1972 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 5th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 2-11-1 .179 |
| Head Coach: Eddie Khayat |
| Jimmy Carr | Defensive Coordinator |
| Brad Ecklund | Offensive Line |
| Tom Fears | Offensive Coordinator |
| Walt Michaels | Linebackers |
| Joe Moss | Linebackers |
| John Rauch | Offensive Backs |
| Jesse Richardson | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/7/1972 | H | New Orleans Saints | 10-13 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 53372 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1972 | H | New England Patriots | 29-20 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 30000 | |
| Fri | 8/18/1972 | A | Washington Redskins | 10-34 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 47843 | |
| Mon | 8/28/1972 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-34 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 44232 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1972 | A | New York Giants | 12-27 | L | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 36198 | |
| Fri | 9/8/1972 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-34 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30488 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 6-28 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 55850 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65720 | |
| Mon | 10/2/1972 | H | New York Giants | 12-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65720 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-14 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53039 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 3-34 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65720 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-20 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 78389 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | A | New Orleans Saints | 3-21 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 65664 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 6-6 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65720 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | A | Houston Oilers | 18-17 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 34175 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 7-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65720 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | A | New York Giants | 10-62 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62586 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65720 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | H | Chicago Bears | 12-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65720 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1972 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 23-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 34872 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 53 | Dick Absher | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 28 | Maryland | 8 | 0 |
| 39 | Kermit Alexander | S | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | UCLA | 7 | 0 |
| 54 | Chuck Allen | MLB | 6-1 | 224 | 33 | Washington | 12 | 8 |
| 21 | Jackie Allen | S | 6-1 | 188 | 25 | Baylor | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Hank Allison | ROG | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Sequoias JC; San Diego State | 6 | 2 |
| 75 | Houston Antwine | RDT | 6-0 | 265 | 33 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 9 |
| 11 | Rick Arrington | QB | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Georgia; Tulsa | 1 | 9 |
| 31 | Tom Bailey | RB | 6-2 | 211 | 23 | Florida State | 14 | 9 |
| 38 | Tony Baker | RB | 5-11 | 224 | 27 | Iowa State | 13 | 6 |
| 85 | Gary Ballman | TE | 6-0 | 203 | 32 | Michigan State | 8 | 4 |
| 28 | Bill Bradley | RS-P | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| 95 | John Bunting | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | North Carolina | 14 | 3 |
| 77 | Ernie Calloway | RDT-LDE | 6-6 | 241 | 24 | Texas Southern | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | Harold Carmichael | WR-TE | 6-7 | 255 | 23 | Southern University | 13 | 2 |
| 66 | Bill Cody | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Auburn | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | Al Coleman | S | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | 12 | 0 |
| 58 | Bob Creech | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Texas Christian | 13 | 11 |
| 47 | Larry Crowe | RB | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | Texas Southern | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Tom Dempsey | K | 6-1 | 275 | 25 | Palomar JC | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | Larry Estes | DE | 6-6 | 250 | 26 | Alcorn State | 7 | 0 |
| 59 | Mike Evans | C | 6-5 | 250 | 26 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Pat Gibbs | CB | 5-10 | 188 | 22 | Lamar | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Rich Harris | LDE | 6-5 | 265 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 13 |
| 18 | Ben Hawkins | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Clark Hoss | TE | 6-8 | 235 | 23 | Oregon State | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | Don Hultz | LDT | 6-3 | 238 | 32 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 13 |
| 29 | Harold Jackson | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| 27 | Ron James | RB | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | New Mexico State | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Wade Key | LOT | 6-5 | 245 | 26 | Texas; Texas State | 13 | 13 |
| 20 | Leroy Keyes | LS | 6-3 | 208 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Kent Kramer | TE | 6-5 | 235 | 28 | Minnesota | 14 | 8 |
| 14 | Pete Liske | QB | 6-2 | 199 | 30 | Penn State | 14 | 7 |
| 63 | Tom Luken | LOG | 6-3 | 253 | 22 | Purdue | 12 | 8 |
| 78 | Wayne Mass | OG | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Clemson | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Tom McNeill | P | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Wharton County JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Al Nelson | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Cincinnati | 14 | 14 |
| 68 | Mark Nordquist | ROG-C-LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Pacific | 14 | 13 |
| 56 | Bill Overmyer | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Ashland | 6 | 0 |
| 88 | Gary Pettigrew | RDT | 6-4 | 252 | 28 | Stanford | 13 | 2 |
| 50 | Ron Porter | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 27 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Steve Preece | S | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Oregon State | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Nate Ramsey | RCB | 6-1 | 200 | 31 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| 6 | John Reaves | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Florida | 11 | 7 |
| 70 | Jimmie Skaggs | LOG | 6-2 | 246 | 32 | Washington | 10 | 6 |
| 74 | Steve Smith | ROT | 6-5 | 246 | 28 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 96 | John Sodaski | LB | 6-1 | 214 | 24 | Villanova | 4 | 0 |
| 73 | Richard Stevens | OT | 6-4 | 241 | 24 | Baylor | 7 | 0 |
| 55 | Jerry Sturm | C | 6-3 | 257 | 36 | Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Tom Sullivan | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 0 |
| 49 | Jim Thrower | CB | 6-2 | 194 | 25 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | Mel Tom | RDE | 6-4 | 247 | 31 | Hawaii; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| 9 | Billy Walik | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Villanova | 10 | 0 |
