1973 Baltimore Colts: 4-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (123 points scored, 149 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (103 points scored, 192 allowed) Head Coach: Howard Schnellenberger 226 points scored (21st of 26 teams), 341 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 137 300 1,475 (22) 4.44 14 25 536 2,031 (11) 3.8 9 3,506 (21) 38 Defense: 199 331 2,399 (23) 6.74 16 15 491 2,089 (14) 4.3 15 4,488 (21) 37
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Bert Jones QB 8 6'3 205 22 R Louisiana State 10 George Hunt K 14 6'1 215 24 1 Tennessee 11 Jack Mildren DB 14 6'1 200 24 2 Oklahoma 14 Marty Domres QB 11 6'3 220 26 5 Columbia 17 Sam Havrilak WR 14 6'2 195 25 5 Bucknell 21 Rick Volk DB 14 6'3 195 28 7 Michigan 23 Don McCauley RB 13 6'1 207 24 3 North Carolina 25 Ray Oldham DB 11 6'0 200 22 R Middle Tennessee State 26 Lydell Mitchell RB 14 5'11 204 24 2 Penn State 28 Cotton Speyrer WR 14 6'0 175 24 2 Texas 29 Brian Herosian DB 12 6'3 200 23 R Connecticut 31 Nelson Munsey DB 14 6'1 185 25 2 Wyoming 32 Mike Curtis LB 7 6'2 232 30 9 Duke 35 Glenn Doughty WR 14 6'2 204 26 2 Michigan 36 John Andrews TE 8 6'3 227 24 2 Indiana 38 Bill Olds RB 13 6'1 224 22 R Nebraska 39 Hubert Ginn RB 9 5'11 188 26 4 Florida A&M 40 Bruce Laird DB 12 6'0 185 23 2 American International 44 Rex Kern DB 14 5'11 190 24 3 Ohio State 48 Don Nottingham RB 3 5'10 210 24 3 Kent State 49 David Lee P 14 6'4 230 29 8 Louisiana Tech 50 Dan Neal C 5 6'4 240 24 R Kentucky 52 Mike Kaczmarek LB 14 6'4 235 22 R Southern Illinois 53 Stan White LB 14 6'1 225 24 2 Ohio State 54 Fred Hoaglin C 14 6'4 246 29 8 Pittsburgh 56 Ray May LB 3 6'1 230 28 7 Southern California 57 Ken Mendenhall C 13 6'3 235 25 3 Oklahoma 58 Ed Mooney LB 13 6'2 225 28 5 Texas Tech 59 Stan Cherry LB 3 6'5 200 22 R Morgan State 61 Cornelius Johnson OG 12 6'2 245 30 6 Virginia Union 62 Glenn Ressler OG 14 6'3 250 30 9 Penn State 63 Mike Barnes DE 14 6'6 255 22 R Miami 64 David Taylor OT 13 6'4 254 24 R Catawba 65 Bill Windauer DT 2 6'3 245 23 R Iowa 66 Elmer Collett OG 14 6'4 240 28 7 San Francisco State 68 Dennis Nelson OT 14 6'5 260 27 4 Illinois State 73 Dick Amman DE 14 6'5 258 23 2 Florida State 74 Tom Drougas OT 13 6'4 257 23 2 Oregon 75 Joe Schmiesing DT 14 6'4 260 28 6 New Mexico State 76 Joe Ehrmann DT 12 6'5 260 24 R Syracuse 79 Jim Bailey DT 14 6'5 255 25 4 Kansas 80 Ollie Smith WR 7 6'2 195 24 R Tennessee State 83 Ted Hendricks LB 14 6'7 220 25 5 Miami 84 Tom Mitchell TE 13 6'2 215 29 7 Bucknell 85 Roy Hilton DE 13 6'6 240 30 9 Jackson State 87 Raymond Chester TE 13 6'3 235 25 4 Morgan State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Marty Domres 191 93 48.7 1,153 6.04 12.4 9 4.7 13 6.8 18 145 55.2 Bert Jones 108 43 39.8 539 4.99 12.5 4 3.7 12 11.1 14 126 28.8 Cotton Speyrer 1 1 100.0 54 54.00 54.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Glenn Doughty 25 587 23.5 4 Tom Mitchell 25 313 12.5 4 Don McCauley 25 186 7.4 0 Raymond Chester 18 181 10.1 1 Cotton Speyrer 17 311 18.3 4 Lydell Mitchell 17 113 6.6 0 Hubert Ginn 3 2 0.7 0 Don Nottingham 2 10 5.0 0 Bill Olds 2 -4 -2.0 0 Ollie Smith 1 37 37.0 0 Sam Havrilak 1 9 9.0 0 John Andrews 1 1 1.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Lydell Mitchell 253 963 3.8 2 Don McCauley 144 514 3.6 2 Marty Domres 32 126 3.9 2 Don Nottingham 28 118 4.2 1 Bill Olds 26 100 3.8 2 Glenn Doughty 10 96 9.6 0 Bert Jones 18 58 3.2 0 Hubert Ginn 16 47 2.9 0 Jack Mildren 2 14 7.0 0 Sam Havrilak 2 9 4.5 0 Dennis Nelson 0 3 ? 0 Raymond Chester 1 1 1.0 0 Cotton Speyrer 1 1 1.0 0 Ollie Smith 1 -3 -3.0 0 David Lee 2 -16 -8.