1972 New England Patriots season (original) (raw)

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The 1972 New England Patriots season was the franchise's third season in the National Football League and 13th overall. The Patriots ended the season with a record of three wins and eleven losses and finished last in the AFC East Division. The Patriots continued their period of futility as they slumped to another horrendous record, and missed the playoffs for the ninth straight season. After being embarrassed 31–7 in their home opener against Cincinnati, the Patriots would win their next two games against Atlanta and Washington. However, the Patriots would continue their mid-season misery, losing nine consecutive games to slide to 2–10 before winning their first (and only) road game against the New Orleans Saints. New England went winless against AFC opponents. Out of their 11 losses, only two were by one possession, a 24–17 loss to Baltimore and a 27–24 loss to Buffalo. The worst of these losses was a 52–0 thrashing by the Miami Dolphins, who would go undefeated. That Dolphins loss remains the worst loss and most points ever allowed in a game in Patriots history. Although they won three games, the 1972 Patriots had the second-worst point differential (minus-254) of any team in a 14-game NFL season, ahead of only the expansion 1976 Buccaneers. The 1972 Patriots had the franchise’s worst point differential until the 1990 team was outscored by 265 points (181–446) in a 1–15 season. They lost eight of their fourteen games by three touchdowns or more, and their first two wins were by a single point. Pro Football Reference argues that the 1970 and 1972 Patriots were, owing to the more difficult schedule faced by the 1990 team, the weakest Patriot teams ever, and rivalled only by the 1991 Colts and 2009 Rams as the weakest team by an established franchise since the NFL–AFL merger. (en)
La stagione 1972 dei New England Patriots è stata la 3ª della franchigia nella National Football League, la 13ª complessiva e la terza con come capo-allenatore, dimessosi il 3 novembre 1972, il giorno successivo a una sconfitta per 52-0 contro Miami, venendo sostituito da .. La squadra concluse con 3 vittorie e 11 sconfitte al quinto posto della AFC East division. Anche se riuscirono a vincere tre partite, i Patriots del 1972 ebbero il secondo peggior differenziale di punti della storia in una stagione da 14 partite, secondi solo ai neonati Buccaners del 1976. Persero otto delle quattordici partite per tre touchdown o più e le prime due vittorie furono per un solo punto. (it)

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

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Played for the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL between 1972 and 1981. (en)

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;First quarter *CIN – Essex Johnson 14-yard run . Bengals 7–0. ;Second quarter *CIN – Horst Muhlmann 38-yard field goal. Bengals 10–0. *NE – Larry Carwell 45-yard blocked field goal return . Bengals 10–7. ;Third quarter *CIN – Jess Phillips 1-yard run . Bengals 17–7. Drive: ;Fourth quarter *CIN – Lemar Parrish 51-yard punt return . Bengals 24–7. *CIN – Bob Trumpy 11-yard pass from Ken Anderson . Bengals 31–7. Drive: (en)
;First quarter * No scoring plays ;Second quarter * WAS – Charley Taylor 30 yard pass from Billy Kilmer . Redskins 7–0. * WAS – Charley Taylor 4 yard pass from Billy Kilmer . Redskins 14–0. * NE – Josh Ashton 2 yard run . Redskins 14–7. ; Third quarter * NE – Reggie Rucker 11 yard pass from Jim Plunkett . 14–14. * NE – Charlie Gogolak 42 yard field goal. Patriots 17–14. ; Fourth quarter * WAS – Jerry Smith 9 yard pass from Billy Kilmer . Redskins 21–17. * NE – Josh Ashton 24 yard pass from Jim Plunkett . Patriots 24–21. * WAS – Safety; Malinchak blocked punt through end zone. Patriots 24–23. (en)

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;Top passers *CIN – Ken Anderson – 10/15, 102 yards, TD *NE – Jim Plunkett – 9/17, 117 yards, 2 INT ;Top rushers *CIN – Essex Johnson – 15 rushes, 82 yards, TD *NE – Carl Garrett – 12 rushes, 34 yards ;Top receivers *CIN – Chip Myers – 3 receptions, 42 yards *NE – Carl Garrett – 1 reception, 35 yards (en)
;Top passers *WAS – Billy Kilmer – 14/30, 213 yards, 3 TD, INT *NE – Jim Plunkett – 17/33, 255 yards, 2 TD ;Top rushers *WAS – Larry Brown – 20 rushes, 113 yards *NE – Josh Ashton – 23 rushes, 108 yards, 1 TD ;Top receivers *WAS – Charley Taylor – 7 receptions, 134 yards, 2 TD *NE – Reggie Rucker – 4 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD (en)

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Week One: Cincinnati Bengals at New England Patriots (en)
Week Three: Washington Redskins at New England Patriots (en)

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The 1972 New England Patriots season was the franchise's third season in the National Football League and 13th overall. The Patriots ended the season with a record of three wins and eleven losses and finished last in the AFC East Division. The Patriots continued their period of futility as they slumped to another horrendous record, and missed the playoffs for the ninth straight season. After being embarrassed 31–7 in their home opener against Cincinnati, the Patriots would win their next two games against Atlanta and Washington. However, the Patriots would continue their mid-season misery, losing nine consecutive games to slide to 2–10 before winning their first (and only) road game against the New Orleans Saints. New England went winless against AFC opponents. Out of their 11 losses, only (en)
La stagione 1972 dei New England Patriots è stata la 3ª della franchigia nella National Football League, la 13ª complessiva e la terza con come capo-allenatore, dimessosi il 3 novembre 1972, il giorno successivo a una sconfitta per 52-0 contro Miami, venendo sostituito da .. La squadra concluse con 3 vittorie e 11 sconfitte al quinto posto della AFC East division. (it)

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