1972 New England Patriots season

1972 New England Patriots season
Head coach	John Mazur (fired) Phil Bengtson (interim)
General manager	Upton Bell (fired) Peter Hadhazy (interim)
Owner	Billy Sullivan
Home field	Schaefer Stadium
Results
Record	3–11
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	none
AP All-Pros	none
Uniform

The New England Patriots finished the National Football League's 1972 season with a record of three wins and eleven losses, and finished last in the AFC East Division.

Although they managed to win three games, the 1972 Patriots had the second-worst point differential of any team in a 14-game NFL season, ahead of only the expansion 1976 Buccaners.^[1] They lost eight of their fourteen games by three touchdowns or more, and their first two wins were by a single point.

Staff

New England Patriots 1972 staff

Front Office

President – Billy Sullivan
Assistant General Manager/Interim General Manager – Peter Hadhazy
Director of Player Personnel – Bucko Kilroy
Director of Pro Scouting – Rommie Loudd

Head Coaches

Interim Head Coach – Phil Bengtson

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Backs/Receivers – Sam Rutigliano
Receivers – Jerry Stoltz
Offensive Line – Bruce Beatty

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Line – Dick Evans
Linebackers – John Meyer
Defensive Backfield – Tom Fletcher

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams – Burnie Miller

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 17, 1972	Cincinnati Bengals	L 31–7	60,999
2	September 24, 1972	Atlanta Falcons	W 21–20	60,999
3	October 1, 1972	Washington Redskins	W 24–23	60,999
4	October 8, 1972	at Buffalo Bills	L 38–14	41,749
5	October 15, 1972	New York Jets	L 41–13	60,999
6	October 22, 1972	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 33–3	46,081
7	October 29, 1972	at New York Jets	L 34–10	62,867
8	November 6, 1972	Baltimore Colts	L 24–17	60,999
9	November 12, 1972	at Miami Dolphins	L 52–0	80,010
10	November 19, 1972	Buffalo Bills	L 27–24	60,999
11	November 26, 1972	at Baltimore Colts	L 31–0	54,907
12	December 3, 1972	Miami Dolphins	L 37–21	60,999
13	December 10, 1972	at New Orleans Saints	W 17–10	64,889
14	December 17, 1972	at Denver Broncos	L 45–21	51,656

Game summaries

Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	0	14	0	9	23
• Patriots	0	7	10	7	24

Date: October 1
Location: Schaefer Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 54°F; wind 14

Scoring summary

Q2	WSH	Charley Taylor 30 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick)	WSH 7–0

Q2	WSH	Charley Taylor 4 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick)	WSH 14–0

Q2	NE	Josh Ashton 2 yard run (Charlie Gogolak kick)	WSH 14–7

Q3	NE	Reggie Rucker 11 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)	Tie 14–14

Q3	NE	Charlie Gogolak 42 yard field goal	NE 17–14

Q4	WSH	Jerry Smith 9 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick)	WSH 21–17

Q4	NE	Josh Ashton 24 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)	NE 24–21

Q4	WSH	Malinchak blocked punt through end zone	NE 24–23

^[2]

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins	14	0	0	1.000	8–0	11–0	385	171	W14
New York Jets	7	7	0	.500	6–2	6–5	367	324	L2
Baltimore Colts	5	9	0	.357	4–4	5–6	235	252	L2
Buffalo Bills	4	9	1	.321	2–6	2–9	257	377	W1
New England Patriots	3	11	0	.214	0–8	0–11	192	446	L1

References

↑ All NFL teams sorted by point differential from 1961 to 1977
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-May-04.

New England Patriots

Founded in 1960 Formerly the Boston Patriots (1960–1970) Based and headquartered in Foxborough, Massachusetts

Franchise	Franchise History Seasons Players Coaches First-round draft picks Starting quarterbacks Strategy Broadcasters Current season

Stadiums	Nickerson Field Fenway Park Alumni Stadium Harvard Stadium Foxboro Stadium Gillette Stadium

Culture	Billy Sullivan Robert Kraft Jonathan Kraft Pat Patriot Cheerleaders "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" "Crazy Train" Patriot Reign (book) Family Guy "Stunning and Brave" (South Park episode)

Lore	Snowplow Game St. Louis Stallions Snow Bowl Spygate 16–0 Helmet Catch Butt fumble Deflategate

Rivalries	Buffalo Bills New York Jets Indianapolis Colts (Brady vs. Manning)

Division championships (18)	1963 1978 1986 1996 1997 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Conference championships (8)	1985 1996 2001 2003 2004 2007 2011 2014

League championships (4)	2001 (XXXVI) 2003 (XXXVIII) 2004 (XXXIX) 2014 (XLIX)

Retired numbers	20 40 56 57 73 78 79 89

Media	Broadcasters WBZ-FM Radio network Gil Santos Gino Cappelletti Bob Socci Scott Zolak

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1970–present) Conference: American Football Conference Division: East Division

Former league affiliation	League: American Football League (1960–1969)

Seasons (56)	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Boston / New England Patriots seasons

Boston 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 New England 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

1972 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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