1973 Dallas Cowboys: 10-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (233 points scored, 82 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (149 points scored, 121 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry
382 points scored (2nd of 26 teams), 203 points allowed (7th) 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: 192 321 2,333 ( 7) 6.41 26 16 542 2,418 ( 5) 4.5 17 4,751 ( 4) 28
Defense: 187 352 1,995 (16) 5.09 15 18 435 1,471 ( 3) 3.4 5 3,466 ( 5) 41
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Roger Staubach QB 14 6'2 197 31 5 Navy 14 Craig Morton QB 14 6'4 214 30 9 California 15 Toni Fritsch K 13 5'7 185 28 3 None 17 Mike Clark K 4 6'1 205 32 10 Texas A&M 20 Mel Renfro DB 14 6'0 190 31 10 Oregon 22 Bob Hayes WR 13 6'0 185 30 9 Florida A&M 23 Mike Montgomery RB 9 6'2 210 24 3 Kansas State 31 Benny Barnes DB 14 6'1 190 22 2 Stanford 32 Walt Garrison RB 13 6'0 205 29 8 Oklahoma State 33 Cyril Pinder RB 5 6'2 210 26 6 Illinois 34 Cornell Green DB 14 6'4 208 33 12 Utah State 35 Calvin Hill RB 14 6'3 227 26 5 Yale 40 Les Strayhorn RB 11 5'10 205 22 R East Carolina 41 Charlie Waters DB 14 6'1 193 25 4 Clemson 43 Cliff Harris DB 14 6'0 184 24 4 Ouachita Baptist 44 Robert Newhouse RB 14 5'10 202 23 2 Houston 45 Larry Robinson RB 4 6'4 210 22 R Tennessee 46 Mark Washington DB 14 5'10 188 25 4 Morgan State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 14 6'2 225 28 5 Mississippi State 51 Dave Manders C 13 6'2 250 32 9 Michigan State 52 Dave Edwards LB 14 6'3 225 33 11 Auburn 53 John Babinecz LB 12 6'1 222 23 2 Villanova 54 Chuck Howley LB 1 6'3 225 37 15 West Virginia 55 Lee Roy Jordan LB 14 6'2 220 32 11 Alabama 56 Rodrigo Barnes LB 14 6'1 215 23 R Rice 61 Blaine Nye OG 14 6'4 250 27 6 Stanford 62 John Fitzgerald C 14 6'5 250 25 3 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DE 14 6'4 250 26 6 Hawaii 64 Jim Arneson OG 12 6'3 236 22 R Arizona 67 Pat Toomay DE 14 6'5 244 28 4 Vanderbilt 70 Rayfield Wright OT 12 6'7 255 28 7 Fort Valley State 71 Rodney Wallace OT 12 6'5 255 24 3 New Mexico 73 Ralph Neely OT 14 6'5 265 30 9 Oklahoma 74 Bob Lilly DT 14 6'4 260 34 13 Texas Christian 75 Jethro Pugh DT 13 6'6 260 29 9 Elizabeth City State 76 John Niland OG 13 6'4 245 29 8 Iowa 77 Bill Gregory DT 14 6'5 255 23 3 Wisconsin 78 Bruce Walton OG 7 6'6 250 22 R UCLA 79 Harvey Martin DE 14 6'5 262 22 R East Texas State 81 Marv Bateman P 13 6'4 213 23 2 Utah 82 Otto Stowe WR 7 6'2 188 24 3 Iowa State 83 Golden Richards WR 12 6'0 172 22 R Brigham Young 84 Jean Fugett TE 12 6'3 220 21 2 Amherst 87 Billy Truax TE 2 6'5 240 30 10 Louisiana State 88 Drew Pearson WR 14 6'0 175 22 R Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 14 6'4 225 23 R Michigan State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Roger Staubach 286 179 62.6 2,428 8.49 13.6 23 8.0 15 5.2 43 269 94.6
Craig Morton 32 13 40.6 174 5.44 13.4 3 9.4 1 3.1 0 0 76.8
Walt Garrison 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Calvin Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Mike Montgomery 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Calvin Hill 32 290 9.1 0 Billy Joe DuPree 29 392 13.5 5 Walt Garrison 26 273 10.5 2 Otto Stowe 23 389 16.9 6 Drew Pearson 22 388 17.6 2 Bob Hayes 22 360 16.4 3 Mike Montgomery 14 164 11.7 3 Jean Fugett 9 168 18.7 3 Robert Newhouse 9 87 9.7 1 Golden Richards 6 91 15.2 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Calvin Hill 273 1,142 4.2 6 Walt Garrison 105 440 4.2 6 Robert Newhouse 84 436 5.2 1 Roger Staubach 46 250 5.4 3 Les Strayhorn 11 62 5.6 1 Jean Fugett 1 34 34.0 0 Otto Stowe 3 28 9.3 0 Larry Robinson 2 17 8.5 0 Cyril Pinder 12 15 1.2 0 Golden Richards 1 2 2.0 0 Billy Joe DuPree 2 2 1.0 0 Craig Morton 1 0 0.0 0 Mike Montgomery 1 -10 -10.