1972 Baltimore Colts Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Sandusky (4-5)
Coach: Don McCafferty (1-4)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1972 Baltimore Colts RosterTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Sandusky (4-5)
Coach: Don McCafferty (1-4)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1972 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
Baltimore chalked up 235 points, while the defense allowed 252. Don McCauley ran for a team-leading 675 yards for the Colts.
Marty Domres passed for 1,392 yards, and Johnny Unitas spent time under center, too. Tom Mitchell hauled in 40 balls, while Sam Havrilak added 571 receiving yards, while Don McCauley was targeted regularly also.
Charlie Stukes intercepted 5 opponent throws.
John Sandusky and Don McCafferty coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Domres | 222 | 115 | 51.8 | 1392 | 6.3 | 11 | 5.0 | 6 | 2.7 | 62 | 11 | 96 | 76.6 |
| Johnny Unitas | 157 | 88 | 56.1 | 1111 | 7.1 | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.8 | 63 | 14 | 114 | 70.8 |
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 381 | 203 | 53.3 | 2503 | 6.6 | 15 | 3.9 | 12 | 3.1 | 63 | 25 | 210 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don McCauley | 178 | 675 | 3.8 | 36 | 2 |
| Don Nottingham | 123 | 466 | 3.8 | 25 | 3 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 45 | 215 | 4.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Marty Domres | 30 | 137 | 4.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Tom Matte | 33 | 137 | 4.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 27 | 109 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Sam Havrilak | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Glenn Doughty | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim O'Brien | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Mildren | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Totals | 462 | 1894 | 4.1 | 36 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Mitchell | 40 | 494 | 12.4 | 34 | 4 |
| Sam Havrilak | 33 | 571 | 17.3 | 62 | 4 |
| Don McCauley | 30 | 256 | 8.5 | 34 | 2 |
| Don Nottingham | 25 | 191 | 7.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 18 | 147 | 8.2 | 26 | 1 |
| Tom Matte | 14 | 182 | 13.0 | 43 | 1 |
| Jim O'Brien | 11 | 263 | 23.9 | 44 | 2 |
| Eddie Hinton | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 63 | 1 |
| Norm Bulaich | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Cotton Speyrer | 8 | 114 | 14.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Glenn Doughty | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| John Mosier | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Totals | 203 | 2503 | 12.3 | 63 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Brien | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 63 |
| Boris Shlapak | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 39 | 13 | 33.3 | 67 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Laird | 34 | 303 | 8.9 | 42 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 348 | 8.1 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Laird | 29 | 843 | 29.1 | 73 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 13 | 377 | 29.0 | 93 | 1 |
| Norm Bulaich | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Hendricks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 1321 | 28.1 | 93 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Stukes | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Curtis | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 33 | 1 |
| Jerry Logan | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Ray May | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Ted Hendricks | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bruce Laird | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Lonnie Hepburn | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 331 | 14.4 | 37 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Laird | 0 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Miller | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rex Kern | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Curry | 1 | 2 | -18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Vogel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Havrilak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Newsome | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bailey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Hilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Munsey | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Volk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Logan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Laskey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hendricks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Nottingham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marty Domres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Matte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim O'Brien | 0 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||
| Sam Havrilak | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Don McCauley | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Tom Mitchell | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Don Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Nelson Munsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Matte | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Marty Domres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mike Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Boris Shlapak | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 235 |
