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1972 Philadelphia Eagles: 2-11-1
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Home record: 0-6-1 (64 points scored, 166 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (81 points scored, 186 allowed) Head Coach: Ed Khayat

145 points scored (26th of 26 teams), 352 points allowed (22nd) 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:   184   375   2,070   (17)   4.84   10   20    398   1,393   (24)    3.5    2    3,463    (24)      38
Defense:   175   318   2,472   (23)   7.38   20   19    544   2,266   (23)    4.2   22    4,738    (24)      27

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 7  John Reaves          QB    11   6'3   210   22    R   Florida
 8  Al Coleman           DB    12   6'1   183   27    5   Tennessee State
 9  Billy Walik          WR    10   5'11  180   24    3   Villanova
11  Rick Arrington       QB     1   6'2   185   25    3   Tulsa
14  Pete Liske           QB    14   6'2   200   30    5   Penn State
17  Harold Carmichael    WR    13   6'7   225   23    2   Southern
18  Ben Hawkins          WR    14   6'0   180   28    7   Arizona State
19  Tom Dempsey          K     14   6'1   255   31    4   Palomar J.C. (CA)
20  Leroy Keyes          DB    14   6'3   208   25    4   Purdue
21  Jackie Allen         DB     1   6'1   187   25    4   Baylor
24  Nate Ramsey          DB    14   6'1   200   31   10   Indiana State
25  Tom Sullivan         RB    12   6'0   190   22    R   Miami
26  Al Nelson            DB    14   5'11  186   29    8   Cincinnati
27  Po James             RB    14   6'1   202   23    R   New Mexico State
28  Bill Bradley         DB    14   5'11  190   25    4   Texas
29  Harold Jackson       WR    14   5'10  175   26    5   Jackson State
31  Tom Bailey           RB    14   6'2   211   23    2   Florida State
33  Steve Preece         DB     1   6'1   195   25    4   Oregon State
34  Larry Watkins        RB    14   6'2   230   26    4   Alcorn State
35  Adrian Young         LB     1   6'1   232   26    5   Southern California
36  Tom McNeill          P      2   6'1   195   30    6   Stephen F. Austin
38  Tony Baker           RB    13   5'11  225   27    5   Iowa State
39  Kermit Alexander     DB     7   5'11  186   31   10   UCLA
45  Pat Gibbs            DB     2   5'10  188   22    R   Lamar
47  Larry Crowe          RB     1   6'1   198   22    1   Texas Southern
49  Jim Thrower          DB     5   6'2   194   24    3   East Texas State
50  Ron Porter           LB    14   6'3   232   27    6   Idaho
53  Dick Absher          LB     8   6'4   235   28    6   Maryland
54  Chuck Allen          LB    12   6'1   225   33   12   Washington
55  Jerry Sturm          C      1   6'3   260   35   12   Illinois
56  Bill Overmyer        LB     6   6'3   220   23    R   Ashland
58  Bob Creech           LB    13   6'3   228   23    2   Texas Christian
59  Mike Evans           C     12   6'5   250   26    5   Boston College
63  Tom Luken            OG    12   6'3   253   22    R   Purdue
65  Henry Allison        OG     6   6'2   255   25    2   San Diego State
66  Bill Cody            LB    11   6'1   230   28    6   Auburn
67  Vern Winfield        OG     9   6'2   248   23    R   Minnesota
68  Mark Nordquist       OG    14   6'4   246   26    5   Pacific
70  Jim Skaggs           OG    10   6'2   250   32    9   Washington
72  Wade Key             OT    13   6'4   245   26    3   Southwest Texas State
73  Dick Stevens         OT     7   6'4   240   24    3   Baylor
74  Steve Smith          OT    14   6'5   250   28    6   Michigan
75  Houston Antwine      DT    14   6'0   270   33   12   Southern Illinois
77  Ernie Calloway       DT     5   6'6   255   24    4   Texas Southern
78  Wayne Mass           OT     3   6'4   245   26    5   Clemson
80  Clark Hoss           TE     4   6'8   235   23    R   Oregon State
81  Larry Estes          DE     7   6'6   250   25    3   Alcorn State
83  Don Hultz            DT    14   6'3   240   31   10   Southern Mississippi
84  Richard Harris       DE    14   6'4   260   24    2   Grambling
85  Gary Ballman         WR     8   6'0   215   32   11   Michigan State
87  Kent Kramer          TE    14   6'5   235   28    6   Minnesota
88  Gary Pettigrew       DT    13   6'4   255   28    7   Stanford
89  Steve Zabel          LB     7   6'4   235   24    3   Oklahoma
95  John Bunting         LB    14   6'1   220   22    R   North Carolina
96  John Sodaski         LB     4   6'2   222   24    2   Villanova
99  Mel Tom              DE    14   6'4   250   31    6   San Jose State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
John Reaves          224  108   48.2  1,508   6.73  14.0   7   3.1   12   5.4    38   322    58.4
Pete Liske           138   71   51.4    973   7.05  13.7   3   2.2    7   5.1    11   107    60.4
Rick Arrington        13    5   38.5     46   3.54   9.2   0   0.0    1   7.7     4    28    16.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Harold Jackson         62  1,048   16.9    4
Ben Hawkins            30    512   17.1    1
Harold Carmichael      20    276   13.8    2
Po James               20    156    7.8    1
Tony Baker             16    114    7.1    0
Kent Kramer            11    176   16.0    1
Gary Ballman            9    183   20.3    0
Larry Watkins           6     -2   -0.3    0
Tom Bailey              5     32    6.4    0
Tom Sullivan            4     17    4.2    0
Billy Walik             1     15   15.0    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Po James              182    565    3.1    0
Tony Baker             90    322    3.6    0
Larry Watkins          67    262    3.9    1
John Reaves            18    109    6.1    1
Harold Jackson          9     76    8.4    0
Tom Bailey              7     22    3.1    0
Pete Liske              7     20    2.9    0
Tom Sullivan           13     13    1.0    0
Larry Crowe             1      2    2.0    0
Rick Arrington          1      2    2.0    0
Ben Hawkins             3      0    0.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Al Nelson              25    728   29.1    0
Billy Walik            21    466   22.2    0
Tom Sullivan            3     72   24.0    0
Pat Gibbs               3     61   20.3    0
Vern Winfield           3      9    3.0    0
Bill Bradley            2     22   11.0    0
Gary Pettigrew          1     17   17.0    0
Bill Overmyer           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bill Bradley           22    155    7.0    7    0
Billy Walik             3      4    1.3    1    0
Vern Winfield           1     12   12.0    0    0
Pat Gibbs               1      8    8.0    0    0
Tom Sullivan            0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bill Bradley 56 2,250 40.2 0 0 0 0 0 40.2 Tom McNeill 7 290 41.4 0 0 0 0 0 41.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Tom Dempsey 6/6 3/6 7/10 2/9 2/4 20/35 11/12 71 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dick Absher 1 7 0 Chuck Allen 1 15 0 Houston Antwine 2.0 Bill Bradley 1.0 9 73 0 John Bunting 1 45 0 Richard Harris 3.0 Don Hultz 3.0 Leroy Keyes 2 0 0 Ron Porter 2 10 0 Nate Ramsey 3 14 0 Mel Tom 6.0 Steve Zabel 1.0

