1972 Oakland Raiders season

NFL team season December 2013 March 2026 Oakland Raiders 1972 10–3–1 1st AFC West Al Davis Al Davis John Madden Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Lost Divisional Playoffs(at Steelers) 7–13 Raiders seasons The 1972 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 13th season. The Raiders won the AFC West for the second time in three seasons. They lost in the AFC Division Round to the Pittsburgh Steelers 13–7 when Franco Harris scored the game-winning touchdown on the Immaculate Reception. The Raiders still dispute that this was an illegal touchdown. This was the only season that the Raiders made the playoffs between 1967 and 1977 that the Raiders failed to advance to the AFL or AFC Championship Game. Offseason NFL draft 1972 NFL draft 1972 Oakland Raiders 1 21 Mike Siani Wide receiver Villanova yes 2 33 Kelvin Korver Offensive tackle Northwestern (Iowa) yes 2 43 John Vella Offensive tackle Southern California 3 72 Mel Lunsford Defensive tackle Central State (Ohio) 4 98 Cliff Branch Wide receiver Colorado yes yes yes 4 100 Dave Dalby Center UCLA yes yes 6 131 Dan Medlin Defensive tackle North Carolina State 7 173 Ray Jamieson Running back Memphis 7 176 Skip Thomas Defensive back Southern California yes 7 178 Dennis Pete Defensive back San Francisco State 8 202 Jackie Brown Running back Stanford 9 228 Dave Bigler Running back Morningside 10 254 Phillip Price Defensive back Idaho State 11 277 Joe Carroll Linebacker Pittsburgh 12 306 Kent Gaydos Tight end Florida State 13 333 Ted Covington Wide receiver San Fernando Valley 14 358 Dennis Cambal Running back William & Mary 15 365 Charles Hester Running back Central State (Ohio) 15 384 Dave Snesrud Linebacker Hamline 16 410 Willie Wright Tight end North Carolina A&T State Football Database. Retrieved 2023-Jul-19. Personnel Staff / Coaches 1972 Oakland Raiders Principal Owner/General Manager - Al Davis Minority Co-Owner - Ed McGah Minority Co-Owner - F. Wayne Valley President of the General Partner / General Manager – Al Davis Senior Executive – John Herrera Scout/ Executive assistant, Personnel Director - Ken Herock Executive Assistant / Scout - Al LoCasale Head Coach – John Madden Assistant Head Coach / Executive Assistant - Tom Flores Offensive Backs – Paul Roach Receivers Coach – Mike Holovak Offensive line – Ollie Spencer Defensive Line – Tom Dahms Linebackers – Ray Malavasi Defensive Backfield – Bob Zeman Special teams – None - N/A Source:https://www.profootballarchives.com/1971nfloak.html 1971 Oakland Raiders (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft www.profootballarchives.com 1972 Oakland Raiders 16 George Blanda K  3 Daryle Lamonica 12 Ken Stabler 40 Pete Banaszak 28 Clarence Davis 44 Marv Hubbard 47 Jeff Queen 23 Charlie Smith running back 25 Fred Biletnikoff 21 Cliff Branch y 49 Mike Siani American football y 87 Raymond Chester 88 Bob Moore American football 76 Bob Brown offensive lineman T 64 George Buehler G 50 Dave Dalby y C 00 Jim Otto C 65 Paul Seiler G 78 Art Shell T 63 Gene Upshaw G 75 John Vella y T 84 Tony Cline DE 82 Horace Jones American football DE 74 Tom Keating American football DT 85 Carleton Oats DT 60 Otis Sistrunk DT 80 Art Thoms DT 55 Dan Conners MLB 51 Joe Carroll American football y MLB 86 Gerald Irons OLB 34 Gus Otto OLB 45 Greg Slough OLB 41 Phil Villapiano OLB 43 George Atkinson safety SS 24 Willie Brown American football CB 31 Jack Tatum FS 26 Skip Thomas y CB/S 20 Jimmy Warren CB 48 Nemiah Wilson CB  4 Jerry DePoyster P 83 Ben Davidson DE IR 32 Don Highsmith RB IR 42 Tommy Maxwell S IR 54 Terry Mendenhall LB IR 30 Dennis Cambal y TE 10 Al Denson American football WR 18 Kent Gaydos y TE 56 Warren Koegel C 71 Kelvin Korver y DT 79 Dan Medlin y G 15 Don Milan QB Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 17 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 28–34 0–1 Three Rivers Stadium 50,141 2 September 24 at Green Bay Packers W 20–14 1–1 Lambeau Field 56,263 3 October 1 San Diego Chargers T 17–17 1–1–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 53,455 4 October 9, 1972 at Houston Oilers W 34–0 2–1–1 Houston Astrodome 51,378 5 October 15 Buffalo Bills W 28–16 3–1–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 53,501 6 October 22 Denver Broncos L 23–30 3–2–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 53,551 7 October 29 Los Angeles Rams W 45–17 4–2–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,660 8 November 5 at Kansas City Chiefs L 14–27 4–3–1 Arrowhead Stadium 82,094 9 November 12 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20–14 5–3–1 Riverfront Stadium 59,485 10 November 19 at Denver Broncos W 37–20 6–3–1 Mile High Stadium 51,656 11 November 26 Kansas City Chiefs W 26–3 7–3–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,801 12 December 3 at San Diego Chargers W 21–19 8–3–1 San Diego Stadium 54,611 13 December 11, 1972 New York Jets W 24–16 9–3–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,843 14 December 17 Chicago Bears W 28–21 10–3–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,711 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 1 Raiders 0 7 0 21 Steelers 14 3 10 7 September 17 Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1:00 p.m. 72 F, wind 13 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197209170pit.htm Oakland Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers - September 17th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 2 Raiders 10 0 10 0 Packers 7 7 0 0 September 24 Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin 1:00 p.m. CDT 61 F, wind 10 mph on Norm Schachter NBC https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197209240gnb.htm Oakland Raiders at Green Bay Packers - September 24th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 3 Chargers 0 7 0 10 Raiders 14 0 0 3 October 1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 1:00 p.m. 61 F, wind 10 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197210010rai.htm San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders - October 1st, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 4 Raiders 3 7 3 21 Oilers 0 0 0 0 October 9 Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas 8:00 p.m. indoors (dome) Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith ABC https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197210090oti.