1972 Philadelphia Eagles season

1972 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head Coach	Ed Khayat
Home Field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	2–11–1
Place	5th NFC East
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1971	1973

The 1972 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 40th in the league. They failed to improve on their previous output of 6–7–1, winning only two games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the twelfth consecutive season.

Offseason

The Eagles will hold training camp at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. This is the last year there, next year the would move camp to Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania only 7 miles from Veterans Stadium where they played their home games in Philadelphia.

NFL Draft

The 1972 NFL Draft was held on February 1–2, 1972. the drafy was 17 rounds and a total of 443 players were chosen

The Eagle chose John Reaves a Quarterback from the University of Florida with the 14th pick in the 1st round. They would have the to pick 14th in the 17 rounds. They chose 17 players in this year's draft.

The number 1 overall pick went to the Buffalo Bills who chose Walt Patulski a Defensive end out of the University of Notre Dame In the 2nd round with the 40th pick, Atlanta Falcons took 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan a Quarterback out of Auburn University

Player Selections

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

= Pro Bowler

= Hall of Famer

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	14	John Reaves	Quarterback	Florida
2	37	Dan Yochum Acquired Pick via Trade	Tackle	Syracuse
2	40	Pick taken by Atlanta Falcons
3	66	Pick taken by New York Jets
3	68	Tom Luken Acquired Pick via Trade	Guard	Purdue
3	76	Bobby Majors	Defensive back	Tennessee
4	92	Po James	Running back	New Mexico State
5	118	Pick taken by Denver Broncos
6	144	Vern Winfield	Guard	Minnesota
7	170	Will Foster	Linebacker	Eastern Michigan
8	196	Larry Ratcliff	Running back	Eastern Michigan
9	222	Pat Gibbs	Defensive back	Lamar University
10	246	John Bunting	Linebacker	North Carolina
11	274	Dennis Sweeney	Defensive end	Western Michigan
12	300	Don Zimmerman	Wide receiver	N.E. Louisiana
13	326	Preston Carpenter	Defensive end	Mississippi
14	352	Bill Overmeyer	Linebacker	Ashland
15	378	Tom Sullivan	Running back	Miami (FL)
16	404	Steve Bielenberg	Linebacker	Oregon State
17	430	Tom Nash	Tackle	Georgia

Regular season

On November 12, Tom Dempsey kicked six field goals in one game.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 17, 1972	at Dallas Cowboys	L 28–6	55,850
2	September 24, 1972	Cleveland Browns	L 27–17	65,720
3	October 2, 1972	New York Giants	L 27–12	65,720
4	October 8, 1972	at Washington Redskins	L 14–0	53,039
5	October 15, 1972	Los Angeles Rams	L 34–3	65,720
6	October 22, 1972	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 21–20	78,389
7	October 29, 1972	at New Orleans Saints	L 21–3	65,664
8	November 5, 1972	St. Louis Cardinals	T 6–6	65,720
9	November 12, 1972	at Houston Oilers	W 18–17	34,175
10	November 19, 1972	Dallas Cowboys	L 28–7	65,720
11	November 26, 1972	at New York Giants	L 62–10	62,586
12	December 3, 1972	Washington Redskins	L 23–7	65,720
13	December 10, 1972	Chicago Bears	L 21–12	65,720
14	December 17, 1972	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 24–23	34,872

Game Recaps

A recap of the scoring plays and the game scores by quarters during the year. The record after the team's name reflects this games outcome also.

Week 9

Sunday, November 12, 1968

Played at Houston Astrodome on AstroTurf in 72F degrees indoors

	1	2	3	4	Total
Philadelphia Eagles (2–6–1)	6	9	0	3	18
Houston Oilers (1–8–0)	0	3	7	7	17

		SCORING PLAYS	PHI	HOU
1st	Eagles	Tom Dempsey 33 yard field goal	3	0
	Eagles	Tom Dempsey 52 yard field goal	6	0
2nd	Oilers	Skip Butler 38 yard field goal	6	3
	Eagles	Tom Dempsey 22 yard field goal	9	3
	Eagles	Tom Dempsey 12 yard field goal	12	3
	Eagles	Tom Dempsey 38 yard field goal	15	3
3rd	Oilers	Dan Pastorini 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)	15	10
4th	Eagles	Tom Dempsey 20 yard field goal	18	10
	Oilers	Paul Robinson 30 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)	18	17

Week 11

Sunday, November 26, 1968

Played at Yankee Stadium on grass in 50F degrees with a 15 MPH wind

	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
Philadelphia Eagles (2–8–1)	3	7	0	0	10
New York Giants (7–4–0)	14	24	10	14	62

		SCORING PLAYS	PHI	NYG
1st	Giants	Bob Tucker 15 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)	0	7
	Giants	Ron A. Johnson 35 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)	0	14
	Eagles	Tom Dempsey 13 yard field goal	3	14
2nd	Giants	Joe Orduna 5 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)	3	21
	Giants	Pete Gogolak 25 yard field goal	3	24
	Giants	Bob Tucker 29 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)	3	31
	Eagles	Harold Jackson 77 yard pass from John Reaves (Tom Dempsey kick)	10	31
	Giants	Ron A. Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)	10	38
3rd	Giants	Pete Gogolak 29 yard field goal	10	41
	Giants	Don Herrmann 32 yard pass from Randy Johnson (Pete Gogolak kick)	10	48
4th	Giants	Don Herrmann 63 yard pass from Randy Johnson (Pete Gogolak kick)	10	55
	Giants	Randy Johnson 2 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)	10	62

