1972 Green Bay Packers roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ron Widby 65 2,714 41.8 0 0 2 0 0 40.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Chester Marcol 3/4 7/8 13/17 8/16 2/3 33/48 29/29 128 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bob Brown 3.0 Willie Buchanon 4 62 0 Jim Carter 0.5 1 0 0 Ken Ellis 4 106 1 Jim Hill 4 37 0 Al Matthews 2 8 0 Mike McCoy 3.0 Dave Robinson 4.0 2 10 0 Alden Roche 4.0 Vern Vanoy 4.0 Clarence Williams 10.5

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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