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20131101190228/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197210090oti.htm Oakland Raiders at Houston Oilers - October 9th, 1972 November 1, 2013 Pro-Football-Reference.com dead Week 5 Bills 3 10 0 3 Raiders 0 0 7 21 October 15 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 1:00 p.m. 62 F, wind 13 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197210150rai.htm Buffalo Bills at Oakland Raiders - October 15th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 6 Broncos 7 17 0 6 Raiders 0 3 10 10 October 22 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 1:00 p.m. 60 F, wind 5 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197210220rai.htm Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders - October 22nd, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 7 Rams 0 3 7 7 Raiders 28 7 0 10 October 29 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 1:00 p.m. 55 F, wind 13 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197210290rai.htm Los Angeles Rams at Oakland Raiders - October 29th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 8 Raiders 0 0 7 7 Chiefs 0 17 3 7 November 5 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri 3:00 p.m. 53 F, wind 12 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197211050kan.htm Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs - November 5th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 9 Raiders 0 3 7 10 Bengals 0 7 0 7 November 12 Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio 1:00 p.m. 44 F, wind 6 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197211120cin.htm Oakland Raiders at Cincinnati Bengals - November 12th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 10 Raiders 7 13 3 14 Broncos 10 3 0 7 November 19 Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado 12:00 p.m. 30 F, wind 9 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197211190den.htm Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos - November 19th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 11 Chiefs 0 3 0 0 Raiders 10 13 0 3 November 26 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 1:00 p.m. 50 F, wind 8 mph on https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197211260rai.htm Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders - November 26th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 12 Raiders 7 7 0 7 Chargers 0 10 6 3 December 3 San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California 1:00 p.m. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212030sdg.htm Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers - December 3rd, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 13 Jets 7 6 0 3 Raiders 3 7 7 7 December 11 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 6:00 p.m. 34 F, wind 9 mph on Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith ABC https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212110rai.htm New York Jets at Oakland Raiders - December 11th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 14 Bears 7 0 7 7 Raiders 7 0 7 14 December 17 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California 1:00 p.m. 44 F, wind 11 mph on yes 1 CHI Ron Smith 94-yard kickoff return (Mac Percival kick) CHI 7–0 1 OAK Charlie Smith 14-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) Tie 7–7 3 OAK Charlie Smith 19-yard pass from Ken Stabler (George Blanda kick) OAK 14–7 3 CHI Ross Brupbacher recovered fumble in end zone (Mac Percival kick) Tie 14–14 4 OAK Pete Banaszak 1 yard run (George Blanda kick) OAK 21–14 4 OAK Clarence Davis 45-yard run (George Blanda kick) OAK 28–14 4 CHI Don Shy 1 yard run (Mac Percival kick) OAK 28–21 yes https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212170rai.htm Chicago Bears at Oakland Raiders - December 17th, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com Standings Playoffs Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Divisional December 23 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–13 0–1 Three Rivers Stadium 50,350 Game summaries Raiders 0 0 0 7 Steelers 0 0 3 10 December 23 Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1:00 p.m. 42 F, wind 6 mph on Curt Gowdy NBC https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197212230pit.htm Divisional Round - Oakland Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers - December 23rd, 1972 Pro-Football-Reference.com References External links 1972 Oakland Raiders at ProFootballArchives.com 1972 Oakland Raiders at jt-sw.com 1972 Oakland Raiders at Pro-Football-Reference.com Category:AFC West championship seasons Oakland Category:Oakland Raiders seasons Oakland Category:1970s in Oakland, California