| 1972 Baltimore Colts (NFL) | 
| 3rd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 5-9-0 .429 | 
| Head Coach: Don McCafferty (1-4-0); John Sandusky (4-5-0) | 
| Dick Bielski | Offensive Ends | 
| Bobby Boyd | Defensive Backs | 
| Hank Bullough | Linebackers | 
| John Idzik | Offense | 
| Red Miller | Offensive Line | 
| John Sandusky | Defensive Line | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/4/1972 | N | Washington Redskins | 3-33 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 42864 | |
| Mon | 8/14/1972 | A | Oakland Raiders | 0-16 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53627 | |
| Mon | 8/21/1972 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-17 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 76882 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1972 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-13 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 37221 | |
| Fri | 9/1/1972 | N | Detroit Lions | 17-24 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 40234 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1972 | A | Denver Broncos | 20-13 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 49635 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 3-10 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 53652 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | H | New York Jets | 34-44 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56626 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 46206 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | H | San Diego Chargers | 20-23 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 55459 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 0-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 58992 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | A | New York Jets | 20-24 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62948 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | H | Miami Dolphins | 0-23 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60000 | |
| Mon | 11/6/1972 | A | New England Patriots | 24-17 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 61214 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-19 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 49512 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | H | New England Patriots | 31-0 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54907 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | H | Buffalo Bills | 35-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 55390 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 44175 | |
| Sat | 12/16/1972 | A | Miami Dolphins | 0-16 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 80010 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Dick Amman | 73 | DE | 6-5 | 242 | 22 | Florida State | 14 | 0 | 
| Jim Bailey | 79 | RDTLDE | 6-4 | 253 | 24 | Kansas | 14 | 14 | 
| Norm Bulaich | 36 | RB | 6-1 | 217 | 26 | Texas Christian | 6 | 2 | 
| Bill Curry | 50 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 | 
| Mike Curtis | 32 | MLB | 6-2 | 232 | 29 | Duke | 14 | 14 | 
| Marty Domres | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 219 | 25 | Columbia | 12 | 9 | 
| Glenn Doughty | 35 | WR | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | Michigan | 5 | 0 | 
| Tom Drougas | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 257 | 23 | Oregon | 14 | 1 | 
| Randy Edmunds | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 0 | 
| Willie Franklin | 30 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 
| Sam Havrilak | 17 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Bucknell | 14 | 14 | 
| Ted Hendricks | 83 | LLB | 6-7 | 217 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 | 
| Lonnie Hepburn | 43 | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Texas Southern | 14 | 11 | 
| Roy Hilton | 85 | RDE | 6-6 | 240 | 29 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 | 
| Chuck Hinton | 75 | LDT | 6-5 | 257 | 33 | North Carolina Central | 13 | 6 | 
| Eddie Hinton | 33 | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Oklahoma | 8 | 2 | 
| Cornelius Johnson | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Virginia Union | 13 | 5 | 
| Rex Kern | 44 | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 
| Bruce Laird | 40 | LCB | 6-0 | 193 | 22 | American International | 14 | 1 | 
| Bill Laskey | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 237 | 29 | Michigan | 14 | 0 | 
| David Lee | 49 | P | 6-4 | 223 | 29 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 0 | 
| Jerry Logan | 20 | LS | 6-1 | 188 | 31 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 13 | 
| Tom Matte | 41 | RB | 6-0 | 207 | 33 | Ohio State | 6 | 4 | 
| Ray May | 56 | RLB | 6-1 | 233 | 27 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 | 
| Don McCauley | 23 | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | North Carolina | 14 | 10 | 
| Ken Mendenhall | 57 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Oklahoma | 12 | 0 | 
| Jack Mildren | 11 | LS | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Oklahoma | 14 | 1 | 
| Fred Miller | 76 | LDT | 6-3 | 248 | 32 | Louisiana State | 12 | 8 | 
| Lydell Mitchell | 26 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 23 | Penn State | 11 | 1 | 
| Tom Mitchell | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Bucknell | 14 | 14 | 
| John Mosier | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Kansas | 14 | 0 | 
| Nelson Munsey | 31 | LCB | 6-1 | 188 | 24 | Wyoming; Hiram Scott | 9 | 1 | 
| Dennis Nelson | 68 | ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 26 | Illinois State | 13 | 13 | 
| Billy Newsome | 81 | LDE-LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 | 
| Don Nottingham | 48 | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | Kent State | 14 | 11 | 
| Tom Nowatzke | 34 | RB | 6-3 | 229 | 30 | Indiana | 6 | 0 | 
| Jim O'Brien | 80 | WR-K | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 | 8 | 
| Glenn Ressler | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | Penn State | 9 | 9 | 
| John Shinners | 64 | OG | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Xavier (Ohio) | 6 | 0 | 
| Boris Shlapak | 2 | K | 6-0 | 165 | 22 | Drake; Michigan State | 8 | 0 | 
| Cotton Speyrer | 28 | WR | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Texas | 5 | 4 | 
| Charlie Stukes | 47 | LCB | 6-3 | 212 | 29 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 12 | 12 | 
| Dan Sullivan | 71 | ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 33 | Boston College | 14 | 14 | 
| Johnny Unitas | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 39 | Louisville | 8 | 5 | 
| Bob Vogel | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 248 | 31 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 | 
| Rick Volk | 21 | RS | 6-3 | 195 | 27 | Michigan | 14 | 14 | 
| Stan White | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 224 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 | 
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 22 | Tom Drougas | T | Oregon | 
| 2 | 46 | Jack Mildren | DB | Oklahoma | 
| 2 | 47 | Glenn Doughty | WR | Michigan | 
| 2 | 48 | Lydell Mitchell | RB | Penn State | 
| 4 | 104 | Eric Allen | WR | Michigan State | 
| 5 | 115 | Don Croft | DT | Texas-El Paso | 
