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1972 Baltimore Colts: 5-9-0
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Home record: 2-5-0 (123 points scored, 128 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (112 points scored, 124 allowed) Head Coaches: Don McCafferty (1-4-0), John Sandusky (4-5-0)

235 points scored (20th of 26 teams), 252 points allowed (11th) 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:   203   381   2,293   (11)   5.65   15   12    462   1,894   (17)    4.1   10    4,187    (14)      34
Defense:   178   313   2,323   (20)   6.87   15   23    515   1,989   (15)    3.9   15    4,312    (20)      36

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 2  Boris Shlapak        K      8   6'0   165   22    R   Michigan State
11  Jack Mildren         DB    14   6'1   200   23    R   Oklahoma
14  Marty Domres         QB    12   6'3   220   25    4   Columbia
17  Sam Havrilak         WR    14   6'2   195   24    4   Bucknell
19  Johnny Unitas        QB     8   6'1   196   39   17   Louisville
20  Jerry Logan          DB    14   6'1   190   31   10   West Texas State
21  Rick Volk            DB    14   6'3   195   27    6   Michigan
23  Don McCauley         RB    14   6'1   207   23    2   North Carolina
26  Lydell Mitchell      RB    11   5'11  204   23    R   Penn State
28  Cotton Speyrer       WR     5   6'0   175   23    1   Texas
30  Willie Franklin      WR     4   6'2   194   23    R   Oklahoma
31  Nelson Munsey        DB     9   6'1   185   24    1   Wyoming
32  Mike Curtis          LB    14   6'2   232   29    8   Duke
33  Eddie Hinton         WR     8   6'0   200   25    4   Oklahoma
34  Tom Nowatzke         RB     6   6'3   230   30    8   Indiana
35  Glenn Doughty        WR     5   6'2   204   25    R   Michigan
36  Norm Bulaich         RB     6   6'1   218   25    3   Texas Christian
40  Bruce Laird          DB    14   6'0   185   22    R   American International
41  Tom Matte            RB     6   6'0   214   33   12   Ohio State
43  Lonnie Hepburn       DB    14   5'11  180   23    2   Texas Southern
44  Rex Kern             DB     5   5'11  190   23    2   Ohio State
47  Charlie Stukes       DB    12   6'3   212   29    6   Maryland Eastern Shore
48  Don Nottingham       RB    14   5'10  210   23    2   Kent State
49  David Lee            P     14   6'4   230   28    7   Louisiana Tech
50  Bill Curry           C     14   6'2   236   30    8   Georgia Tech
51  Bill Laskey          LB    14   6'2   235   29    7   Michigan
52  Randy Edmunds        LB     3   6'2   225   26    4   Georgia Tech
54  Stan White           LB    14   6'1   225   23    R   Ohio State
56  Ray May              LB    14   6'1   230   27    6   Southern California
57  Ken Mendenhall       C     12   6'3   235   24    2   Oklahoma
61  Cornelius Johnson    OG    13   6'2   245   29    5   Virginia Union
62  Glenn Ressler        OG     9   6'3   250   29    8   Penn State
64  John Shinners        OG     6   6'2   254   25    4   Xavier
68  Dennis Nelson        OT    13   6'5   260   26    3   Illinois State
71  Dan Sullivan         OG    14   6'3   250   33   11   Boston College
72  Bob Vogel            OT    14   6'5   250   31   10   Ohio State
73  Dick Amman           DE    14   6'5   234   22    R   Florida State
74  Tom Drougas          OT    14   6'4   257   22    R   Oregon
75  Chuck Hinton         DT    13   6'5   264   33    9   North Carolina Central
76  Fred Miller          DT    12   6'3   250   32   10   Louisiana State
79  Jim Bailey           DT    14   6'5   255   24    3   Kansas
80  Jim O'Brien          WR    14   6'0   195   25    3   Cincinnati
81  Billy Newsome        DE    14   6'4   250   24    3   Grambling
83  Ted Hendricks        LB    14   6'7   220   24    4   Miami
84  Tom Mitchell         TE    14   6'2   215   28    6   Bucknell
85  Roy Hilton           DE    14   6'6   240   29    8   Jackson State
88  John Mosier          TE    14   6'3   220   24    2   Kansas

