1972 Oakland Raiders
1972 Record: 10-3-1 (Reg. Season), 0-1 (Playoffs)
Head Coach: John Madden
Points Scored: 365 (3rd out of 26 NFL teams)
Points Allowed: 248 (8th out of 26 NFL teams)
Home Stadium: Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, CA.
Wide Receiver Fred Biletnikoff finished second in the NFL in receptions (58), sixth in receiving yards (802), and tied for sixth in receiving TDs (7) in 1972. He was voted first team All-NFL by Pro Football Weekly, The Sporting News, and UPI and second team All-NFL by the Pro Football Writers following the season.
1972 Oakland Raiders Game-by-Game Results
Regular Season
Date Opponent Result
9/17/72 at Pittsburgh L 28-34
9/24/72 at Green Bay W 20-14
10/ 1/72 San Diego T 17-17
10/ 9/72 at Houston W 34- 0
10/15/72 Buffalo W 28-16
10/22/72 Denver L 23-30
10/29/72 Los Angeles W 45-17
11/ 5/72 at Kansas City L 14-27
11/12/72 at Cincinnati W 20-14
11/19/72 at Denver W 37-20
11/26/72 Kansas City W 26- 3
12/ 3/72 at San Diego W 21-19
12/11/72 N.Y. Jets W 24-16
12/17/72 Chicago W 28-21
Playoffs
Round Opponent Result
AFC Div. Playoff at Pittsburgh L 7-13
Cornerback Willie Brown collects one of his four interceptions in 1972 and also recovered a pair of fumbles during the season. He was selected to the Pro Bowl for the seventh time in his career and was voted 1st team All-NFL by Pro Football Weekly, The Sporting News, and UPI. AP named him to their second team All-NFL following the season.
1972 Oakland Raiders Depth Chart / Roster:
Note: ALL PLAYERS WORE STYLE 2 HELMETS!
# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Hair Equipment
Quarterbacks
1. 3 Daryle Lamonica 6-3 215 31 9 Notre Dame 64 6 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes, bk sleeves (turf)
2. 16 George Blanda 6-2 215 44 22 Kentucky 17 5 brn crop 2 bar (thin)
3. 12 Ken Stabler (lefty) 6-3 215 27 4 Alabama 89 7 l. brn long 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk sleeves (grass)
Halfbacks
1. 23 Charlie Smith 6-1 205 26 4 Utah 46 7 blk crop 2 bar, wt wristbands (grass), wt ankles taped, bk shoes, bk elbowpads (turf)
2. n/a (switch position to SS - use as Atkinson)
3. n/a (switch position to MLB)
4. n/a (switch position to MLB)
# 28 Clarence Davis 5-10 190 23 1 USC 173 7 blk afro half cage, wt wristbands, bk sleeves, bk shoes, wt elbowpads (turf)
# 32 Don Highsmith 6-0 200 24 2 Michigan St. dk skin half cage, wt wristbands, bk tc elbowpads (turf), bk wristbands (turf)
Fullbacks
1. 44 Marv Hubbard 6-1 225 26 3 Colgate 43 10 brn crop half cage, eye paint, left qb wristband, bk shoes, bk elbowpads (turf)
2. n/a (switch position to LOLB)
# 40 Pete Banaszak 5-11 210 28 6 Miami 12 3 brn crop half cage, eye paint, wt wristbands, bk sleeves, bk elbowpads (turf)
Wide Receivers
1. 25 Fred Biletnikoff 6-1 190 29 7 Florida State 78 2 blo long 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt wrist double, bk shoes, wt elbowpads (turf)
2. 49 Mike Siani 6-2 195 22 R Villanova 73 2 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, bk sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)
3. 21 Cliff Branch 5-11 170 24 R Colorado 50 2 blk crop 2 bar (thin), bk wristbands
4. 10 Eldridge Dickey 6-1 187 26 2 Tennessee St. dk skin 34 6 blk buzz
5. n/a (switch position to TE)
Tight Ends