| 6 | 152 | Bruce Laird | DB | American International | 
| 7 | 169 | John Sykes | RB | Morgan State | 
| 8 | 191 | Al Qualls | LB | Oklahoma | 
| 8 | 204 | Van Brownson | QB | Nebraska | 
| 9 | 215 | Gary Hambell | DT | Dayton | 
| 10 | 256 | Dave Schilling | RB | Oregon State | 
| 11 | 282 | Fred DeBernardi | DE | Texas-El Paso* | 
| 12 | 308 | Gary Theiler | TE | Tennessee | 
| 13 | 334 | Herb Washington | WR | Michigan State* | 
| 14 | 359 | John Morris | C | Missouri Valley | 
| 15 | 386 | Robin Parkhouse | LB | Alabama | 
| 16 | 412 | Gary Wichard | QB | Long Island-Post | 
| 17 | 438 | Stan White | LB | Ohio State | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 70 | 58 | 59 | 235 | 
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 70 | 47 | 78 | 252 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 251 | 97 | 124 | 30 | 75/201 37.3% | / % | 58 | 605 | |
| Opponents Totals | 233 | 111 | 109 | 13 | 70/188 37.2% | / % | 84 | 826 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Brien | 2 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 0 | 75 | 
| Sam Havrilak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Don McCauley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tom Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lydell Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Norm Bulaich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marty Domres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Matte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nelson Munsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Boris Shlapak | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 
| Team Totals | 28 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 13 | 39 | 33.3 | 0 | 235 | 
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 0 | 252 | 
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Brien | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 3 | 42 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 3/8 | 2/12 | 0/0 | 
| Boris Shlapak | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/5 | 0/3 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 39 | 33.3 | 4 | 42 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 3/8 | 2/17 | 0/3 | 
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 1/1 | 4/4 | 3/4 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 15t | 1 | 
| Tom Matte | 33 | 137 | 4.2 | 18 | 0 | 
| Norm Bulaich | 27 | 109 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 | 
| Sam Havrilak | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 32t | 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 | 7L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 462 | 1894 | 4.1 | 36 | 10 | 
| Opponents Totals | 515 | 1989 | 3.9 | 32 | 15 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Unitas | 157 | 88 | 56.1 | 63 | 1111 | 7.1 | 12.6 | 63t | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.8 | 14 | 114 | 997 | 70.8 | 
| Marty Domres | 222 | 115 | 51.8 | 101 | 1392 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 62t | 11 | 5.0 | 6 | 2.7 | 11 | 96 | 1296 | 76.6 | 
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 381 | 203 | 53.3 | 166 | 2503 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 63t | 15 | 3.9 | 12 | 3.1 | 25 | 210 | 2293 | 73.9 | 
| Opponents Totals | 313 | 178 | 56.9 | 112 | 2555 | 8.2 | 14.4 | 83 | 15 | 4.8 | 23 | 7.3 | 25 | 232 | 2323 | 68.8 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Mitchell | 40 | 494 | 12.4 | 34 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Sam Havrilak | 33 | 571 | 17.3 | 62t | 4 | 0 | |||
| Don McCauley | 30 | 256 | 8.5 | 34 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Don Nottingham | 25 | 191 | 7.6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lydell Mitchell | 18 | 147 | 8.2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Matte | 14 | 182 | 13.0 | 43 | 1 | ||||
| Jim O'Brien | 11 | 263 | 23.9 | 44 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Hinton | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 63t | 1 | ||||
| Norm Bulaich | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cotton Speyrer | 8 | 114 | 14.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Doughty | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mosier | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 203 | 2503 | 12.3 | 63t | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 178 | 2555 | 14.4 | 83 | 15 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
| Team Totals | 23 | 331 | 14.4 | 37 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 169 | 14.1 | 38 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lee | 57 | 2400 | 42.1 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 204 | 2076 | 36.4 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 2400 | 42.1 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 204 | 2076 | 37.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2766 | 39.0 | 61 | 1 | 348 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Laird | 34 | 11 | 303 | 8.9 | 42 | 0 | 
| Rick Volk | 5 | 7 | 25 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Jerry Logan | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 43 | 19 | 348 | 8.1 | 42 | 0 | 
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 13 | 204 | 7.0 | 27 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Laird | 29 | 843 | 29.1 | 73 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 13 | 377 | 29.0 | 93t | 1 | |
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 0 | |
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ted Hendricks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 1321 | 28.1 | 93t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1091 | 21.8 | 49 | 0 | 
| SACKS | NO | YDS | 
|---|---|---|
| Ted Hendricks | 6.0 | |
| Roy Hilton | 6.0 | |
| Billy Newsome | 6.0 | |
| Jim Bailey | 5.5 | |
| Mike Curtis | 1.0 | |
| Bruce Laird | 1.0 | |
| Rick Volk | 1.0 | |
| Fred Miller | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals IND=27 | 25.0 | 232.0 | 
| Opponents Totals | 25.0 | 210.0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bailey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Curry | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -18 | 0 | |
| Marty Domres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Havrilak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ted Hendricks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Hilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rex Kern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bruce Laird | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bill Laskey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jerry Logan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| Tom Matte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 
| Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Nelson Munsey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 
| Billy Newsome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Don Nottingham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Vogel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Rick Volk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 37 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 
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