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 Buffalo | W | 41-24 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/24 | at Baltimore | W | 44-34 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | at Houston | L | 20-26 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | vs Miami | L | 17-27 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/15 | at New England | W | 41-13 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | vs Baltimore | W | 24-20 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/29 | vs New England | W | 34-10 | 5-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | vs Washington | L | 17-35 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/12 | vs Buffalo | W | 41-3 | 6-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/19 | at Miami | L | 24-28 | 6-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/23 | at Detroit | L | 20-37 | 6-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/3 | vs New Orleans | W | 18-17 | 7-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/11 | at Oakland | L | 16-24 | 7-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | vs Cleveland | L | 10-26 | 7-7 | |||||||||||||||