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1972 Oakland Raiders
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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 365 points (26.1/g), 3rd of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 248 points (17.7/g), 8th.
Differential of 117 points (8.4/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 10.0-4.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 8th.
Coached by John Madden (10-3-1)
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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 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28 | 34 | 20 | 370 | 273 | 97 | 5 | 17 | 247 | 106 | 141 | 4 |
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 14 | 21 | 313 | 117 | 196 | 1 | 15 | 207 | 64 | 143 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | box | T | 1-1-1 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 17 | 15 | 232 | 142 | 90 | 1 | 20 | 345 | 149 | 196 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mon | October 9 | box | W | 2-1-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 34 | 0 | 19 | 302 | 138 | 164 | 4 | 7 | 89 | -1 | 90 | 5 |
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 3-1-1 | Buffalo Bills | 28 | 16 | 22 | 396 | 181 | 215 | 2 | 16 | 295 | 114 | 181 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 3-2-1 | Denver Broncos | 23 | 30 | 23 | 316 | 189 | 127 | 1 | 15 | 409 | 396 | 13 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | box | W | 4-2-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 45 | 17 | 23 | 362 | 149 | 213 | 16 | 317 | 163 | 154 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | box | L | 4-3-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 27 | 20 | 293 | 220 | 73 | 3 | 22 | 371 | 181 | 190 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 5-3-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 20 | 14 | 24 | 381 | 88 | 293 | 2 | 14 | 233 | 144 | 89 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | box | W | 6-3-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 37 | 20 | 25 | 337 | 140 | 197 | 2 | 13 | 208 | 170 | 38 | 3 |
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | box | W | 7-3-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 26 | 3 | 24 | 420 | 165 | 255 | 1 | 11 | 159 | 61 | 98 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | box | W | 8-3-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 19 | 17 | 298 | 202 | 96 | 3 | 26 | 440 | 207 | 233 | 2 |
| 13 | Mon | December 11 | box | W | 9-3-1 | New York Jets | 24 | 16 | 19 | 366 | 197 | 169 | 3 | 20 | 401 | 365 | 36 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | box | W | 10-3-1 | Chicago Bears | 28 | 21 | 25 | 359 | 168 | 191 | 4 | 15 | 195 | 33 | 162 | 1 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 23 | box | L | 10-4-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||