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 Oakland | W | 34-28 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/24 | at Cincinnati | L | 10-15 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | at St. Louis | W | 25-19 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | at Dallas | L | 13-17 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/15 | vs Houston | W | 24-7 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | vs New England | W | 33-3 | 4-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/29 | at Buffalo | W | 38-21 | 5-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | vs Cincinnati | W | 40-17 | 6-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/12 | vs Kansas City | W | 16-7 | 7-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/19 | at Cleveland | L | 24-26 | 7-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/26 | vs Minnesota | W | 23-10 | 8-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/3 | vs Cleveland | W | 30-0 | 9-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/10 | at Houston | W | 9-3 | 10-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | at San Diego | W | 24-2 | 11-3 | |||||||||||||||