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Drew Pearson 7 155 22.1 0 Mike Montgomery 6 175 29.2 0 Cliff Harris 6 148 24.7 0 Larry Robinson 4 86 21.5 0 Robert Newhouse 3 62 20.7 0 Golden Richards 3 44 14.7 0 Les Strayhorn 2 44 22.0 0 Bruce Walton 1 11 11.0 0 Mark Washington 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Golden Richards 21 139 6.6 18 0 Cliff Harris 3 20 6.7 3 0 Drew Pearson 2 13 6.5 0 0 Mike Montgomery 2 2 1.0 0 0 |
1973 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 20 TE Billy Joe Dupree 159 Michigan State 2 46 WR Golden Richards 86 Hawaii [pick acquired from GB] 3 53 DE Harvey Martin 158 East Texas State [pick acquired from HOU via NO] 4 98 DB Drane Scrievener Tulsa 5 126 OT Bruce Walton 33 UCLA 6 151 OG Bob Leyen Yale 7 176 LB Rodrigo Barnes 35 Rice 8 204 QB Dan Werner Michigan State 9 229 DB Mike White Minnesota 10 254 LB Carl Johnson Tennessee 11 282 OG Gerald Caswell Colorado State 12 307 OG Jim Arneson 33 Arizona 13 332 WR John Smith UCLA 14 360 OG Bob Thornton North Carolina 15 385 LB Walt Baisy Grambling 16 410 TE John Conley Hawaii 17 438 RB Les Strayhorn 24 East Carolina
Traded draft picks: #2 to CHI (Gary Hrivnak), #3 to NE (Charles Davis)
Transactions:
| 01-1973 | Mike Ditka retired |
| 05-09-1973 | traded Tody Smith and Billy Parks to Oilers for Houston's #1 and #3 picks in the 1974 draft |
| 05-10-1973 | traded Ron Sellers and Dallas' #2 pick in the 1974 draft to Dolphins for Otto Stowe |
| 07-02-1973 | Lance Alworth retired |
| 07-03-1973 | traded Herb Adderley to Patriots for a #10 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-13-1973 | traded Ralph Coleman to Oilers for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 07-18-1973 | Dave Manders retired |
| 07-20-1973 | Bears claimed Mike White on waivers |
| 07-26-1973 | placed Jethro Pugh on injured reserve |
| 08-29-1973 | placed Mike Keller on injured reserve |
| 08-29-1973 | placed Walt Garrison on injured reserve |
| 09-10-1973 | placed Bill Thomas on injured reserve |
| 09-10-1973 | placed Jean Fugett on injured reserve |
| 09-10-1973 | placed Rodney Wallace on injured reserve |
| 10-01-1973 | Oilers claimed Bill Thomas on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/23/73 vs Los Angeles Rams W 27-16 12/30/73 vs Minnesota Vikings L 10-27
1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 at Chicago Bears W 20-17 1-0-0 09/24/73 vs New Orleans Saints W 40-3 2-0-0 09/30/73 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 45-10 3-0-0 10/08/73 at Washington Redskins L 7-14 3-1-0 10/14/73 at Los Angeles Rams L 31-37 3-2-0 10/21/73 vs New York Giants W 45-28 4-2-0 10/28/73 at Philadelphia Eagles L 16-30 4-3-0 11/04/73 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 38-10 5-3-0 11/11/73 at New York Giants W 23-10 6-3-0 11/18/73 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 31-10 7-3-0 11/22/73 vs Miami Dolphins L 7-14 7-4-0 12/02/73 at Denver Broncos W 22-10 8-4-0 12/09/73 vs Washington Redskins W 27-7 9-4-0 12/16/73 at St. Louis Cardinals W 30-3 10-4-0
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