508	7	3.1	12	5.4	77	6.7	4.6	14.0	137.1	58.4	38	322	4.5	2.7	14.5
Pete Liske	30	QB	14	7	71	138	51.4	973	3	2.2	7	5.1	67	7.1	5.0	13.7	69.5	60.4	11	107	5.8	3.9	7.4
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	1.1	-1.6	23.5
Team Total	26.4		14		184	375	49.1	2527	10	2.7	20	5.3	77	6.7	4.6	13.7	180.5	57.7	53	457	4.8	3.0	12.4
Opp Total			14		175	318	55.0	2472	20	6.3	19	6.0		7.8	5.7	14.1	176.6	76.4	17	143	7.4	5.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
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
Tony Baker	27	fb	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
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
John Reaves	22	qb	11	7	18	109	1	16	6.1	9.9	1.6								109	1	5
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
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
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
Pete Liske	30	QB	14	7	7	20	0	9	2.9	1.4	0.5								20	0	3
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
Rick Arrington	25		1	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0								2	0	1
Larry Crowe	22		1	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0								2	0	0
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
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
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
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Al Nelson	29	LCB	14	0						25	728	0	78	29.1	728
Bill Bradley*+	25	FS	14	0	22	155	0	60	7.0	2	22	0	20	11.0	177
Billy Walik	25		10	0	3	4	0	10	1.3	21	466	0	35	22.2	485
Pat Gibbs	22		2	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	3	61	0	23	20.3	69
Vernon Winfield	23		9	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	3	9	0	9	3.0	21
Tom Sullivan	22		12	0						3	72	0	34	24.0	102
Bill Overmyer	23		6	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Bill Bradley*+	25	FS	14	0																	56	2250	60	0	40.2
Tom Dempsey	25	K	14	0	6	6	6	3	10	7	9	2	4	2	35	20	57.1%	12	11	91.7%
Tom McNeill	30		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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Dick Absher	28		8	0		1	7	0	7
Chuck Allen	33	MLB	12	8		1	15	0	15			0	1	4	0
Rick Arrington	25		1	0								1	0	0	0
Tom Bailey	23		14	0								1	2	0	0
Tony Baker	27	fb	13	0								2	2	2	0
Gary Ballman	32	te	8	4								0	1	0	0
Bill Bradley*+	25	FS	14	0		9	73	0	21			1	2	0	0
John Bunting	22		14	3		1	45	0	45			0	1	0	0
Harold Carmichael	23	wr	13	5								1	0	0	0
Mike Evans	26	C	12	0								0	4	0	0
Pat Gibbs	22		2	0								1	0	0	0
Richard Harris	24	LDE	14	0								0	3	0	0
Harold Jackson*	26	WR	14	14								2	1	0	0
Po James	23	RB	14	0								6	3	0	0
Wade Key	26	LT	13	0								0	1	0	0
Leroy Keyes	25	SS	14	0		2	0	0	0
Kent Kramer	28	TE	14	8								1	0	0	0
Pete Liske	30	QB	14	7								3	0	0	0
Al Nelson	29	LCB	14	0								1	0	0	0
Ron Porter	27	LLB	14	0		2	10	0	7			1	1	0	0
Nate Ramsey	31	RCB	14	0		3	14	0	10
John Reaves	22	qb	11	7								5	0	0	0
Steve Smith	28	RT	14	0								2	0	-50	0
Tom Sullivan	22		12	0								1	1	0	0
Billy Walik	25		10	0								0	1	0	0
Larry Watkins	26	FB	14	0								8	0	0	0
Team Total	26.4		14			19	164	0	45			37	24	-44	0			1
Opp Total			14		53							30	22					2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Tom Dempsey	25	K	14	0			11	20		71
Harold Jackson*	26	WR	14	14		4				24
Harold Carmichael	23	wr	13	5		2				12
Ben Hawkins	28	WR	14	0		1				6
Po James	23	RB	14	0		1				6
Kent Kramer	28	TE	14	8		1				6
John Reaves	22	qb	11	7	1					6
Billy Walik	25		10	0		1				6
Larry Watkins	26	FB	14	0	1					6
Al Coleman	28		12	0					1	2
Team Total	26.4		14		2	10	11	20	1	145
Opp Total			14		22	20	42	16	2	352

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