Beginning in 1972, the NFL counted tie games as half a win and half a loss for the purposes of calculating winning percentage. In prior years, tie games were disregarded.
1972 Regular Season Results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Record | ||||||||||||||
| 9/17 | at Chicago | W | 37-21 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/24 | at New England | L | 20-21 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | vs Los Angeles | W | 31-3 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | vs Detroit | L | 23-26 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/15 | at New Orleans | W | 21-14 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | at Green Bay | W | 10-9 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/29 | vs San Francisco | L | 14-49 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | at Los Angeles | L | 7-20 | 4-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/12 | vs New Orleans | W | 36-20 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/20 | at Washington | L | 13-24 | 5-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/26 | vs Denver | W | 23-20 | 6-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/3 | vs Houston | W | 20-10 | 7-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/10 | at San Francisco | L | 0-20 | 7-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | vs Kansas City | L | 14-17 | 7-7 | |||||||||||||||