“1972 New England Patriots season”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The 1972 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 3rd 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 of 3–11, and missed the playoffs for the 9th straight season. After getting embarrassed 31–7 in their home opener against Cincinnati, the Patriots would win their next 2 games against Atlanta and Washington. However, the Patriots would continue their midseason misery, as they would lose 9 straight 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. Besides their embarrassing home-opening loss, the Patriots had plenty of other bad moments during the season. One good example was a 52–0 thrashing given to them by the powerful Miami Dolphins. The loss went down as the worst loss in Patriots history and the most points ever allowed in a game in franchise 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.^[1] 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 tough schedule of the 1990 team, the weakest Patriot teams ever,^[2] and rivalled only by the 1991 Colts and 2009 Rams^[3] as the weakest team by an established franchise since the NFL–AFL merger.

Staff

New England Patriots 1972 staff

Front Office

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

Head Coaches

Interim Head Coach – Phil Bengtson

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Backs/Receivers – Sam Rutigliano
Receivers – Jerry Stoltz
Offensive Line – Bruce Beatty

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Line – Dick Evans
Linebackers – John Meyer
Defensive Backfield – Tom Fletcher

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams – Burnie Miller

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Week

Date

Opponent

Result

Attendance

September 17, 1972

Cincinnati Bengals

L 31–7

60,999

September 24, 1972

Atlanta Falcons

W 21–20

60,999

October 1, 1972

Washington Redskins

W 24–23

60,999

October 8, 1972

at Buffalo Bills

L 38–14

41,749

October 15, 1972

New York Jets

L 41–13

60,999

October 22, 1972

at Pittsburgh Steelers

L 33–3

46,081

October 29, 1972

at New York Jets

L 34–10

62,867

November 6, 1972

Baltimore Colts

L 24–17

60,999

November 12, 1972

at Miami Dolphins

L 52–0

80,010

November 19, 1972

Buffalo Bills

L 27–24

60,999

November 26, 1972

at Baltimore Colts

L 31–0

54,907

December 3, 1972

Miami Dolphins

L 37–21

60,999

December 10, 1972

at New Orleans Saints

W 17–10

64,889

December 17, 1972

at Denver Broncos

L 45–21

51,656

Game summaries

Week 3

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Standings

References

1. ^[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&year_min=1961&year_max=1977&game_type=R&game_num_min=0&game_num_max=99&week_num_min=0&week_num_max=99&game_day_of_week=&game_time=&time_zone=&game_location=&surface=&roof=&game_result=&overtime=&league_id=&team_id=&opp_id=&conference_game=&division_game=&tm_is_playoff=&opp_is_playoff=&tm_is_winning=&opp_is_winning=&tm_scored_first=&tm_led=&tm_trailed=&c1stat=&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=points_diff&order_by_asc=Y All NFL teams sorted by point differential from 1961 to 1977]
2. ^Pro Football Reference; [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nwe/ Boston/New England Patriots Team Encyclopedia]
3. ^Pro Football Reference; [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/ram/ Rams Franchise Encyclopedia]
4. ^[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197210010nwe.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com]. Retrieved 2014-May-04.