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Marty Domres         222  115   51.8  1,392   6.27  12.1  11   5.0    6   2.7    11    96    76.6
Johnny Unitas        157   88   56.1  1,111   7.08  12.6   4   2.5    6   3.8    14   114    70.8
Sam Havrilak           1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Jack Mildren           1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Tom Mitchell           40    494   12.3    4
Sam Havrilak           33    571   17.3    4
Don McCauley           30    256    8.5    2
Don Nottingham         25    191    7.6    0
Lydell Mitchell        18    147    8.2    1
Tom Matte              14    182   13.0    1
Jim O'Brien            11    263   23.9    2
Eddie Hinton           11    146   13.3    1
Norm Bulaich            9     55    6.1    0
Cotton Speyrer          8    114   14.2    0
Glenn Doughty           3     31   10.3    0
John Mosier             1     53   53.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Don McCauley          178    675    3.8    2
Don Nottingham        123    466    3.8    3
Lydell Mitchell        45    215    4.8    1
Marty Domres           30    137    4.6    1
Tom Matte              33    137    4.2    0
Norm Bulaich           27    109    4.0    1
Sam Havrilak           12     72    6.0    2
Glenn Doughty           2     33   16.5    0
Johnny Unitas           3     15    5.0    0
Tom Nowatzke            3     11    3.7    0
Jim O'Brien             3      9    3.0    0
Jack Mildren            3      8    2.7    0
Tom Mitchell            0      7      ?    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bruce Laird            29    843   29.1    0
Don McCauley           13    377   29.0    1
Don Nottingham          2     38   19.0    0
Norm Bulaich            1     62   62.0    0
Jack Mildren            1      1    1.0    0
Ted Hendricks           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bruce Laird            34    303    8.9   11    0
Rick Volk               5     25    5.0    7    0
Jerry Logan             4     20    5.0    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net David Lee 57 2,400 42.1 0 0 1 0 0 41.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim O'Brien 2/3 6/8 3/8 2/12 0/0 13/31 24/24 63 Boris Shlapak 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/3 0/ 8 4/ 4 4 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jim Bailey 5.5 Mike Curtis 1.0 4 74 1 Ted Hendricks 6.0 2 13 0 Lonnie Hepburn 1 14 0 Roy Hilton 6.0 Bruce Laird 1.0 1 31 0 Jerry Logan 4 47 0 Ray May 2 43 0 Fred Miller 0.5 Billy Newsome 6.0 Charlie Stukes 5 23 0 Rick Volk 1.0 4 86 0

1972 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 OT Tom Drougas 66 Oregon 2 46 DB Jack Mildren 42 Oklahoma [pick acquired from OAK] 2 47 WR Glenn Doughty 103 Michigan [pick acquired from WAS] 2 48 RB Lydell Mitchell 111 Penn State 4 104 WR Eric Allen Michigan State [pick acquired from DAL via NO] 5 115 DT Don Croft 34 Texas-El Paso [pick acquired from NE] 6 152 DB Bruce Laird 164 American International 7 169 RB John Sykes 2 Morgan State [pick acquired from NYJ via WAS] 8 191 LB Al Qualls Oklahoma [pick acquired from SD] 8 204 QB Van Brownson Nebraska 9 215 DT Gary Hambell Dayton [pick acquired from GB] 10 256 RB Dave Schilling Oregon State 11 282 DE Fred DeBernardi 7 Texas-El Paso 12 308 TE Gary Theiler Tennessee 13 334 WR Herb Washington Michigan 14 359 C John Morris Missouri Valley 15 386 LB Robin Parkhouse Alabama 16 412 QB Gary Wichard C.W. Post 17 438 LB Stan White 153 Ohio State

Traded draft picks: #3 to NO via OAK (Tom Myers), #4 to OAK (Dave Dalby), #5 to NO (Bob Davies), #7 to OAK (Dennis Pete), #9 to CLE (Billy LeFear)


Transactions:

01-28-1972traded Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1972 draft to Raiders for Eldridge Dickey
01-28-1972traded Jim Duncan, Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1972 draft and Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Saints for John Shinners and Dallas' #4 pick in the 1972 draft
04-25-1972Dolphins claimed Earl Morrall on waivers
07-06-1972Bobby Wuensch retired
07-23-1972traded Eldridge Dickey to Chiefs for Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1973 draft
07-31-1972traded George Wright to Chargers for San Diego's #8 pick in the 1972 draft and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1973 draft
07-31-1972traded Tom Curtis to Rams for a #7 pick in the 1973 draft
08-04-1972traded cash to Jets for Lloyd Edwards and Bill West
08-05-1972traded Lloyd Edwards and Bill West to Raiders for cash
08-07-1972traded John Andrews and Washington's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers for Marty Domres
08-25-1972traded Craig Robinson to Oilers for cash
08-31-1972traded Lynn Larson to Browns for a #6 pick in the 1973 draft
09-04-1972traded Leonard Dunlap to Chargers for San Diego's #4 pick in the 1973 draft
09-06-1972Ray Perkins retired
09-07-1972traded Baltimore's #10 pick in the 1973 draft to Jets for Chuck Hinton
09-07-1972claimed Jeff White on waivers from Chiefs
09-07-1972Bills claimed Karl Douglas on waivers
09-11-1972traded Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Broncos for John Mosier
09-12-1972Bills claimed Don Croft on waivers
10-24-1972traded John Shinners to Bengals for Cincinnati's #4 pick in the 1973 draft


1972 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/17/72 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 3-10 0-1-0 09/24/72 vs New York Jets L 34-44 0-2-0 10/01/72 at Buffalo Bills W 17-0 1-2-0 10/08/72 vs San Diego Chargers L 20-23 1-3-0 10/15/72 vs Dallas Cowboys L 0-21 1-4-0 10/22/72 at New York Jets L 20-24 1-5-0 10/29/72 vs Miami Dolphins L 0-23 1-6-0 11/06/72 at New England Patriots W 24-17 2-6-0 11/12/72 at San Francisco 49ers L 21-24 2-7-0 11/19/72 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20-19 3-7-0 11/26/72 vs New England Patriots W 31-0 4-7-0 12/03/72 vs Buffalo Bills W 35-7 5-7-0 12/10/72 at Kansas City Chiefs L 10-24 5-8-0 12/16/72 at Miami Dolphins L 0-16 5-9-0

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