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