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1972 Oakland Raiders: 10-3-1
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Home record: 5-1-1 (191 points scored, 120 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (174 points scored, 128 allowed) Head Coach: John Madden 365 points scored (3rd of 26 teams), 248 points allowed (8th) 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: 198 370 2,369 ( 7) 6.01 23 15 521 2,376 ( 3) 4.6 20 4,745 ( 3) 32 Defense: 166 348 2,152 (13) 5.74 14 25 469 1,764 (10) 3.8 9 3,916 (12) 37


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Jim Otto C 14 6'2 255 34 13 Miami 3 Daryle Lamonica QB 14 6'2 215 31 10 Notre Dame 4 Jerry DePoyster P 14 6'1 200 26 3 Wyoming 12 Ken Stabler QB 14 6'3 215 26 3 Alabama 16 George Blanda K 14 6'1 215 45 23 Kentucky 20 Jimmy Warren DB 7 5'11 175 33 9 Illinois 21 Cliff Branch WR 14 5'11 170 24 R Colorado 23 Charlie Smith RB 14 6'1 205 26 5 Utah 24 Willie Brown DB 14 6'1 190 31 10 Grambling 25 Fred Biletnikoff WR 14 6'1 190 29 8 Florida State 26 Skip Thomas DB 14 6'1 205 22 R Southern California 28 Clarence Davis RB 11 5'10 190 23 2 Southern California 31 Jack Tatum DB 14 5'10 200 23 2 Ohio State 32 Don Highsmith RB 8 6'0 200 24 3 Michigan State 34 Gus Otto LB 11 6'2 220 28 8 Missouri 40 Pete Banaszak RB 14 6'1 225 28 7 Miami 41 Phil Villapiano LB 14 6'1 222 23 2 Bowling Green 42 Tommy Maxwell DB 7 6'2 195 25 4 Texas A&M 43 George Atkinson DB 14 6'0 180 25 5 Morris Brown 44 Marv Hubbard RB 14 6'1 225 26 4 Colgate 45 Greg Slough LB 9 6'3 230 24 2 Southern California 47 Jeff Queen RB 14 5'11 220 26 4 Morgan State 48 Nemiah Wilson DB 14 6'0 165 29 8 Grambling 49 Mike Siani WR 14 6'2 195 22 R Villanova 50 Dave Dalby C 14 6'2 240 22 R UCLA 51 Joe Carroll LB 13 6'1 220 22 R Pittsburgh 54 Terry Mendenhall LB 3 6'1 210 23 2 San Diego State 55 Dan Conners LB 14 6'1 230 31 9 Miami 60 Otis Sistrunk DT 14 6'4 255 26 1 None 63 Gene Upshaw OG 14 6'5 255 27 6 Texas A&I 64 George Buehler OG 14 6'2 260 25 4 Stanford 65 Paul Seiler OT 14 6'4 260 26 4 Notre Dame 74 Tom Keating DT 8 6'3 247 30 8 Michigan 75 John Vella OG 14 6'4 255 22 R Southern California 76 Bob Brown OT 14 6'4 280 30 9 Nebraska 78 Art Shell OT 14 6'5 265 25 5 Maryland Eastern Shore 80 Art Thoms DT 14 6'5 250 26 4 Syracuse 82 Horace Jones DE 14 6'3 240 23 2 Louisville 84 Tony Cline DE 14 6'2 240 24 3 Miami 85 Carleton Oats DE 14 6'2 260 30 8 Florida A&M 86 Gerald Irons LB 14 6'2 230 25 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 87 Raymond Chester TE 13 6'3 225 24 3 Morgan State 88 Bob Moore TE 14 6'3 220 23 2 Stanford
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Daryle Lamonica 281 149 53.0 1,998 7.11 13.4 18 6.4 12 4.3 14 136 79.5 Ken Stabler 74 44 59.5 524 7.08 11.9 4 5.4 3 4.1 8 75 82.3 George Blanda 15 5 33.3 77 5.13 15.4 1 6.7 0 0.0 2 19 73.5
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Biletnikoff       58    802   13.8    7
Raymond Chester        34    576   16.9    8
Mike Siani             28    496   17.7    5
Charlie Smith          28    353   12.6    2
Marv Hubbard           22    103    4.7    0
Pete Banaszak           9     63    7.0    0
Clarence Davis          8     82   10.2    0
Bob Moore               6     49    8.2    1
Cliff Branch            3     41   13.7    0
Don Highsmith           2     34   17.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Marv Hubbard          219  1,100    5.0    4
Charlie Smith         170    686    4.0    8
Clarence Davis         71    363    5.1    6
Pete Banaszak          30    138    4.6    1
Daryle Lamonica        10     33    3.3    0
Ken Stabler             6     27    4.5    0
Don Highsmith           9     11    1.2    1
Jeff Queen              4     10    2.5    0
Cliff Branch            1      5    5.0    0
Raymond Chester         1      3    3.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Clarence Davis         18    464   25.8    0
Cliff Branch            9    191   21.2    0
Jimmy Warren            4     57   14.2    0
George Atkinson         3     75   25.0    0
Tommy Maxwell           1     26   26.0    0
Paul Seiler             1      0    0.0    0
Greg Slough             1      0    0.0    0
Charlie Smith           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Cliff Branch           12     21    1.8    5    0
George Atkinson        10     33    3.3    1    0
Tommy Maxwell           2     12    6.0    2    0
Clarence Davis          0      0      ?    2    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jerry DePoyster 55 2,031 36.9 0 0 3 0 0 35.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts George Blanda 1/1 5/6 5/7 6/12 0/0 17/26 44/44 95 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD George Atkinson 4 37 0 Willie Brown 1.0 4 26 0 Tony Cline 5.0 1 11 0 Dan Conners 1 0 0 Gerald Irons 2.0 2 18 0 Horace Jones 9.5 Tom Keating 3.0 Carleton Oats 1.0 Gus Otto 1.0 Otis Sistrunk 4.5 1 0 0 Jack Tatum 4 91 0 Art Thoms 4.5 1 0 0 Phil Villapiano 2.0 3 97 1 Nemiah Wilson 1.0 4 48 0
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 WR Mike Siani 101 Villanova 2 33 OT Kelvin Korver 24 Northwestern (Iowa) [pick acquired from NO] 2 43 OT John Vella 92 USC [pick acquired from LA] 3 72 DT Mel Lunsford 92 Central State (Oh.) 4 98 WR Cliff Branch 183 Colorado 4 100 C Dave Dalby 205 UCLA [pick acquired from BAL] 6 131 DT Dan Medlin 76 North Carolina [pick acquired from BUF] 7 173 RB Ray Jamieson Memphis [pick acquired from LA] 7 176 DB Skip Thomas 82 USC 7 178 DB Dennis Pete San Francisco State [pick acquired from BAL] 8 202 RB Jackie Brown Stanford 9 228 RB Dave Bigler Morningside 10 254 DB Phillip Price Idaho State 11 277 LB Joe Carroll 22 Pittsburgh [pick acquired from LA] 12 306 TE Kent Gaydos 4 Florida State 13 333 WR Ted Covington San Fernando Valley 14 358 RB Dennis Cambal 8 William & Mary 15 365 RB Charles Hester Central State (Oh.) [pick acquired from BUF] 15 384 LB Dave Snesrud Hamline 16 410 TE Willie Wright North Carolina A&T

