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 Miami | L | 10-20 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/25 | at New Orleans | W | 20-17 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | at Denver | W | 45-24 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | at Cleveland | W | 31-7 | 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/15 | vs Cincinnati | L | 16-23 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | vs Philadelphia | L | 20-21 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/29 | at San Diego | W | 26-14 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | vs Oakland | W | 27-14 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/12 | at Pittsburgh | L | 7-16 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/19 | vs San Diego | L | 17-27 | 5-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/26 | at Oakland | L | 3-26 | 5-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/3 | vs Denver | W | 24-21 | 6-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/10 | vs Baltimore | W | 24-10 | 7-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | at Atlanta | W | 17-14 | 8-6 | |||||||||||||||