1972 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Dan Devine |
| Red Cochran | Offensive Backs |
| Don Doll | Defensive Backs |
| Rollie Dotsch | Offensive Line |
| Burt Gustafson | Linebackers |
| Dave Hanner | Defensive Coordinator |
| Hank Kuhlmann | Special Teams |
| John Polonchek | Passers/Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1972 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1972 | A | Miami Dolphins | 14-13 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 75332 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1972 | A | Houston Oilers | 3-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46460 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1972 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47222 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1972 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1972 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 20-0 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47281 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | A | Cleveland Browns | 26-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75771 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | H | Oakland Raiders | 14-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 16-13 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47103 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | H | Chicago Bears | 20-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Mon | 10/16/1972 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-23 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54418 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 9-10 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47967 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 13-27 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 34-24 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47897 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | A | Chicago Bears | 23-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55701 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | A | Houston Oilers | 23-10 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 41752 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | A | Washington Redskins | 16-21 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53039 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | H | Detroit Lions | 33-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 23-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1972 | A | New Orleans Saints | 30-20 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 65881 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/24/1972 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-16 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53140 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ken Bowman | 57 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 30 | Wisconsin | 14 | 13 |
| John Brockington | 42 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Brown | 78 | RDT | 6-5 | 268 | 33 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Buchanon | 28 | LCB | 6-0 | 189 | 22 | MiraCosta JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Carr | 53 | RLB | 6-5 | 239 | 26 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Carter | 50 | MLB-LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 56 | LB | 6-3 | 229 | 31 | Texas Christian | 12 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 198 | 34 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Davis | 47 | WR | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | Tennessee State | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Ellis | 48 | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Len Garrett | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 12 |
| Paul Gibson | 41 | S | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Texas-El Paso | 1 | 0 |
| Gale Gillingham | 68 | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Minnesota | 2 | 2 |
| Leland Glass | 46 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Hall | 21 | CB | 6-1 | 193 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Hayhoe | 77 | LOT | 6-8 | 258 | 26 | Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California | 14 | 12 |
| Larry Hefner | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | Clemson | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Hill | 39 | RS | 6-2 | 191 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Himes | 72 | ROT-ROG | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Hudson | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | Northeastern State | 12 | 0 |
| Kevin Hunt | 64 | ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Doane | 3 | 1 |
| Scott Hunter | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 25 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Kopay | 40 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 30 | Marquette; Washington | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Kroll | 44 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Northern Michigan | 5 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 29 | Texas | 12 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 30 | Merritt JC; Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Lueck | 62 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Arizona | 14 | 13 |
| Chester Marcol | 13 | K | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Hillsdale | 14 | 0 |
| Al Matthews | 29 | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 14 |
| Mike McCoy | 76 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 9 |
| Rich McGeorge | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 24 | Elon | 2 | 2 |
| Ray Nitschke | 66 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 36 | Illinois | 11 | 1 |
| Frank Patrick | 10 | QB | 6-7 | 225 | 25 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| Francis Peay | 71 | LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 28 | Arizona; Cameron JC; Missouri | 6 | 2 |
| Dave Pureifory | 75 | DE | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Robinson | 89 | LLB | 6-3 | 243 | 31 | Penn State | 14 | 13 |
| Alden Roche | 87 | RDE | 6-4 | 253 | 27 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Malcolm Snider | 67 | ROG-LOG | 6-4 | 251 | 25 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Jon Staggers | 22 | WR | 5-10 | 186 | 24 | Missouri | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Tagge | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Nebraska | 4 | 0 |
| Ike Thomas | 37 | CB | 6-2 | 193 | 25 | Bishop | 12 | 0 |
| Vern Vanoy | 73 | LDT | 6-8 | 270 | 24 | Kansas | 13 | 3 |
| Ward Walsh | 26 | RB | 6-0 | 213 | 24 | Colorado | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Widby | 20 | P | 6-4 | 210 | 27 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 83 | LDE | 6-5 | 253 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Perry Williams | 31 | RB | 6-2 | 222 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 0 |
| Cal Withrow | 58 | C | 6-0 | 230 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | 1 |
| Keith Wortman | 65 | OG | 6-2 | 259 | 22 | Rio Hondo JC; Nebraska | 13 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Willie Buchanon | DB | San Diego State |
| 1 | 11 | Jerry Tagge | QB | Nebraska |
| 2 | 34 | Chester Marcol | K | Hillsdale |
| 4 | 86 | Eric Patton | LB | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 138 | Nat Ross | DB | Bethune-Cookman |