Traded draft picks: #2 to BAL (Jack Mildren), #5 to NE (Ron Bolton), #6 to NO (Curt Watson), #11 to LA (Albert Schmidt), #17 to LA (John McKean)


Transactions:
01-28-1972traded Eldridge Dickey to Colts for Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1972 draft
02-01-1972traded the Jets' #2 pick and Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1972 draft to Saints for New Orleans' #2 pick in the 1972 draft
07-08-1972traded an undisclosed draft pick to Saints for Dave Kopay and Remi Prudhomme
07-19-1972traded Oakland's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Rams for Jay Anderson
07-31-1972traded Oakland's #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Cowboys for Gloster Richardson
07-31-1972traded a draft pick to Rams for Otis Sistrunk and a draft pick
08-01-1972traded Duane Benson to Falcons for Atlanta's #3 pick in the 1973 draft
08-01-1972traded Atlanta's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers for Jeff Queen
08-01-1972traded Rod Sherman to Oilers for Gene Ferguson
08-05-1972traded cash to Colts for Lloyd Edwards and Bill West
08-29-1972traded Greg Slough to Patriots for future considerations
08-31-1972traded Rod Sherman to Broncos for cash
09-08-1972Bengals claimed Dennis Pete on waivers
09-11-1972traded Gloster Richardson to Browns for Cleveland's #4 pick in the 1974 draft
09-13-1972Broncos claimed Bill West on waivers
09-13-1972Bengals claimed Drew Buie on waivers
10-25-1972Oilers claimed Warren Wells on waivers


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/23/72    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 7-13


1972 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 28-34       0-1-0
09/24/72    at Green Bay Packers       W 20-14       1-1-0
10/01/72    vs San Diego Chargers      T 17-17       1-1-1
10/09/72    at Houston Oilers          W 34-0        2-1-1
10/15/72    vs Buffalo Bills           W 28-16       3-1-1
10/22/72    vs Denver Broncos          L 23-30       3-2-1
10/29/72    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 45-17       4-2-1
11/05/72    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 14-27       4-3-1
11/12/72    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 20-14       5-3-1
11/19/72    at Denver Broncos          W 37-20       6-3-1
11/26/72    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 26-3        7-3-1
12/03/72    at San Diego Chargers      W 21-19       8-3-1
12/11/72    vs New York Jets           W 24-16       9-3-1
12/17/72    vs Chicago Bears           W 28-21       10-3-1

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