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 San Diego | W | 34-3 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/24 | at Buffalo | L | 20-27 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | at New Orleans | W | 37-2 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | at Los Angeles | L | 7-31 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/15 | vs NY Giants | L | 17-23 | 2-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | vs New Orleans | T | 20-20 | 2-3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/29 | at Atlanta | W | 49-14 | 3-3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | at Green Bay | L | 24-34 | 3-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/12 | vs Baltimore | W | 24-21 | 4-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/19 | at Chicago | W | 34-21 | 5-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/23 | at Dallas | W | 31-10 | 6-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/4 | vs Los Angeles | L | 16-26 | 6-5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/10 | vs Atlanta | W | 20-0 | 7-5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | vs Minnesota | W | 20-17 | 8-5-1 | |||||||||||||||