1972 Philadelphia Eagles

The 1972 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 40th in the league. They failed to improve on their previous output of 6–7–1, winning only two games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the twelfth consecutive season.

Offseason
The Eagles held training camp at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. This was the last year there, next year they would move camp to Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, only 7 miles from Veterans Stadium.

NFL Draft
The 1972 NFL Draft was held on February 1–2, 1972. the draft was 17 rounds and a total of 443 players were chosen

The Eagle chose John Reaves a quarterback from the University of Florida with the 14th pick in the 1st round. They would have the to pick 14th in the 17 rounds. They chose 17 players in this year's draft.

The number 1 overall pick went to the Buffalo Bills, who chose Walt Patulski, a Defensive end out of the University of Notre Dame In the 2nd round with the 40th pick, Atlanta Falcons took 1971 Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan, a Quarterback out of Auburn University

Player Selections
The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

Regular season
On November 12, Tom Dempsey kicked six field goals in one game.

Game Recaps
A recap of the scoring plays and the game scores by quarters during the year. The record after the team's name reflects this games outcome also.

Week 9
Sunday, November 12, 1972

Played at Houston Astrodome on AstroTurf in 72F degrees indoors

Week 11
Sunday, November 26, 1968

Played at Yankee Stadium on grass in 50F degrees with a 15 MPH wind

1972 Roster

 * + After name means 1st team selection

Post Season
At the 1972 season end Head Coach Ed Khayat is fired. Mike McCormack, a Washington Redskins assistant coach from 1965–1972 was hired in his place