| 34 | Larry Watkins | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Alcorn State | 14 | 8 |
| 67 | Vern Winfield | ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 23 | Minnesota | 9 | 2 |
| 35 | Adrian Young | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Steve Zabel | MLB | 6-4 | 228 | 24 | Oklahoma | 7 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | John Reaves | QB | Florida |
| 2 | 37 | Dan Yochum | T | Syracuse |
| 3 | 68 | Tom Luken | G | Purdue |
| 3 | 76 | Bobby Majors | DB | Tennessee |
| 4 | 92 | Ron James | RB | New Mexico State |
| 6 | 144 | Vern Winfield | G | Minnesota |
| 7 | 170 | Will Foster | LB | Eastern Michigan |
| 8 | 196 | Larry Ratcliff | RB | Eastern Michigan |
| 9 | 222 | Pat Gibbs | DB | Lamar |
| 10 | 248 | John Bunting | LB | North Carolina |
| 11 | 274 | Dennis Sweeney | DE | Western Michigan |
| 12 | 300 | Don Zimmerman | WR | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 13 | 326 | Preston Carpenter | DE | Mississippi |
| 14 | 352 | Bill Overmyer | LB | Ashland |
| 15 | 378 | Tom Sullivan | RB | Miami (Florida) |
| 16 | 404 | Steve Bielenberg | LB | Oregon State |
| 17 | 430 | Tom Nash | T | Georgia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 46 | 56 | 16 | 27 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 108 | 100 | 84 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 203 | 78 | 110 | 15 | 68/196 34.7% | / % | 76 | 690 | |
| Opponents Totals | 268 | 137 | 117 | 14 | 90/193 46.6% | / % | 72 | 637 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dempsey | 0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 20 | 35 | 57.1 | 0 | 71 |
| Harold Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Harold Carmichael | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ben Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kent Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Reaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Walik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Coleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 12 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 20 | 35 | 57.1 | 1 | 145 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 42 | 43 | 97.7 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 2 | 352 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dempsey | 20 | 35 | 57.1 | 0 | 52 | 6/6 | 3/6 | 7/10 | 2/9 | 2/4 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 35 | 57.1 | 0 | 52 | 6/6 | 3/6 | 7/10 | 2/9 | 2/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 5/ | 3/ | 4/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron James | 182 | 565 | 3.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 90 | 322 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 67 | 262 | 3.9 | 28 | 1 |
| John Reaves | 18 | 109 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Harold Jackson | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 13 | 13 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rick Arrington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Crowe | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Hawkins | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 398 | 1393 | 3.5 | 34 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 544 | 2266 | 4.2 | 43 | 22 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Reaves | 224 | 108 | 108 | 104 | 1508 | 6.7 | 14.0 | 77t | 7 | 3.1 | 12 | 5.4 | 38 | 322 | 1186 | 58.4 |
| Pete Liske | 138 | 71 | 71 | 60 | 973 | 7.1 | 13.7 | 67t | 3 | 2.2 | 7 | 5.1 | 11 | 107 | 866 | 60.4 |
| Rick Arrington | 13 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 3.5 | 9.2 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 16.8 |
| Team Totals | 375 | 184 | 184 | 171 | 2527 | 6.7 | 13.7 | 77t | 10 | 2.7 | 20 | 5.3 | 53 | 457 | 2070 | 57.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 318 | 175 | 175 | 124 | 2615 | 8.2 | 14.9 | 65 | 20 | 6.3 | 19 | 6.0 | 17 | 143 | 2472 | 78.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Jackson | 62 | 1048 | 16.9 | 77t | 4 |
| Ben Hawkins | 30 | 512 | 17.1 | 67t | 1 |
| Harold Carmichael | 20 | 276 | 13.8 | 54 | 2 |
| Ron James | 20 | 156 | 7.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Kent Kramer | 11 | 176 | 16.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Gary Ballman | 9 | 183 | 20.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Walik | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 184 | 2527 | 13.7 | 77t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 175 | 2615 | 14.9 | 65 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Nate Ramsey | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Porter | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Leroy Keyes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bunting | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Chuck Allen | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Absher | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 164 | 8.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 198 | 9.9 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 56 | 2250 | 40.2 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 7 | 290 | 41.4 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 2540 | 40.3 | 60 | 0 | 137 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 2189 | 40.5 | 67 | 1 | 179 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 22 | 7 | 155 | 7.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Billy Walik | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Vern Winfield | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pat Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 9 | 179 | 6.6 | 60 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 28 | 137 | 5.3 | 48 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Nelson | 25 | 728 | 29.1 | 78 | 0 | |
| Billy Walik | 21 | 466 | 22.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Pat Gibbs | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Vern Winfield | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Gary Pettigrew | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bill Overmyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 59 | 1375 | 23.3 | 78 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 886 | 21.6 | 48 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mel Tom | 6.0 | |
| Rich Harris | 3.0 | |
| Don Hultz | 3.0 | |
| Houston Antwine | 2.0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 1.0 | |
| Steve Zabel | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 17.0 | 143.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 53.0 | 457.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Rick Arrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Bailey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gary Ballman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bradley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Evans | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron James | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Key | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Liske | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Porter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Reaves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -50 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Walik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 24 | -44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 1 |
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