1972 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 QB John Reaves 51 Florida 2 37 OT Dan Yochum Syracuse [pick acquired from CHI] 3 68 OG Tom Luken 64 Purdue [pick acquired from DET] 3 76 DB Bobby Majors 9 Tennessee [pick acquired from MIN] 4 92 RB Po James 49 New Mexico State 6 144 OG Vern Winfield 14 Minnesota 7 170 LB Will Foster 21 Eastern Michigan 8 196 RB Larry Ratcliff Eastern Michigan 9 222 DB Pat Gibbs 2 Lamar 10 248 LB John Bunting 132 North Carolina 11 274 DE Dennis Sweeney Western Michigan 12 300 WR Don Zimmerman 41 N.E. Louisiana 13 326 DE Preston Carpenter Mississippi 14 352 LB Bill Overmeyer 6 Ashland 15 378 RB Tom Sullivan 84 Miami 16 404 LB Steve Bielenberg Oregon State 17 430 OT Tom Nash Georgia

Traded draft picks: #2 to ATL via DET (Pat Sullivan), #3 to DET (Ken Sanders), #5 to DEN (Jim Krieg)


Transactions:

03-04-1972traded Philadelphia's #10 pick in the 1973 draft to Vikings for Bill Cody
04-12-1972Ronnie Bull retired
05-20-1972traded Bill Hobbs to Patriots for Houston Antwine
07-13-1972Bob Scarpati retired
07-13-1972Fred Hill retired
07-16-1972traded future considerations to Jets for Pete Lammons
07-24-1972traded Philadelphia's #3 pick in the 1973 draft (trade nullified when Nance refused to report) to Patriots for Jim Nance
07-27-1972claimed Doug Woodlief on waivers from Packers
07-31-1972traded Tim Rossovich to Chargers for San Diego's #1 pick in the 1973 draft
08-01-1972traded Dick Hart to Jets for an undisclosed draft pick
09-06-1972traded Tony Baker to Falcons for Cannonball Butler
09-12-1972returned Cannonball Butler (after failing physical) to Falcons
09-13-1972Cardinals claimed Don Brumm on waivers
09-15-1972traded Philadelphia's #4 pick in the 1975 draft to Saints for Dick Absher
09-21-1972Broncos claimed Steve Preece on waivers


1972 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/17/72 at Dallas Cowboys L 6-28 0-1-0 09/24/72 vs Cleveland Browns L 17-27 0-2-0 10/02/72 vs New York Giants L 12-27 0-3-0 10/08/72 at Washington Redskins L 0-14 0-4-0 10/15/72 vs Los Angeles Rams L 3-34 0-5-0 10/22/72 at Kansas City Chiefs W 21-20 1-5-0 10/29/72 at New Orleans Saints L 3-21 1-6-0 11/05/72 vs St. Louis Cardinals T 6-6 1-6-1 11/12/72 at Houston Oilers W 18-17 2-6-1 11/19/72 vs Dallas Cowboys L 7-28 2-7-1 11/26/72 at New York Giants L 10-62 2-8-1 12/03/72 vs Washington Redskins L 7-23 2-9-1 12/10/72 vs Chicago Bears L 12-21 2-10-1 12/17/72 at St. Louis Cardinals L 23-24 2-11-1

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