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 | vs NY Giants | W | 30-16 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/24 | vs Minnesota | L | 10-34 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | at Chicago | W | 38-24 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | at Atlanta | W | 26-23 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/16 | vs Green Bay | L | 23-24 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | vs San Diego | W | 34-20 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/30 | at Dallas | L | 24-28 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | vs Chicago | W | 14-0 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/12 | at Minnesota | L | 14-16 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/19 | vs New Orleans | W | 27-14 | 6-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/23 | vs NY Jets | W | 37-20 | 7-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/3 | at Green Bay | L | 7-33 | 7-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/10 | at Buffalo | T | 21-21 | 7-5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | at Los Angeles | W | 34-17 | 8-5-1 | |||||||||||||||
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