1972 New York(A) 7-5-2 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot New York(A) 71 131 73 81 0 356 Opponent 72 94 75 124 0 365 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 356 365 0-0 1 27 @Buffalo 27 First Downs 263 305 0-0 2 24 @Baltimore 24 Rush 108 127 1-0 2 20 @Houston 16 Pass 141 166 1-1 2 16 Miami 48 Pen 14 12 2-1 2 23 @New England 17 Penalties 77 73 3-1 2 28 Baltimore 27 Yards 586 685 4-1 2 41 New England 38 5-1 2 30 Washington 20 Rushing Att 476 491 5-2 2 28 Buffalo 34 Yards 2168 2337 6-2 2 35 @Miami 23 Ave 4.6 4.8 6-3 2 21 @Detroit 30 TD 11 21 7-3 2 33 New Orleans 20 7-4 2 9 @Oakland 13 Passing Att 327 389 7-5 2 21 Cleveland 28 Comp 174 229 % 53.2 58.9 Int 10 11 % 3.1 2.8 TD 26 17 % 8.0 4.4 Yards 3044 3065 Sacked 17 25 Punt Return 24 35 Yards 216 265 Ave 9.0 7.6 Kick Return 72 62 Yards 1331 1435 Ave 18.5 23.1 Punts 52 51 Yards 1972 2003 Ave 37.9 39.3 FG Att 36 34 Made 26 29 % 72.2 85.3 Third Downs 166 178 Made 62 77 % 37.3 43.3 Fourth Downs 11 12 Made 6 9 % 54.5 75.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 24 23 Lost 9 12 Turnovers 19 23 Net Offense 5111 5225 Per Play 6.2 5.8 1972 New York(A) Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Riggins 201 979 4.9 31 45 44 4 Caster 38 8 731 19.2 7 35 62 8 Boozer 129 651 5.0 21 32 37 2 Bell 34 4 616 18.1 5 26 80 7 McClain 60 342 5.7 13 20 25 3 Maynard 30 2 505 16.8 5 24 53 3 Harkey 43 138 3.2 3 7 17 2 Riggins 24 5 379 15.8 2 18 74 2 Bjorklund 20 51 2.6 1 3 15 0 Boozer 17 2 349 20.5 4 15 58 4 Namath 17 6 0.4 0 0 5 0 Barkum 14 0 249 17.8 2 12 33 2 Bell 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Harkey 8 1 95 11.9 1 5 28 0 Davis 2 4 2.0 0 0 5 0 McClain 6 1 75 12.5 1 4 25 0 Snell 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 Stewart 2 1 21 10.5 0 1 12 0 Caster 2 -6 -3.0 0 0 0 0 Bjorklund 1 0 24 24.0 0 1 24 0 476 2168 4.6 69 108 44 11 174 24 3044 17.5 27141 80 26 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Namath 321 173 53.9 3043 17.6 80 26 27 9 2.8 16 26 8.1 101.8 Davis 6 1 16.7 1 1.0 1 2 0 1 16.7 1 0 0.0 0.0 327 174 53.2 3044 17.5 80 28 27 10 3.1 17 26 8.0 99.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Howfield 40 38 95.0 36 26 72.2 45.5 0.0 47 116 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross O'Neal 52 1972 51 1 0 9 35 265 32.4 37.9 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Turner,B 1 28 28.0 28 0 Turner,B 7 0 60 8.6 12 0 Wise 7 183 26.1 33 0 Farasopoul 17 14 156 9.2 63 1 Farasopoul 35 718 20.5 39 0 24 14 216 9.0 63 1 Kirksey 2 36 18.0 24 0 Hicks 3 47 15.7 23 0 Bjorklund 10 154 15.4 32 0 McClain 4 61 15.3 26 0 Barkum 2 24 12.0 13 0 Zapalac 8 80 10.0 12 0 Schmitt 1 0 0.0 0 0 72 1331 18.5 39 0 Fumbles Namath 9 Riggins 4 Kirksey 1 Wise 1 McClain 5 