1972 Baltimore Colts: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-5-0 (123 points scored, 128 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (112 points scored, 124 allowed) Head Coaches: Don McCafferty (1-4-0), John Sandusky (4-5-0) 235 points scored (20th of 26 teams), 252 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 203 381 2,293 (11) 5.65 15 12 462 1,894 (17) 4.1 10 4,187 (14) 34 Defense: 178 313 2,323 (20) 6.87 15 23 515 1,989 (15) 3.9 15 4,312 (20) 36
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Boris Shlapak K 8 6'0 165 22 R Michigan State 11 Jack Mildren DB 14 6'1 200 23 R Oklahoma 14 Marty Domres QB 12 6'3 220 25 4 Columbia 17 Sam Havrilak WR 14 6'2 195 24 4 Bucknell 19 Johnny Unitas QB 8 6'1 196 39 17 Louisville 20 Jerry Logan DB 14 6'1 190 31 10 West Texas State 21 Rick Volk DB 14 6'3 195 27 6 Michigan 23 Don McCauley RB 14 6'1 207 23 2 North Carolina 26 Lydell Mitchell RB 11 5'11 204 23 R Penn State 28 Cotton Speyrer WR 5 6'0 175 23 1 Texas 30 Willie Franklin WR 4 6'2 194 23 R Oklahoma 31 Nelson Munsey DB 9 6'1 185 24 1 Wyoming 32 Mike Curtis LB 14 6'2 232 29 8 Duke 33 Eddie Hinton WR 8 6'0 200 25 4 Oklahoma 34 Tom Nowatzke RB 6 6'3 230 30 8 Indiana 35 Glenn Doughty WR 5 6'2 204 25 R Michigan 36 Norm Bulaich RB 6 6'1 218 25 3 Texas Christian 40 Bruce Laird DB 14 6'0 185 22 R American International 41 Tom Matte RB 6 6'0 214 33 12 Ohio State 43 Lonnie Hepburn DB 14 5'11 180 23 2 Texas Southern 44 Rex Kern DB 5 5'11 190 23 2 Ohio State 47 Charlie Stukes DB 12 6'3 212 29 6 Maryland Eastern Shore 48 Don Nottingham RB 14 5'10 210 23 2 Kent State 49 David Lee P 14 6'4 230 28 7 Louisiana Tech 50 Bill Curry C 14 6'2 236 30 8 Georgia Tech 51 Bill Laskey LB 14 6'2 235 29 7 Michigan 52 Randy Edmunds LB 3 6'2 225 26 4 Georgia Tech 54 Stan White LB 14 6'1 225 23 R Ohio State 56 Ray May LB 14 6'1 230 27 6 Southern California 57 Ken Mendenhall C 12 6'3 235 24 2 Oklahoma 61 Cornelius Johnson OG 13 6'2 245 29 5 Virginia Union 62 Glenn Ressler OG 9 6'3 250 29 8 Penn State 64 John Shinners OG 6 6'2 254 25 4 Xavier 68 Dennis Nelson OT 13 6'5 260 26 3 Illinois State 71 Dan Sullivan OG 14 6'3 250 33 11 Boston College 72 Bob Vogel OT 14 6'5 250 31 10 Ohio State 73 Dick Amman DE 14 6'5 234 22 R Florida State 74 Tom Drougas OT 14 6'4 257 22 R Oregon 75 Chuck Hinton DT 13 6'5 264 33 9 North Carolina Central 76 Fred Miller DT 12 6'3 250 32 10 Louisiana State 79 Jim Bailey DT 14 6'5 255 24 3 Kansas 80 Jim O'Brien WR 14 6'0 195 25 3 Cincinnati 81 Billy Newsome DE 14 6'4 250 24 3 Grambling 83 Ted Hendricks LB 14 6'7 220 24 4 Miami 84 Tom Mitchell TE 14 6'2 215 28 6 Bucknell 85 Roy Hilton DE 14 6'6 240 29 8 Jackson State 88 John Mosier TE 14 6'3 220 24 2 Kansas
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Marty Domres 222 115 51.8 1,392 6.27 12.1 11 5.0 6 2.7 11 96 76.6 Johnny Unitas 157 88 56.1 1,111 7.08 12.6 4 2.5 6 3.8 14 114 70.8 Sam Havrilak 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Jack Mildren 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Tom Mitchell 40 494 12.3 4 Sam Havrilak 33 571 17.3 4 Don McCauley 30 256 8.5 2 Don Nottingham 25 191 7.6 0 Lydell Mitchell 18 147 8.2 1 Tom Matte 14 182 13.0 1 Jim O'Brien 11 263 23.9 2 Eddie Hinton 11 146 13.3 1 Norm Bulaich 9 55 6.1 0 Cotton Speyrer 8 114 14.2 0 Glenn Doughty 3 31 10.3 0 John Mosier 1 53 53.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Don McCauley 178 675 3.8 2 Don Nottingham 123 466 3.8 3 Lydell Mitchell 45 215 4.8 1 Marty Domres 30 137 4.6 1 Tom Matte 33 137 4.2 0 Norm Bulaich 27 109 4.0 1 Sam Havrilak 12 72 6.0 2 Glenn Doughty 2 33 16.5 0 Johnny Unitas 3 15 5.0 0 Tom Nowatzke 3 11 3.7 0 Jim O'Brien 3 9 3.0 0 Jack Mildren 3 8 2.7 0 Tom Mitchell 0 7 ? 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bruce Laird 29 843 29.1 0 Don McCauley 13 377 29.0 1 Don Nottingham 2 38 19.0 0 Norm Bulaich 1 62 62.0 0 Jack Mildren 1 1 1.0 0 Ted Hendricks 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bruce Laird 34 303 8.9 11 0 Rick Volk 5 25 5.0 7 0 Jerry Logan 4 20 5.0 1 0 |
