Sunday, October 1, 1972
| DET | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Craig Cotton 3 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Bears | Bobby Douglass 4 yard rush (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Lions | Greg Landry 10 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| Bears | Mac Percival 15 yard field goal | 14 | 10 | |
| Lions | Steve Owens 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Greg Landry 6 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4th | Bears | Cyril Pinder 11 yard rush (Mac Percival kick) | 28 | 17 |
| Lions | Errol Mann 35 yard field goal | 31 | 17 | |
| Bears | Jim Harrison 17 yard rush (Mac Percival kick) | 31 | 24 | |
| Lions | Greg Landry 13 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 38 | 24 |
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-197-4 | 41-253-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-12-131-1-0 | 8-16-89-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 2-15 |
| Net pass yards | 115 | 74 |
| Total yards | 312 | 327 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 0-0 | 4-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Greg Landry | DET | 8 | 12 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 87 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Owens | DET | 22 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Cotton | DET | 4 | 67 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl McCullouch | DET | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Farr | DET | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Barnes | DET | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Altie Taylor | DET | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | CHI | 8 | 16 | 89 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 97 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Harrison | CHI | 18 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cyril Pinder | CHI | 9 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| George Farmer | CHI | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Butkus | CHI | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Seymour | CHI | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl Thomas | CHI | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Shy | CHI | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Lucci | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Rasmussen | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Triplett | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mickey Zofko | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Smith | CHI | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cecil Turner | CHI | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Errol Mann | DET | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Weaver | DET | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | ||||
| Mac Percival | CHI | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |