1972 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ed Khayat (2-11-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1972 Philadelphia Eagles RosterTeam Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ed Khayat (2-11-1)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1972 Philadelphia Eagles Results
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 2 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
Philadelphia scored only 145 points, worst in the league, while the defense allowed 352. John Reaves threw for 1,508 yards. Harold Jackson grabbed 62 passes for 1,048 yards.
Po James carried the ball for a team-leading 565 yards for the Eagles.
Bill Bradley picked off 9 opponent throws.
Ed Khayat coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | John Reaves | 224 | 108 | 48.2 | 1508 | 6.7 | 7 | 3.1 | 12 | 5.4 | 77 | 38 | 322 | 58.4 | Pete Liske | 138 | 71 | 51.4 | 973 | 7.1 | 3 | 2.2 | 7 | 5.1 | 67 | 11 | 107 | 60.4 | Rick Arrington | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 46 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 16.8 |
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| Totals | 375 | 184 | 49.1 | 2527 | 6.7 | 10 | 2.7 | 20 | 5.3 | 77 | 53 | 457 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Po James | 182 | 565 | 3.1 | 22 | 0 | Tony Baker | 90 | 322 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 | Larry Watkins | 67 | 262 | 3.9 | 28 | 1 | John Reaves | 18 | 109 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 | Harold Jackson | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 34 | 0 | Tom Bailey | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 5 | 0 | Pete Liske | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 | Tom Sullivan | 13 | 13 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | Larry Crowe | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Rick Arrington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Ben Hawkins | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 398 | 1393 | 3.5 | 34 | 2 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Harold Jackson | 62 | 1048 | 16.9 | 77 | 4 | Ben Hawkins | 30 | 512 | 17.1 | 67 | 1 | Harold Carmichael | 20 | 276 | 13.8 | 54 | 2 | Po James | 20 | 156 | 7.8 | 35 | 1 | Tony Baker | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 14 | 0 | Kent Kramer | 11 | 176 | 16.0 | 29 | 1 | Gary Ballman | 9 | 183 | 20.3 | 43 | 0 | Larry Watkins | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 | Tom Bailey | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 9 | 0 | Tom Sullivan | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 | Billy Walik | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
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| Totals | 184 | 2527 | 13.7 | 77 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bill Bradley | 56 | 2250 | 40.2 | 60 | Tom McNeill | 7 | 290 | 41.4 | 51 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 63 | 2540 | 40.3 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Bradley | 22 | 155 | 7.0 | 60 | 0 | Vernon Winfield | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Pat Gibbs | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Billy Walik | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 27 | 179 | 6.6 | 60 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Al Nelson | 25 | 728 | 29.1 | 78 | 0 | Billy Walik | 21 | 466 | 22.2 | 35 | 0 | Tom Sullivan | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 34 | 0 | Pat Gibbs | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 23 | 0 | Bill Bradley | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 | Gary Pettigrew | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Vernon Winfield | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | Bill Overmyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 59 | 1375 | 23.3 | 78 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Bradley | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 21 | 0 | Nate Ramsey | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 | Ron Porter | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | Leroy Keyes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | John Bunting | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | Chuck Allen | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Dick Absher | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 164 | 8.6 | 45 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mike Evans | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Harris | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Po James | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Bailey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Bradley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Baker | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Billy Walik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wade Key | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Bunting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harold Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Porter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Ballman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Larry Watkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Arrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Reaves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kent Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Liske | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harold Carmichael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Smith | 2 | 0 | -50 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 24 | -44 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Tom Dempsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 71 | Harold Jackson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Harold Carmichael | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Kent Kramer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ben Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Po James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Reaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Larry Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Billy Walik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Coleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 145 |