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bruce Laird 24 547 22.8 0 Cotton Speyrer 17 496 29.2 1 Hubert Ginn 9 198 22.0 0 Bill Olds 3 14 4.7 0 Rick Volk 2 16 8.0 0 Stan White 1 17 17.0 0 Don Nottingham 1 17 17.0 0 Nelson Munsey 1 13 13.0 0 John Andrews 1 13 13.0 0 Don McCauley 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bruce Laird 15 72 4.8 6 0 Rick Volk 7 45 6.4 7 0 Rex Kern 2 12 6.0 0 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 QB Bert Jones 102 LSU [pick acquired from NO] 1 10 DT Joe Ehrmann 121 Syracuse 2 35 DE Mike Barnes 113 Miami 3 61 RB Bill Olds 52 Nebraska [pick acquired from DEN via HOU] 3 62 LB Jamie Rotella Tennessee 4 83 OT Gary Palmer 2 Kansas [pick acquired from CHI via PHI] 4 85 WR Ollie Smith 33 Tennessee State [pick acquired from SD] 5 114 OG David Taylor 72 Catawba 8 189 DB Ray Oldham 125 Middle Tennessee State [pick acquired from SD] 8 191 OG Bill Windauer 18 Iowa 11 270 C Dan Neal 134 Kentucky 12 295 DE Bernard Thomas Western Michigan 13 322 QB Tom Pierantozzi West Chester 14 347 RB Ed Williams West Virginia 15 374 DB Jackie Brown South Carolina 16 399 RB Marty Januszkiewicz Syracuse 17 426 OT Guy Falkenhagen Northern Michigan
Traded draft picks: #4 to NO (Jim Merlo), #6 to MIN via NO (Doug Kingsriter), #7 to DEN (John Grant), #9 to WAS (Rich Galbos), #10 to NYJ (Joe Carbone)
Transactions:
| 01-22-1973 | traded Johnny Unitas to Chargers for future considerations ($150,000 cash) |
| 01-22-1973 | traded Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Browns for Fred Hoaglin |
| 01-25-1973 | traded Tom Matte to Chargers for San Diego's #8 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-27-1973 | traded Norm Bulaich to Eagles for Chicago's #4 pick in the 1973 draft and Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 01-29-1973 | traded Bill Curry to Oilers for Tom Regner and Denver's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-29-1973 | traded Billy Newsome and Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Saints for New Orleans' #1 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-30-1973 | traded Cincinnati's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Browns for George Hunt |
| 01-31-1973 | traded Jerry Logan to Rams for Los Angeles' #10 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 02-07-1973 | traded Dan Sullivan to Raiders for a #14 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 02-08-1973 | traded Fred Miller to Redskins for a #10 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 03-15-1973 | traded Tom Nowatzke to Oilers for a #14 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 05-29-1973 | claimed Stan Cherry on waivers from Patriots |
| 06-14-1973 | traded Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Lions for Joe Schmiesing |
| 06-26-1973 | traded Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1975 draft and a #5 pick in the 1976 draft to 49ers for Elmer Collett |
| 07-08-1973 | Tom Regner retired |
| 07-17-1973 | traded Bubba Smith to Raiders for Raymond Chester |
| 07-19-1973 | traded John Mosier to Bills for Buffalo's #7 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-23-1973 | traded Charlie Stukes to Vikings for Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-26-1973 | traded Jim O'Brien to Lions for Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 08-01-1973 | traded a #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Lions for John Gordon |
| 08-01-1973 | claimed Ira Dean on waivers from Lions |
| 08-14-1973 | traded Bill Laskey to Broncos for Denver's #7 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 08-29-1973 | traded Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Lions for Ed Mooney |
| 08-30-1973 | claimed John Sykes on waivers from Chargers |
| 09-11-1973 | Patriots claimed Fred DeBernardi on waivers |
| 10-02-1973 | traded Don Nottingham and Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Dolphins for Hubie Ginn |
| 10-03-1973 | traded Ray May to Broncos for Denver's #3 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft |
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 at Cleveland Browns L 14-24 0-1-0 09/23/73 vs New York Jets L 10-34 0-2-0 09/30/73 vs New Orleans Saints W 14-10 1-2-0 10/07/73 at New England Patriots L 16-24 1-3-0 10/14/73 at Buffalo Bills L 13-31 1-4-0 10/21/73 at Detroit Lions W 29-27 2-4-0 10/28/73 vs Oakland Raiders L 21-34 2-5-0 11/04/73 vs Houston Oilers L 27-31 2-6-0 11/11/73 at Miami Dolphins L 0-44 2-7-0 11/18/73 at Washington Redskins L 14-22 2-8-0 11/25/73 vs Buffalo Bills L 17-24 2-9-0 12/02/73 at New York Jets L 17-20 2-10-0 12/09/73 vs Miami Dolphins W 16-3 3-10-0 12/16/73 vs New England Patriots W 18-13 4-10-0