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 San Francisco | L | 3-34 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/24 | vs Denver | W | 37-14 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | at Oakland | T | 17-17 | 1-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | at Baltimore | W | 23-20 | 2-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/15 | at Miami | L | 10-24 | 2-2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | at Detroit | L | 20-34 | 2-3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/29 | vs Kansas City | L | 14-26 | 2-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | vs Dallas | L | 28-34 | 2-5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/13 | vs Cleveland | L | 17-21 | 2-6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/19 | at Kansas City | W | 27-17 | 3-6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/26 | vs Houston | W | 34-20 | 4-6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/3 | vs Oakland | L | 19-21 | 4-7-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/10 | at Denver | L | 13-38 | 4-8-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | vs Pittsburgh | L | 2-24 | 4-9-1 | |||||||||||||||