1972 Philadelphia Eagles: 2-11-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 03-04-1972 | traded Philadelphia's #10 pick in the 1973 draft to Vikings for Bill Cody |
| 04-12-1972 | Ronnie Bull retired |
| 05-20-1972 | traded Bill Hobbs to Patriots for Houston Antwine |
| 07-13-1972 | Bob Scarpati retired |
| 07-13-1972 | Fred Hill retired |
| 07-16-1972 | traded future considerations to Jets for Pete Lammons |
| 07-24-1972 | traded Philadelphia's #3 pick in the 1973 draft (trade nullified when Nance refused to report) to Patriots for Jim Nance |
| 07-27-1972 | claimed Doug Woodlief on waivers from Packers |
| 07-31-1972 | traded Tim Rossovich to Chargers for San Diego's #1 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-01-1972 | traded Dick Hart to Jets for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 09-06-1972 | traded Tony Baker to Falcons for Cannonball Butler |
| 09-12-1972 | returned Cannonball Butler (after failing physical) to Falcons |
| 09-13-1972 | Cardinals claimed Don Brumm on waivers |
| 09-15-1972 | traded Philadelphia's #4 pick in the 1975 draft to Saints for Dick Absher |
| 09-21-1972 | Broncos 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