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 OT Tom Drougas 66 Oregon 2 46 DB Jack Mildren 42 Oklahoma [pick acquired from OAK] 2 47 WR Glenn Doughty 103 Michigan [pick acquired from WAS] 2 48 RB Lydell Mitchell 111 Penn State 4 104 WR Eric Allen Michigan State [pick acquired from DAL via NO] 5 115 DT Don Croft 34 Texas-El Paso [pick acquired from NE] 6 152 DB Bruce Laird 164 American International 7 169 RB John Sykes 2 Morgan State [pick acquired from NYJ via WAS] 8 191 LB Al Qualls Oklahoma [pick acquired from SD] 8 204 QB Van Brownson Nebraska 9 215 DT Gary Hambell Dayton [pick acquired from GB] 10 256 RB Dave Schilling Oregon State 11 282 DE Fred DeBernardi 7 Texas-El Paso 12 308 TE Gary Theiler Tennessee 13 334 WR Herb Washington Michigan 14 359 C John Morris Missouri Valley 15 386 LB Robin Parkhouse Alabama 16 412 QB Gary Wichard C.W. Post 17 438 LB Stan White 153 Ohio State
Traded draft picks: #3 to NO via OAK (Tom Myers), #4 to OAK (Dave Dalby), #5 to NO (Bob Davies), #7 to OAK (Dennis Pete), #9 to CLE (Billy LeFear)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1972 | traded Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1972 draft to Raiders for Eldridge Dickey |
| 01-28-1972 | traded Jim Duncan, Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1972 draft and Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Saints for John Shinners and Dallas' #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 04-25-1972 | Dolphins claimed Earl Morrall on waivers |
| 07-06-1972 | Bobby Wuensch retired |
| 07-23-1972 | traded Eldridge Dickey to Chiefs for Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-31-1972 | traded George Wright to Chargers for San Diego's #8 pick in the 1972 draft and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-31-1972 | traded Tom Curtis to Rams for a #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-04-1972 | traded cash to Jets for Lloyd Edwards and Bill West |
| 08-05-1972 | traded Lloyd Edwards and Bill West to Raiders for cash |
| 08-07-1972 | traded John Andrews and Washington's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers for Marty Domres |
| 08-25-1972 | traded Craig Robinson to Oilers for cash |
| 08-31-1972 | traded Lynn Larson to Browns for a #6 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-04-1972 | traded Leonard Dunlap to Chargers for San Diego's #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-06-1972 | Ray Perkins retired |
| 09-07-1972 | traded Baltimore's #10 pick in the 1973 draft to Jets for Chuck Hinton |
| 09-07-1972 | claimed Jeff White on waivers from Chiefs |
| 09-07-1972 | Bills claimed Karl Douglas on waivers |
| 09-11-1972 | traded Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Broncos for John Mosier |
| 09-12-1972 | Bills claimed Don Croft on waivers |
| 10-24-1972 | traded John Shinners to Bengals for Cincinnati's #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
1972 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 3-10 0-1-0 09/24/72 vs New York Jets L 34-44 0-2-0 10/01/72 at Buffalo Bills W 17-0 1-2-0 10/08/72 vs San Diego Chargers L 20-23 1-3-0 10/15/72 vs Dallas Cowboys L 0-21 1-4-0 10/22/72 at New York Jets L 20-24 1-5-0 10/29/72 vs Miami Dolphins L 0-23 1-6-0 11/06/72 at New England Patriots W 24-17 2-6-0 11/12/72 at San Francisco 49ers L 21-24 2-7-0 11/19/72 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20-19 3-7-0 11/26/72 vs New England Patriots W 31-0 4-7-0 12/03/72 vs Buffalo Bills W 35-7 5-7-0 12/10/72 at Kansas City Chiefs L 10-24 5-8-0 12/16/72 at Miami Dolphins L 0-16 5-9-0