1972 Green Bay Packers: 10-4-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (139 points scored, 118 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (165 points scored, 108 allowed) Head Coach: Dan Devine
304 points scored (11th of 26 teams), 226 points allowed (4th) 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: 101 237 1,412 (25) 5.56 7 9 544 2,127 ( 7) 3.9 17 3,539 (22) 19
Defense: 174 340 1,957 ( 8) 5.30 7 17 443 1,517 ( 2) 3.4 14 3,474 ( 2) 36
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Frank Patrick QB 2 6'7 225 25 3 Nebraska 13 Chester Marcol K 14 6'0 190 23 R Hillsdale 16 Scott Hunter QB 14 6'2 205 24 2 Alabama 17 Jerry Tagge QB 4 6'2 220 22 R Nebraska 20 Ron Widby P 14 6'4 210 27 5 Tennessee 21 Charlie Hall DB 14 6'1 195 24 2 Pittsburgh 22 Jon Staggers WR 11 5'10 186 23 3 Missouri 23 Bob Hudson RB 12 5'11 210 24 R Northeastern Oklahoma 26 Ward Walsh RB 2 6'0 210 24 2 Colorado 28 Willie Buchanon DB 14 6'0 190 21 R San Diego State 29 Al Matthews DB 14 5'11 190 24 3 Texas A&I 31 Perry Williams RB 14 6'2 220 25 4 Purdue 36 MacArthur Lane RB 14 6'0 220 30 5 Utah State 37 Ike Thomas DB 12 6'2 193 24 2 Bishop 39 Jim Hill DB 14 6'2 190 26 4 Texas A&I 40 Dave Kopay RB 14 6'2 218 30 9 Washington 41 Paul Gibson DB 1 6'2 195 24 R Texas-El Paso 42 John Brockington RB 14 6'1 225 24 2 Ohio State 44 Bob Kroll DB 5 6'1 195 22 R Northern Michigan 46 Leland Glass WR 14 6'0 185 21 R Oregon 47 Dave Davis WR 10 6'0 175 24 2 Tennessee State 48 Ken Ellis DB 14 5'10 190 25 3 Southern 50 Jim Carter LB 14 6'3 235 24 3 Minnesota 51 Larry Hefner LB 2 6'2 215 23 R Clemson 51 Bill Hayhoe OT 14 6'8 258 26 4 Southern California 53 Fred Carr LB 14 6'5 238 26 5 Texas-El Paso 56 Tommy Crutcher LB 12 6'3 230 31 8 Texas Christian 57 Ken Bowman C 14 6'3 230 29 9 Wisconsin 58 Cal Withrow C 14 6'0 240 27 3 Kentucky 62 Bill Lueck OG 14 6'3 235 26 5 Arizona 64 Kevin Hunt OT 3 6'5 260 23 1 Doane 65 Keith Wortman OG 13 6'2 245 22 R Nebraska 66 Ray Nitschke LB 11 6'3 235 35 15 Illinois 67 Mal Snider OG 14 6'4 250 25 4 Stanford 68 Gale Gillingham DT 2 6'3 255 28 7 Minnesota 71 Francis Peay OT 6 6'5 250 28 7 Missouri 72 Dick Himes OT 14 6'4 244 26 5 Ohio State 73 Vern Vanoy DT 13 6'8 270 25 2 Kansas 75 Dave Pureifory DE 14 6'1 260 23 R Eastern Michigan 76 Mike McCoy DT 12 6'5 284 24 3 Notre Dame 78 Bob Brown DT 14 6'5 260 33 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 81 Rich McGeorge TE 2 6'4 235 24 3 Elon 83 Clarence Williams DE 14 6'5 255 26 3 Prairie View A&M 84 Carroll Dale WR 14 6'1 200 34 13 Virginia Tech 86 Pete Lammons TE 12 6'3 228 29 7 Texas 87 Alden Roche DE 14 6'4 255 27 3 Southern 88 Len Garrett TE 14 6'3 230 24 2 New Mexico Highlands 89 Dave Robinson LB 14 6'3 245 31 10 Penn State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Scott Hunter 199 86 43.2 1,252 6.29 14.6 6 3.0 9 4.5 13 86 55.5
Jerry Tagge 29 10 34.5 154 5.31 15.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 27 52.9
Frank Patrick 4 1 25.0 9 2.25 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 11 39.6
Ron Widby 2 2 100.0 102 51.00 51.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3
MacArthur Lane 2 2 100.0 19 9.50 9.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 106.3
