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	Score		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

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
73	Dick Amman	DE	6-5	242	22	Florida State	14	0
79	Jim Bailey	RDTLDE	6-4	253	24	Kansas	14	14
36	Norm Bulaich	RB	6-1	217	26	Texas Christian	6	2
50	Bill Curry	C	6-2	235	30	Georgia Tech	14	14
32	Mike Curtis	MLB	6-2	232	29	Duke	14	14
14	Marty Domres	QB	6-4	219	25	Columbia	12	9
35	Glenn Doughty	WR	6-1	204	25	Michigan	5	0
74	Tom Drougas	ROT	6-4	257	23	Oregon	14	1
52	Randy Edmunds	LB	6-2	223	26	Georgia Tech	3	0
30	Willie Franklin	WR	6-2	195	23	Oklahoma	4	0
17	Sam Havrilak	WR	6-2	195	25	Bucknell	14	14
83	Ted Hendricks	LLB	6-7	217	25	Miami (Florida)	14	14
43	Lonnie Hepburn	RCB	5-11	185	23	Texas Southern	14	11
85	Roy Hilton	RDE	6-6	240	29	Jackson State	14	14
75	Chuck Hinton	LDT	6-5	257	33	North Carolina Central	14	6
33	Eddie Hinton	WR	6-0	200	25	Oklahoma	8	2
61	Cornelius Johnson	LOG	6-2	245	29	Virginia Union	13	5
44	Rex Kern	RCB	5-11	190	23	Ohio State	5	3
40	Bruce Laird	LCB	6-0	193	22	American International	14	1
51	Bill Laskey	LB	6-2	237	29	Michigan	14	0
49	David Lee	P	6-4	223	29	Louisiana Tech	14	0
20	Jerry Logan	LS	6-1	188	31	West Texas A&M	14	13
41	Tom Matte	RB	6-0	207	33	Ohio State	6	4
56	Ray May	RLB	6-1	233	27	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	14	14
23	Don McCauley	RB	6-1	211	23	North Carolina	14	10
57	Ken Mendenhall	C	6-3	235	24	Oklahoma	12	0
11	Jack Mildren	LS	6-1	200	23	Oklahoma	14	1
76	Fred Miller	LDT	6-3	248	32	Louisiana State	12	8
26	Lydell Mitchell	RB	5-11	198	23	Penn State	11	1
84	Tom Mitchell	TE	6-2	230	28	Bucknell	14	14
88	John Mosier	TE	6-3	220	24	Kansas	14	0
31	Nelson Munsey	LCB	6-1	188	24	Wyoming; Hiram Scott	9	1
68	Dennis Nelson	ROT	6-5	260	26	Illinois State	13	13
81	Billy Newsome	LDE-LDT	6-4	250	24	Grambling State	14	14
48	Don Nottingham	RB	5-10	210	23	Kent State	14	11
34	Tom Nowatzke	RB	6-3	229	30	Indiana	6	0
80	Jim O'Brien	WR-K	6-0	195	25	Cincinnati	14	8
62	Glenn Ressler	LOG	6-3	247	29	Penn State	9	9
64	John Shinners	OG	6-2	255	25	Xavier (Ohio)	6	0
2	Boris Shlapak	K	6-0	165	22	Drake; Michigan State	8	0
28	Cotton Speyrer	WR	6-0	175	23	Texas	5	4
47	Charlie Stukes	LCB	6-3	212	29	Maryland-Eastern Shore	12	12
71	Dan Sullivan	ROG	6-3	250	33	Boston College	14	14
19	Johnny Unitas	QB	6-1	194	39	Louisville	8	5
72	Bob Vogel	LOT	6-5	248	31	Ohio State	14	14
21	Rick Volk	RS	6-3	195	27	Michigan	14	14
54	Stan White	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
Team Totals	48	70	58	59
Opponents Totals	57	70	47	78

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	PTS
Jim O'Brien	2	24	24	100.0	13	31	41.9	75
Sam Havrilak	6	0	0		0	0		36
Don McCauley	5	0	0		0	0		30
Tom Mitchell	4	0	0		0	0		24
Don Nottingham	3	0	0		0	0		18
Lydell Mitchell	2	0	0		0	0		12
Norm Bulaich	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike Curtis	1	0	0		0	0		6
Marty Domres	1	0	0		0	0		6
Eddie Hinton	1	0	0		0	0		6
Tom Matte	1	0	0		0	0		6
Nelson Munsey	1	0	0		0	0		6
Boris Shlapak	0	4	4	100.0	0	8	0.0	4
Team Totals	28	28	28	100.0	13	39	33.3	235
Opponents Totals	30	27	30	90.0	15	24	62.5	252

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim O'Brien	13	31	41.9	2/3	6/8	3/8	2/12	0/0
Boris Shlapak	0	8	0.0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/5	0/3
Team Totals	13	39	33.3	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
Sam Havrilak	33	571	17.3	62t	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	63t	1
Norm Bulaich	9	55	6.1	10	0
Cotton Speyrer	8	114	14.3	21	0
Glenn Doughty	3	31	10.3	19	0
John Mosier	1	53	53.0	53	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	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
Bruce Laird	34	11	303	8.9	42
Rick Volk	5	7	25	5.0	8
Jerry Logan	4	1	20	5.0	7
Team Totals	43	19	348	8.1	42
Opponents Totals	29	13	204	7.0	27

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	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	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