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Record: 2 - 11 - 1 (pythagorean: 2 - 12, .186) Coaching: J. D. Roberts 2 - 11 - 1  1972 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-8 (8) - Royce Smith, Georgia, G   2-5 (31) - Willie Hall, USC, LB   3-8 (60) - Robert Kuziel, Pittsburgh, C   3-22 (74) - Tom Myers, Syracuse, DB   4-7 (85) - Mike Crangle, Tennessee-Martin, DE   4-21 (99) - Joe Federspiel, Kentucky, LB   4-23 (101) - Mike Coleman, Knoxville College, DE   5-7 (111) - Bill Butler, Kansas State, RB   5-8 (112) - Carl Johnson, Nebraska, T   5-22 (126) - Bob Davies, South Carolina, DB   6-7 (137) - Wayne Dorton, Arkansas State, G   6-20 (150) - Curt Watson, Tennessee, RB   7-8 (164) - Ernie Jackson, Duke, DB   8-7 (189) - Ron Vinson, Abilene Christian, WR   9-8 (216) - Kent Branstetter, Houston, DT   10-7 (241) - Andy Kupp, Idaho, G   11-7 (267) - Paul Dongieux, Mississippi, LB   12-7 (293) - Steve Lockhart, Arkansas State, TE   13-8 (320) - Cephus Weatherspoon, Fort Lewis, WR   14-7 (345) - Steve Barrios, Tulane, WR   15-8 (372) - Rusty Lachaussee, Tulane, QB   16-7 (397) - Joe Balthrop, Tennessee, G
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 NOR 14 at LAM 34 Week 2 KAN 20 at NOR 17 Week 3 SFO 37 at NOR 2 Week 4 NOR 21 at NYG 45 Week 5 ATL 21 at NOR 14 Week 6 NOR 20 at SFO 20 Week 7 PHI 3 at NOR 21 Week 8 NOR 6 at MIN 37 Week 9 NOR 20 at ATL 36 Week 10 NOR 14 at DET 27 Week 11 LAM 16 at NOR 19 Week 12 NOR 17 at NYJ 18 Week 13 NWE 17 at NOR 10 Week 14 GNB 30 at NOR 20
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 215 3664 26 83 123 20 226   449 230 2781 18 21 43 347   337 1230 5   69 585 33 16 -- DEFENSE 361 4491 38 107 129 15 251   367 213 2596 21 14 24 194   482 2089 15   78 711 27 -- 13     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 16 43 0   OPP: 36 281 0   OWN: 62 1312 0   OPP: 50 1129 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 71 2899 0 1 0   OPP: 52 2045   OWN: 24 26 11 25   OPP: 38 38 31 43
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Archie Manning 14 448 230 51.3 2781 6.21 18 21 43 347 64.6   63 351 5.6 2 18   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Gresham 14 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   121 381 3.1 3 23   29 192 6.6 0 54 Bill Butler 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   54 233 4.3 0 27   25 226 9.0 2 21 Jim Strong 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   37 120 3.2 0 9   14 123 8.8 0 16 Joe Williams 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   31 72 2.3 0 11   16 116 7.3 0 32 Art Green 7 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   14 51 3.6 0 14   7 49 7.0 0 15 Jim Ford 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   11 28 2.5 0 9   1 9 9.0 0 9 Virgil Robinson 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   5 1 0.2 0 5   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dave Parks 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -7 -7.0 0 -7   32 542 16.9 6 66t Bob Newland 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   47 579 12.3 2 42t Danny Abramowicz 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   38 668 17.6 7 51 Bob Brown 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   11 175 15.9 1 34 Margene Adkins 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   9 96 10.7 0 38 Creston Whitaker 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 6 6.0 0 6   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Tommy Myers 13 9 43 4.8 15 10 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Margene Adkins 14 7 0 0.0 2 4 0   43 1020 23.7 61 0 Art Green 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   8 187 23.4 58 0 Jim Strong 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 53 13.3 22 0 Hugo Hollas 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 9 4.5 9 0 Bob Newland 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 6 6.0 6 0 Bill Butler 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 14 14.0 14 0 Remi Prudhomme 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Happy Feller 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   1/1 1/2 3/4 1/4 0/0 46 6 11 10 11 Charlie Durkee 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   1/1 0/1 2/3 0/4 0/0 36 3 9 9 9 Toni Linhart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   1/1 1/2 0/0 0/2 0/0 20 2 5 5 5 Julian Fagan 14 71 2899 71 1 0 0 0.0 40.8   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Hugo Hollas 14 0.0 0   1 14 14 0 Tom Roussel 14 0.0 0   2 15 11 0 Bivian Lee 13 0.0 0   4 65 32 0 Tommy Myers 13 0.0 0   3 0 0 0 Delles Howell 10 0.0 0   1 6 6 0 Ernie Jackson 9 0.0 0   3 41 31 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Danny Abramowicz 13 1 1 0 0 0 Margene Adkins 14 4 1 0 0 0 Bob Brown 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Butler 14 3 1 0 0 0 Wayne Colman 14 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Crangle 13 0 0 0 0 0 John Didion 14 1 0 0 -29 0 Charlie Durkee 6 0 0 0 0 0 Julian Fagan 14 1 2 0 -6 0 Joe Federspiel 14 0 0 0 0 0 Happy Feller 6 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Ford 5 0 0 0 0 0 Art Green 7 0 1 0 0 0 Bob Gresham 14 5 0 0 0 0 Willie Hall 14 0 0 0 0 0 Edd Hargett 14 0 0 0 0 0 Billie Hayes 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Hester 7 0 0 2 0 0 Glen Hines 14 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Hobbs 6 0 0 0 0 0 Hugo Hollas 14 1 2 1 0 0 Delles Howell 10 0 0 0 0 0 Ernie Jackson 9 0 0 1 85 1 Carl Johnson 14 0 1 0 0 0 Jake Kupp 3 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Kuziel 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bivian Lee 13 0 0 0 0 0 Toni Linhart 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Long 14 0 0 0 0 0 Archie Manning 14 9 4 0 0 0 Doug Mooers 14 0 0 1 0 0 Don Morrison 14 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Myers 13 1 0 1 0 0 Richard Neal 14 0 0 1 0 0 Bob Newland 14 1 0 0 0 0 Joe Owens 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Palmer 6 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Parks 12 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Pollard 14 0 0 2 1 0 Remi Prudhomme 5 1 0 0 0 0 Craig Robinson 8 0 0 0 0 0 Virgil Robinson 3 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Roussel 14 0 0 1 0 0 Royce Smith 10 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Stincic 7 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Strong 14 1 0 0 0 0 Faddie Tillman 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cephus Weatherspoon 1 0 0 0 0 0 Creston Whitaker 2 0 0 0 0 0 Del Williams 8 0 1 0 0 0 Joe Williams 14 4 1 1 0 0 Wimpy Winther 5 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Wyatt 14 0 0 2 45 1

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