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins	11	3	0	.786	336	218	L-2
Dallas Cowboys	10	4	0	.714	319	240	L-1
New York Giants	8	6	0	.571	331	247	W-1
St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	.321	193	303	W-2
Philadelphia Eagles	2	11	1	.179	145	352	L-5

1972 Roster

= 1972 Pro Bowl Selection

= Hall of Famer

• + After name means 1st team selection

NO.	Player	AGE	POS	GP	GS	WT	HT	YRS	College
	Ed Khayat	37	Head Coach					2	Tulane University
53	Dick Absher	28	K-LB	8	0	230	6–4	5	Maryland
39	Kermit Alexander	31	DB	7	0	187	5–11	9	UCLA
21	Chuck Allen	33	LB	12	8	225	6–1	11	Washington
21	Jackie Allen	25	DB	1	0	190	6–1	3	Baylor
65	Henry Allison	25	G-T	6	0	255	6–3	1	San Diego State
75	Houston Antwine	33	DT-DE	14	0	270	6–0	11	Southern Illinois
11	Rick Arrington	25	QB	1	4	200	6–2	2	Georgia
31	Tom Bailey	23	RB	14	0	211	6–2	1	Florida State
38	Tony Baker	27	RB	13	0	229	5–11	4	Iowa State
85	Gary Ballman	32	FL-TE-SE-WR	8	4	215	6–1	10	Michigan State
28	Bill Bradley*+	25	DB	14	0	190	5–11	3	Texas
95	John Bunting	22	LB	14	3	220	6–1	Rookie	North Carolina
77	Ernie Calloway	24	DT-DE	5	0	255	6–6	3	Texas Southern
17	Harold Carmichael	23	WR-TE	13	5	225	6–8	1	Southern
66	Bill Cody	28	LB	11	0	230	6–2	6	Auburn
8	Al Coleman	28	DB	12	0	183	6–1	5	Jackson State
58	Bob Creech	23	LB	13	0	236	6–3	1	TCU
47	Larry Crowe	22	RB	1	0	198	6–1	Rookie	Texas Southern
19	Tom Dempsey	25	K	14	0	255	6–2	3	Palomar College
81	Larry Estes	26	DE	7	0	255	6–6	2	Alcorn State
59	Mike Evans	26	C	12	0	250	6–5	4	Boston College
45	Pat Gibbs	22	DB	2	0	188	5–10	Rookie	Lamar
84	Richard Harris	24	DE-DT	14	0	260	6–5	1	Grambling State
18	Ben Hawkins	28	WR-SE-FL	14	0	180	6–1	6	Arizona State
80	Clark Hoss	23	TE	4	0	235	6–8	Rookie	Oregon State
83	Don Hultz	32	DE-DT	14	0	241	6–3	9	Southern Miss
29	Harold Jackson	26	WR-FL	14	14	175	5–10	4	Jackson State
27	Po James	23	RB	14	0	202	6–1	Rookie	New Mexico State
72	Wade Key	26	G-T	13	0	245	6–5	2	Texas,Texas State
20	Leroy Keyes	25	DB-RB	14	0	208	6–3	3	Purdue
87	Kent Kramer	28	TE	14	8	235	6–4	6	Minnesota
14	Pete Liske	29	QB	14	7	200	6–3	8	Penn State
63	Tom Luken	22	G	12	8	253	6–3	Rookie	Purdue
78	Wayne Mass	26	T	3	0	240	6–4	4	Clemson
36	Tom McNeill	30	P	2	0	195	6–1	5	Stephen F. Austin
26	Al Nelson	29	DB	14	0	186	5–11	7	Cincinnati
68	Mark Nordquist	27	G-C	14	0	246	6–4	4	Pacific
56	Bill Overmyer	23	LB	6	0	220	6–3	Rookie	Ashland
88	Gary Pettigrew	28	DT-DE	13	0	255	6–5	6	Stanford
50	Ron Porter	27	LB	14	0	232	6–3	5	Idaho
33	Steve Preece	25	DB	1	0	195	6–1	3	Oregon State
24	Nate Ramsey	31	DB	14	0	200	6–1	9	Indiana State
6	John Reaves	22	QB	11	7	210	6–3	Rookie	Florida
70	Jim Skaggs	32	G-T	10	6	250	6–3	9	Washington
74	Steve Smith	28	T-DE	14	0	250	6–2	6	Michigan
96	John Sodaski	24	LB-DB	4	0	222	6–2	2	Villanova
73	Dick Stevens	24	T	7	0	240	6–4	2	Baylor
55	Jerry Sturm								Illinois
25	Tom Sullivan								Miami (Fla)
49	Jim Thrower								Texas A&M-Commerce
99	Mel Tom	30	DE	14	0	249	6–4	5	Hawaii
9	Billy Walik	25	WR-DB	10	0	180	5–11	2	Villanova
34	Larry Watkins	26	RB	14	0	230	6–2	3	Alcorn State
67	Vernon Winfield	23	G	9	0	248	6–2	Rookie	Minnesota
35	Adrian Young	26	LB	1	0	232	6–1	4	USC
89	Steve Zabel	24	LB-TE	7	6	235	6–4	2	Oklahoma
	56 Players Team Average	26.4		14		223.1	6–2.3	3.8

Post Season

At the 1972 season end Head Coach Ed Khayat is fired. Mike McCormack an Washington Redskins assistant coach from 1965–1972 was hired in his place