1. 87 Ray Chester 6-3 225 24 2 Morgan State 110 8 blk crop 2 bar, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt sleeves, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)
2. 88 Bob Moore 6-3 220 23 1 Stanford 28 5 brn long 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves
# 47 Jeff Queen 6-1 221 26 3 Morgan State dk skin 2 bar (thin)
Left Tackles
1. 78 Art Shell 6-5 265 26 4 N/A 100 13 blk crop half cage, wt wrist double, fingers taped, bk shoes, bk elbowpads (grass)
2. n/a (switch position to RE)
3. 65 Paul Seiler 6-4 260 26 3 Notre Dame 95 13 brn crop 2 bar, wt wrist double, wt gloves
Left Guards
1. 63 Gene Upshaw 6-5 255 27 5 N/A 126 11 blk crop half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, bk shoes
2. 75 John Vella 6-4 255 22 R USC 70 17 brn crop half cage, wt wristbands, bk elbowpads (turf), wt gloves (turf)
Centers
1. 00 Jim Otto 6-2 255 34 12 Miami 29 17 blo crop 2 bar (thin), tc extended, bk shoes, bk elbowpads (turf)
2. 50 Dave Dalby 6-3 250 22 R UCLA 25 19 l. brn crop half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wrist double, fingers taped
Right Guards
1. 64 George Buehler 6-2 260 25 3 Stanford 2 13 brn crop half cage, wt gloves, bk shoes
2. 70 Jim Harvey 6-5 245 29 6 Ole Miss half cage, wt gloves, bk shoes
# 79 Dan Medlin 6-4 252 23 R N.C. State 50 9 l. brn crop half cage, right bk elbowpad, left wt elbowpad, wt wristbands, wt gloves
Right Tackles
1. 76 Bob Brown 6-4 290 30 8 Nebraska 258 15 blk crop half cage, wt half sleeves, wt gloves
2. 77 Ron Mix 6-4 250 34 11 USC 16 9 brn crop half cage, tc extended, right bk elbowpad, left wt elbowpad, fingers taped
Left Defensive Ends
1. 82 Horace Jones 6-3 240 23 1 Louisville 178 16 blk crop half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt gloves, bk shoes
2. 85 Carleton Oats 6-3 260 30 7 Florida A&M 215 15 blk afro half cage, tc extended, wt wrist double, wt gloves, wt sleeves, bk shoes, wt half sleeves (turf)
Right Defensive Ends
1. 84 Tony Cline 6-2 240 24 2 Miami 55 3 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, bk shoes
2. 72 Mel Lunsford 6-3 250 22 R Central St. Oh.dk skin 91 11 blk crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves, bk sleeves
# 67 Harold Rice 6-2 230 27 3 Tennessee St. dk skin
Defensive Tackles
1. 80 Art Thoms 6-5 250 26 3 Arizona St. 50 11 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes, wt gloves (grass)
2. 60 Otis Sistrunk 6-4 255 25 R No College 124 11 blk crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves, bk shoes
3. n/a (switch position to RG)
# 74 Tom Keating 6-2 247 29 7 Michigan 32 8 brn crop 2 bar, wt wrist double
# 71 Kelvin Korver 6-6 270 23 R N/A half cage, wt elbowpads
Left Outside Linebackers
1. 41 Phil Villapiano 6-1 222 23 1 Bowl. Green 61 14 blk crop half cage, tc extended, wt wrist double, fingers taped, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)
2. n/a (switch position to SS)
# 54 Terry Mendenhall 6-1 210 23 1 S.D. State
Middle Linebackers
1. 55 Dan Conners 6-1 230 30 8 Miami 76 10 brn crop half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to DT)
3. n/a (switch position to DT)
# 58 Greg Slough 6-3 230 25 1 USC
# 51 Joe Carroll 6-1 220 22 R Pittsburgh half cage, wt elbowpads, wt gloves, bk shoes
Right Outside Linebackers