| 6 | 142 | Dave Pureifory | LB | Eastern Michigan |
| 6 | 147 | Bob Hudson | RB | Northeastern State |
| 7 | 163 | Bill Bushong | DT | Kentucky |
| 8 | 190 | Leland Glass | WR | Oregon |
| 10 | 242 | Keith Wortman | G | Nebraska |
| 11 | 266 | David Bailey | WR | Alabama |
| 12 | 294 | Mike Rich | RB | Florida |
| 13 | 319 | Jesse Lakes | RB | Central Michigan |
| 14 | 346 | Larry Hefner | LB | Clemson |
| 15 | 371 | Rick Thone | WR | Arkansas Tech |
| 16 | 398 | Charlie Burrell | DT | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 80 | 95 | 63 | 66 | 304 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 68 | 49 | 72 | 226 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 195 | 109 | 72 | 14 | 72/204 35.3% | / % | 63 | 610 | |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 85 | 109 | 15 | 72/183 39.3% | / % | 50 | 446 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Marcol | 0 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 33 | 48 | 68.8 | 0 | 128 |
| John Brockington | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Scott Hunter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| MacArthur Lane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ken Ellis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rich McGeorge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jon Staggers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Buchanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leland Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Tagge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clarence Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 33 | 48 | 68.8 | 1 | 304 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 0 | 226 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Marcol | 33 | 48 | 68.8 | 6 | 51 | 3/4 | 7/8 | 13/17 | 8/16 | 2/3 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 48 | 68.8 | 6 | 51 | 3/4 | 7/8 | 13/17 | 8/16 | 2/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 5/5 | 3/3 | 2/4 | 3/11 | 2/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brockington | 274 | 1027 | 3.7 | 30t | 8 |
| MacArthur Lane | 177 | 821 | 4.6 | 41 | 3 |
| Perry Williams | 33 | 139 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Scott Hunter | 22 | 37 | 1.7 | 15 | 5 |
| Leland Glass | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Davis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Tagge | 8 | -3 | -0.4 | 2 | 1 |
| Jon Staggers | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 544 | 2127 | 3.9 | 41 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 443 | 1517 | 3.4 | 26 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Hunter | 199 | 86 | 43.2 | 104 | 1252 | 6.3 | 14.6 | 49 | 6 | 3.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 13 | 86 | 1166 | 55.5 |
| Jerry Tagge | 29 | 10 | 34.5 | 19 | 154 | 5.3 | 15.4 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27 | 127 | 52.9 |
| Ron Widby | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 102 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 68t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 158.3 |
| MacArthur Lane | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 106.3 |
| Frank Patrick | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 9 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | -2 | 39.6 |
| Jon Staggers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 237 | 101 | 42.6 | 127 | 1536 | 6.5 | 15.2 | 68t | 7 | 3.0 | 9 | 3.8 | 17 | 124 | 1412 | 58.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 340 | 174 | 51.2 | 149 | 2209 | 6.5 | 12.7 | 61t | 7 | 2.1 | 17 | 5.0 | 29 | 252 | 1957 | 57.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacArthur Lane | 26 | 285 | 11.0 | 49 | 0 |
| John Brockington | 19 | 243 | 12.8 | 48t | 1 |
| Carroll Dale | 16 | 317 | 19.8 | 48 | 1 |
| Leland Glass | 15 | 261 | 17.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Jon Staggers | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 48t | 1 |
| Dave Davis | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 68t | 1 |
| Len Garrett | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Rich McGeorge | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23t | 2 |
| Dave Kopay | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 101 | 1536 | 15.2 | 68t | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 2209 | 12.7 | 61t | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Ellis | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Willie Buchanon | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Hill | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Robinson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Al Matthews | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 223 | 13.1 | 40 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 32t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Widby | 65 | 2714 | 41.8 | 64 | 2 | 9 | 225 | 2309 | 35.5 | |
| Team Totals | 65 | 2714 | 41.8 | 64 | 2 | 9 | 225 | 2309 | 36.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2732 | 41.4 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 364 | 2268 | 34.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Ellis | 14 | 1 | 215 | 15.4 | 80t | 1 |
| Jon Staggers | 9 | 20 | 148 | 16.4 | 85t | 1 |
| Leland Glass | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 23 | 364 | 14.6 | 85t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 6 | 225 | 7.0 | 33 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Thomas | 21 | 572 | 27.2 | 89 | 0 | |
| Jon Staggers | 11 | 260 | 23.6 | 39 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 11 | 247 | 22.5 | 55 | 0 | |
| Bob Kroll | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dave Robinson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ken Ellis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Perry Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Len Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Wortman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1141 | 23.3 | 89 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 932 | 20.3 | 37 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Clarence Williams | 10.5 | |
| Dave Robinson | 4.0 | |
| Alden Roche | 4.0 | |
| Vern Vanoy | 4.0 | |
| Bob Brown | 3.0 | |
| Mike McCoy | 3.0 | |
| Jim Carter | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 29.0 | 252.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17.0 | 124.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brockington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Buchanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Ellis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Garrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leland Glass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hayhoe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Himes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hunter | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 0 |
| Mike McCoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Alden Roche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Staggers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ike Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 1 |
| Perry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal Withrow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 74 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 1 |
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