 | 1972 Baltimore Colts StatisticsNational Football League (NFL) |
Coach: Don McCafferty (1-4)
Coach: John Sandusky (4-5)
1972 Baltimore Colts Roster1972 Baltimore Colts Game-by-Game Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's American Football Conference East Division. Don McCafferty and John Sandusky coached the team.
Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
| Marty Domres | 222 | 115 | 51.8 | 1392 | 6.3 | 11 | 5.0 | 6 | 2.7 | 62 | 11 | 96 | 76.6 |
| Johnny Unitas | 157 | 88 | 56.1 | 1111 | 7.1 | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.8 | 63 | 14 | 114 | 70.8 |
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 381 | 203 | 53.3 | 2503 | 6.6 | 15 | 3.9 | 12 | 3.1 | 63 | 25 | 210 | |
| Opponents | 313 | 178 | 56.9 | 2323 | 7.4 | 15 | 4.8 | 23 | 7.3 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 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 | 15 | 1 |
| Tom Matte | 33 | 137 | 4.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 27 | 109 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Sam Havrilak | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 32 | 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 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 462 | 1894 | 4.1 | 36 | 10 |
| Opponents | 515 | 1989 | 3.9 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Tom Mitchell | 40 | 494 | 12.4 | 34 | 4 |
| Sam Havrilak | 33 | 571 | 17.3 | 62 | 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 | 63 | 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 |
| Totals | 203 | 2503 | 12.3 | 63 | 15 |
| Opponents | 178 | 2323 | 7.4 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | XPA | XPM | XP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
| Jim O'Brien | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 63 |
| Boris Shlapak | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 8 | 0.0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 39 | 13 | 33.3 | 67 |
| Opponents | 30 | 27 | 90.0 | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 72 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
| David Lee | 57 | 2400 | 42.1 | 60 |
| Totals | 57 | 2400 | 42.1 | 60 |
| Opponents | 71 | 2769 | 39.0 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Bruce Laird | 34 | 303 | 8.9 | 42 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 348 | 8.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents | 29 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Bruce Laird | 29 | 843 | 29.1 | 73 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 13 | 377 | 29.0 | 93 | 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 |
| Totals | 47 | 1321 | 28.1 | 93 | 1 |
| Opponents | 50 | 1091 | 21.8 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 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 |
| Totals | 23 | 331 | 14.4 | 37 | 1 |
| Opponents | 12 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Tackles | Fumbles | Kicks | |||||||||||
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Assist | TFL | TFL Yds | Brup | QBH | Fum | F Rec | F Rec Yds | FR TD | FF | K Blk |
| Jim Bailey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Curry | 1 | 2 | -18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Marty Domres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sam Havrilak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ted Hendricks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Roy Hilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rex Kern | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bruce Laird | 0 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Bill Laskey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jerry Logan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Tom Matte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fred Miller | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nelson Munsey | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Billy Newsome | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Don Nottingham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dan Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Vogel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rick Volk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents | 22 | 13 | |||||||||||
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | Int | Fum | Other | FG | XP | 2 Pt | Saf | Points |
| Nelson Munsey | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Mitchell | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Don Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Jim O'Brien | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 75 | ||||||
| Boris Shlapak | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Don McCauley | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Marty Domres | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Curtis | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Sam Havrilak | 2 | 4 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Matte | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 235 |
| Opponents | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 252 | |||||