1. 86 Gerald Irons 6-2 230 25 2 N/A 218 13 blk crop half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)
2. 34 Gus Otto 6-1 220 29 7 Missouri 6 5 brn crop half cage, left wt elbowpad, left wt wristband, bk shoes, bk elbowpads (turf)
Cornerbacks
1. 24 Willie Brown 6-1 190 31 9 Grambling St. med skin 48 3 blk afro 2 bar, wt wristbands
2. 20 Jimmy Warren 5-11 175 33 8 Illinois 264 2 blk crop 2 bar, bk elbowpads, qb wristbands, wt sleeves
3. 48 Nemiah Wilson 6-0 170 29 7 Grambling St. dk skin 63 1 blk crop 2 bar, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk sleeves, right qb wristband (turf)
4. 26 Skip Thomas 6-1 205 22 R USC 154 4 blk crop 2 bar, wt wrist double, bk sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf), wt gloves (turf), wt sleeves (turf)
Free Safeties
1. n/a (switch position to FB)
2. 31 Jack Tatum 5-10 200 23 1 Ohio State 110 2 blk afro 2 bar, tc extended, wt wristbands, bk sleeves, bk elbowpads (turf), wt sleeves (turf)
Strong Safeties
1. n/a (switch position to HB)
2. n/a (switch position to HB)
# 43 George Atkinson 6-0 180 25 4 Morris Brown 163 1 brn crop 2 bar, wt wristbands, fingers taped, bk elbowpads (turf)
# 42 Tommy Maxwell 6-2 195 25 3 Texas A&M 23 2 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt -wristbands
Kicker
1. 16 George Blanda 6-2 215 44 22 Kentucky 17 5 brn crop 2 bar (thin)
Punter
1. 4 Jerry DePoyster 6-1 200 26 2 Wyoming 9 2 brn crop 1 bar, bk shoes
Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acc-cth-car-jmp-btk-tck-tpw-tac-pbk-rbk-kpw-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh
Lamonica 54-60-93-53-55-29-45-46-39-22-94-87-24-27-75-64-0-86-85-64
Stabler 58-61-64-58-58-25-48-49-42-19-92-84-24-26-27-22-0-84-82-74
Blanda 41-52-98-40-46-27-48-43-33-24-83-82-24-26-78-84-0-66-90-67
P. Banaszak 75-76-81-74-84-65-88-46-85-23-27-19-57-54-26-20-58-83-84-74
C. Smith 82-70-81-80-78-76-86-66-70-23-35-31-42-40-27-24-76-83-63-67
C. Davis 94-64-71-97-91-62-81-72-69-22-27-21-40-37-25-20-84-76-68-64
D. Highsmith 86-72-67-76-86-65-72-64-88-26-42-22-38-37-33-21-70-79-77-72
M. Hubbard 79-70-84-75-86-67-86-53-87-20-30-21-60-58-24-19-25-85-84-74
Biletnikoff 86-64-99-86-83-99-94-77-65-17-20-20-35-37-23-19-10-87-90-84
Siani 89-54-61-90-89-82-76-82-62-16-21-21-27-27-25-20-10-79-78-66
C. Branch 95-56-56-95-95-80-71-86-62-20-22-24-27-28-24-20-68-86-89-75
E. Dickey 88-56-58-87-86-73-62-81-58-22-74-71-24-26-28-23-73-77-72-63
R. Chester 83-70-84-82-78-84-68-63-67-20-29-26-72-64-24-22-8-84-83-77
B. Moore 76-67-69-74-73-66-54-63-62-27-31-22-70-64-26-20-8-80-77-71
Queen 67-73-66-65-77-72-72-64-79-26-33-24-61-53-26-23-10-77-86-74
A. Shell 69-96-95-69-73-22-21-53-37-27-30-18-97-99-28-18-0-81-90-95
Seiler 48-86-74-48-56-17-18-43-36-30-26-20-73-78-25-19-0-61-64-66
G. Upshaw 68-87-95-67-75-23-25-52-35-28-29-20-95-97-27-21-0-79-98-90
Vella 52-82-60-48-62-17-17-44-34-27-26-18-86-86-26-20-0-71-77-79
J. Otto 47-94-99-46-62-25-22-45-22-24-26-20-93-94-29-17-0-60-82-91
Dalby 49-85-56-48-61-15-18-42-35-24-28-20-85-89-27-20-0-69-96-90
Buehler 47-92-83-45-60-15-17-38-36-30-30-19-87-91-28-22-0-66-86-83
Medlin 42-86-53-38-63-17-18-45-34-26-27-20-81-84-28-20-0-70-81-77
J. Harvey 59-83-78-60-52-23-20-48-24-23-26-22-84-78-24-22-0-58-65-72
B. Brown 63-90-97-62-70-21-19-46-28-26-34-19-91-92-24-20-0-61-70-76