Boozer 2 Barkum 1 Zapalac 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Elliot 8 Elliot 14 Atkinson 10 Farasopo 11 Lomas 4 Herman 3 Lomas 8 Lomas 13 Little,J 10 Tannen 9 Atkinson 3 Ebersole 2 Little,J 4 Philbin 8 Grantham 9 Thomas,E 7 Thomas,E 3 Hill 2 Philbin 4 Baker 4 Philbin 7 Lomas 4 Baker 2 Tannen 2 Baker 1 Little,J 2 Lomas 5 Grantham 3 Philbin 2 Thomas,E 2 Elliot 5 Wise 3 Elliot 2 Baker 1 Hicks 2 Atkinson 2 Hicks 1 Galigher 1 Galigher 1 Elliot 2 Little,J 1 Harkey 1 Baker 1 Ebersole 1 Ebersole 1 Bell 1 Tannen 1 Philbin 1 Farasopo 1 Boozer 1 Sowells 1 Tannen 1 Little,J 1 Baker 1 Grantham 1 Lomas 1 Hicks 1 Wise 1 Maynard 1 Little,J 1 McClain 1 Namath 1 Philbin 1 Rasmusse 1 Riggins 1 Svihus 1 Caster 1 Crane 1 Tackles Atkinson 103 Baker 66 Elliot 46 Wise 24 Zapalac 14 Galigher 8 Farasopo 83 Lomas 54 Hicks 33 Barkum 17 Taylor,M 12 Thompson 2 Tannen 79 Little,J 52 Philbin 31 Jackson, 16 Crane 10 Thomas,E 70 Grantham 50 Ebersole 28 Sowells 14 Holloman 9 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Hicks 3 106 35.3 88 1 Farasopou 2 74 37.0 40 0 Baker 2 0 0.0 0 0 Tannen 2 58 29.0 29 1 Atkinson 1 1 1.0 1 0 Thomas,Ea 1 29 29.0 29 0 11 268 24.4 88 2 1972 New York(A) Coach:Weeb Ewbank Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Davis,Bob 5 O 2 1 QB Namath,Joe 4 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Bjorklund,Hank 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Boozer,Emerson 1 0 4 B 3 3 RB Harkey,Steve 1 0 3 B 3 3 RB McClain,Cliff 1 0 4 B 3 4 KR RB Riggins,John 2 0 5 I 3 3 RB Snell,Matt 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR WR Barkum,Jerome 0 0 5 O 1 1 KR WR Bell,Eddie 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Maynard,Don 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Turner,Rocky 0 0 2 O 1 1 RET TE Caster,Rich 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Stewart,Wayne 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Finnie,Roger 3 3 5 G Herman,Dave 5 5 4 G Rasmussen,Randy 8 8 5 T Hill,Winston 9 9 5 T Svihus,Bob 4 4 5 C Crane,Paul 3 3 4 C Schmitt,John 5 5 5 G-T Kirksey,Roy 3 3 3 KR C-T Mooring,John 3 3 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Elliot,John 6 4 0 2 4 DT Little,John 5 4 0 1 5 DT Thompson,Steve 3 2 0 1 2 DL Galigher,Ed 4 3 0 1 4 DL Jackson,Joey 4 3 0 1 5 DL Lomas,Mark 5 3 0 2 5 DE Philbin,Gerry 4 3 0 1 5 ILB Atkinson,Al 6 3 3 0 5 LB Ebersole,John 4 2 2 0 5 OLB Baker,Ralph 6 2 3 1 4 OLB Crane,Paul 4 2 2 0 4 OLB Grantham,Larry 6 3 3 0 4 OLB Taylor,Mike 3 2 1 0 5 CB Sowells,Rich 3 0 3 0 3 CB Thomas,Earlie 4 0 4 0 5 DB Tannen,Steve 5 0 5 0 4 S Farasopoulos,Chris 5 1 4 0 5 RET S Hicks,WK 3 1 2 0 5 RET S Holloman,Gus 3 1 2 0 5 S Wise,Phillip 4 1 3 0 3 KR Special Teams K Howfield,Bobby P O'Neal,Steve