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1973 Baltimore Colts: 4-10-0
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net David Lee 62 2,402 38.7 0 0 2 0 0 37.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts George Hunt 6/6 7/9 3/5 0/5 0/3 16/28 22/24 70 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jim Bailey 4.0 Mike Barnes 4.0 Mike Curtis 2 9 0 Joe Ehrmann 2.0 Ted Hendricks 4.0 3 33 0 Roy Hilton 3.5 Mike Kaczmarek 1.0 1 2 0 Rex Kern 2 22 0 Nelson Munsey 1.0 Ray Oldham 2 10 0 Joe Schmiesing 4.5 Rick Volk 1 0 0 Stan White 2.0 4 40 1

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:

01-22-1973traded Johnny Unitas to Chargers for future considerations ($150,000 cash)
01-22-1973traded Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Browns for Fred Hoaglin
01-25-1973traded Tom Matte to Chargers for San Diego's #8 pick in the 1973 draft
01-27-1973traded Norm Bulaich to Eagles for Chicago's #4 pick in the 1973 draft and Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1974 draft
01-29-1973traded Bill Curry to Oilers for Tom Regner and Denver's #3 pick in the 1973 draft
01-29-1973traded Billy Newsome and Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Saints for New Orleans' #1 pick in the 1973 draft
01-30-1973traded Cincinnati's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Browns for George Hunt
01-31-1973traded Jerry Logan to Rams for Los Angeles' #10 pick in the 1974 draft
02-07-1973traded Dan Sullivan to Raiders for a #14 pick in the 1974 draft
02-08-1973traded Fred Miller to Redskins for a #10 pick in the 1974 draft
03-15-1973traded Tom Nowatzke to Oilers for a #14 pick in the 1974 draft
05-29-1973claimed Stan Cherry on waivers from Patriots
06-14-1973traded Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Lions for Joe Schmiesing
06-26-1973traded Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1975 draft and a #5 pick in the 1976 draft to 49ers for Elmer Collett
07-08-1973Tom Regner retired
07-17-1973traded Bubba Smith to Raiders for Raymond Chester
07-19-1973traded John Mosier to Bills for Buffalo's #7 pick in the 1974 draft
07-23-1973traded Charlie Stukes to Vikings for Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1974 draft
07-26-1973traded Jim O'Brien to Lions for Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1974 draft
08-01-1973traded a #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Lions for John Gordon
08-01-1973claimed Ira Dean on waivers from Lions
08-14-1973traded Bill Laskey to Broncos for Denver's #7 pick in the 1974 draft
08-29-1973traded Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Lions for Ed Mooney
08-30-1973claimed John Sykes on waivers from Chargers
09-11-1973Patriots claimed Fred DeBernardi on waivers
10-02-1973traded Don Nottingham and Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Dolphins for Hubie Ginn
10-03-1973traded 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

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