Jon Staggers 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD MacArthur Lane 26 285 11.0 0 John Brockington 19 243 12.8 1 Carroll Dale 16 317 19.8 1 Leland Glass 15 261 17.4 1 Jon Staggers 8 123 15.4 1 Dave Davis 4 119 29.8 1 Len Garrett 4 66 16.5 0 Rich McGeorge 4 50 12.5 2 Dave Kopay 3 19 6.3 0 Ray Nitschke 1 34 34.0 0 Pete Lammons 1 19 19.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD John Brockington 274 1,027 3.7 8 MacArthur Lane 177 821 4.6 3 Perry Williams 33 139 4.2 0 Bob Hudson 15 62 4.1 0 Dave Kopay 10 39 3.9 0 Scott Hunter 22 37 1.7 5 Leland Glass 2 13 6.5 0 Dave Davis 2 0 0.0 0 Jerry Tagge 8 -3 -0.4 1 Jon Staggers 1 -8 -8.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ike Thomas 21 572 27.2 0 Jon Staggers 11 260 23.6 0 Bob Hudson 11 247 22.5 0 Bob Kroll 1 23 23.0 0 Dave Robinson 1 20 20.0 0 Ken Ellis 1 10 10.0 0 Perry Williams 1 9 9.0 0 Len Garrett 1 0 0.0 0 Keith Wortman 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ken Ellis 14 215 15.4 1 1 Jon Staggers 9 148 16.4 20 1 Leland Glass 1 1 1.0 0 0 Bob Hudson 1 0 0.0 2 0 |
1972 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 DB Willie Buchanon 137 San Diego State 1 11 QB Jerry Tagge 18 Nebraska [pick acquired from SD] 2 34 K Chester Marcol 103 Hillsdale 4 86 LB Eric Patton Notre Dame 6 138 DB Nathaniel Ross Bethune-Cookman 6 142 LB Dave Pureifory 148 Eastern Michigan [pick acquired from CHI] 6 147 RB Bob Hudson 40 N.E. Oklahoma [pick acquired from LA] 7 163 DT Bill Bushong Kentucky 8 190 WR Leland Glass 26 Oregon 10 242 OG Keith Wortman 96 Nebraska 11 266 WR David Bailey Alabama 12 294 RB Mike Rich Florida 13 319 RB Jesse Lakes Central Michigan 14 346 LB Larry Hefner 34 Clemson 15 371 WR Rich Thone Arkansas Tech 16 398 DT Charles Burrell Arkansas AM&N
Traded draft picks: #3 to MIN (Bart Buetow), #5 to NO (Bill Butler), #9 to BAL (Gary Hambell), #17 to SD (Oscar Dragon)
Transactions:
| 01-1972 | traded Zeke Bratkowski to Bears for Chicago's #6 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 02-28-1972 | traded Donny Anderson to Cardinals for MacArthur Lane |
| 04-18-1972 | traded Lionel Aldridge and Green Bay's #3 pick in the 1974 draft to Chargers for Jim Hill |
| 07-27-1972 | Eagles claimed Doug Woodlief on waivers |
| 08-21-1972 | claimed Vernon Vanoy on waivers from Giants |
| 08-22-1972 | Cardinals claimed Donnell Smith on waivers |
| 09-01-1972 | claimed Don Heater on waivers from Cardinals |
| 09-03-1972 | Cardinals claimed Dave Bradley on waivers |
| 09-05-1972 | traded Dave Hampton to Falcons for Malcolm Snider |
| 09-05-1972 | traded Green Bay's #2 pick in the 1973 draft to Cowboys for Ron Widby and Ike Thomas |
| 09-07-1972 | Cardinals claimed Jim DeLisle on waivers |
| 09-11-1972 | claimed Tim Kearney on waivers from Cowboys |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed Jon Staggers on waivers from Steelers |
| 09-13-1972 | Cardinals claimed Don Heater on waivers |
| 09-14-1972 | Bears claimed John Spilis on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/24/72 at Washington Redskins L 3-16
1972 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 at Cleveland Browns W 26-10 1-0-0 09/24/72 vs Oakland Raiders L 14-20 1-1-0 10/01/72 vs Dallas Cowboys W 16-13 2-1-0 10/08/72 vs Chicago Bears W 20-17 3-1-0 10/16/72 at Detroit Lions W 24-23 4-1-0 10/22/72 vs Atlanta Falcons L 9-10 4-2-0 10/29/72 vs Minnesota Vikings L 13-27 4-3-0 11/05/72 vs San Francisco 49ers W 34-24 5-3-0 11/12/72 at Chicago Bears W 23-17 6-3-0 11/19/72 at Houston Oilers W 23-10 7-3-0 11/26/72 at Washington Redskins L 16-21 7-4-0 12/03/72 vs Detroit Lions W 33-7 8-4-0 12/10/72 at Minnesota Vikings W 23-7 9-4-0 12/17/72 at New Orleans Saints W 30-20 10-4-0
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