R. Mix 59-84-99-57-50-20-21-48-23-23-29-19-87-84-26-23-0-60-70-76
H. Jones 72-76-66-70-81-19-22-58-28-82-28-19-23-31-26-20-0-79-88-79
Oats 65-74-82-64-70-17-18-53-25-77-26-19-26-38-29-19-0-72-74-77
T. Cline 70-75-71-72-71-46-32-54-31-86-25-20-22-32-28-20-0-77-69-73
Lunsford 64-83-52-63-68-22-21-56-25-75-27-23-24-34-26-21-0-72-63-74
H. Rice 68-76-54-68-71-23-21-62-26-72-23-20-20-29-26-22-0-74-68-64
A. Thoms 59-82-76-58-69-29-28-56-32-89-29-20-23-33-26-18-0-78-77-84
O. Sistrunk 58-88-64-56-70-33-30-53-34-88-29-19-24-34-28-18-0-75-84-86
T. Keating 56-72-91-54-69-21-17-49-27-88-27-22-26-37-32-19-0-75-70-83
Korver 61-77-53-60-60-27-25-57-31-74-26-22-24-33-26-18-0-76-68-73
Villapiano 79-77-77-78-81-45-41-54-33-93-27-24-24-34-29-20-0-88-80-91
T. Mendenhall 73-74-55-75-73-39-38-47-25-76-26-24-25-44-26-19-0-74-67-71
D. Conners 75-83-93-75-70-43-33-53-31-88-23-20-22-30-26-20-0-81-87-89
Slough 77-68-56-76-75-46-42-72-26-79-24-21-21-28-26-22-0-73-70-65
J. Carroll 71-70-52-71-73-38-36-60-28-85-41-23-26-43-27-23-0-76-72-75
G. Irons 77-77-70-72-80-51-38-59-31-85-27-20-23-20-25-19-0-81-83-77
G. Otto 72-72-87-75-73-40-36-59-30-88-29-20-24-37-27-21-0-79-68-77
W. Brown 93-63-96-93-92-62-53-84-29-78-24-20-17-22-25-21-15-91-85-76
J. Warren 88-58-85-86-86-55-44-65-29-65-25-20-16-20-23-20-10-75-61-62
N. Wilson 95-44-88-95-93-65-44-82-26-55-16-24-23-23-25-24-10-81-80-72
S. Thomas 87-68-59-87-91-59-54-76-29-85-26-20-16-28-23-21-10-80-87-75
J. Tatum 84-73-77-83-87-55-46-71-30-97-23-22-19-22-22-21-10-84-77-89
G. Atkinson 83-60-84-82-81-62-54-75-28-86-24-22-14-18-22-20-64-81-85-78
T. Maxwell 88-54-65-89-86-58-42-74-26-71-24-22-18-23-24-19-58-82-73-64
Blanda 41-52-98-40-46-27-48-43-33-24-83-82-24-26-78-84-0-66-90-67
DePoyster 57-32-65-57-56-45-39-58-26-23-25-22-13-18-78-82-0-66-68-56
Quarterback Daryle "The Mad Bomber" Lamonica finished third in the NFL with 18 passing TDs in 1972 and his passer rating of 79.4 was fourth best in the NFL in 1972. He earned his fifth selection to the Pro Bowl following the 1972 campaign.
1972 Oakland Raiders Individual Statistical Leaders:
Passing: Daryle Lamonica, 1998 yards, 53.0 comp. pct., 13 TDs, 79.5 rating
Rushing: Marv Hubbard, 1100 yards, 4 TDs, 5.0 yards / carry
Receiving: Fred Biletnikoff, 58 receptions, 802 yards, 7 TDs
Touchdowns: Charlie Smith, 10 (8 rush., 2 rec.)
Interceptions: G. Atkinson, W. Brown, J. Tatum, & N. Wilson, 4
Points: George Blanda, 95 (17 FG's, 44 PAT's)
Tight End Raymond Chester finished fourth in the NFL with 8 receiving TDs in 1972 and added 34 receptions for 576 receiving yards on the season, which were second best on the Raiders. He earned his third consecutive Pro Bowl selection and was named first team All-AFC by the AP, Sporting News, & UPI.
Strong Safety George Atkinson intercepts a pass against Pittsburgh in the season opener. His 4 picks tied three other Raiders for the club lead in 1972.
1972 AFC WESTERN DIVISION STANDINGS:
1st Place - OAKLAND (10-3-1)
2nd Place - Kansas City (8-6)
3rd Place - Denver (5-9)
4th Place - San Diego (4-9-1)
Free Safety Jack Tatum returns one of his four interceptions in 1972, which tied for the club lead. In addition he recovered two fumbles and recovered one of those for a touchdown.
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