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 New Orleans | W | 34-14 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/24 | at Chicago | T | 13-13 | 1-0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | at Atlanta | L | 3-31 | 1-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/8 | vs San Francisco | W | 31-7 | 2-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/15 | at Philadelphia | W | 34-3 | 3-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/22 | vs Cincinnati | W | 15-12 | 4-1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/29 | at Oakland | L | 17-45 | 4-2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/5 | vs Atlanta | W | 20-7 | 5-2-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/12 | vs Denver | L | 10-16 | 5-3-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/19 | vs Minnesota | L | 41-45 | 5-4-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/26 | at New Orleans | L | 16-19 | 5-5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/4 | at San Francisco | W | 26-16 | 6-5-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/10 | at St. Louis | L | 14-24 | 6-6-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/17 | vs Detroit | L | 17-34 | 6-7-1 | |||||||||||||||