1973 Green Bay Packers: 5-7-2
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Home record: 3-2-2 (125 points scored, 123 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (77 points scored, 136 allowed) Head Coach: Dan Devine
202 points scored (22nd of 26 teams), 259 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 119 255 1,283 (24) 4.55 7 17 527 1,973 (12) 3.7 10 3,256 (25) 28
Defense: 180 327 1,822 (11) 5.18 14 15 506 1,999 (13) 4.0 13 3,821 (10) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Dick Gordon WR 2 5'11 190 29 9 Michigan State 12 Jim Del Gaizo QB 8 6'1 198 26 2 Syracuse 13 Chester Marcol K 14 6'0 190 24 2 Hillsdale 16 Scott Hunter QB 8 6'2 205 25 3 Alabama 17 Jerry Tagge QB 7 6'2 220 23 2 Nebraska 20 Ron Widby P 12 6'4 220 28 6 Tennessee 21 Charlie Hall DB 13 6'1 195 25 3 Pittsburgh 22 Jon Staggers WR 14 5'10 186 24 4 Missouri 24 Ron McBride RB 2 6'0 200 25 1 Missouri 25 Les Goodman RB 6 5'11 206 23 1 Yankton 27 Hise Austin DB 9 6'4 195 23 R Prairie View A&M 28 Willie Buchanon DB 6 6'0 190 22 2 San Diego State 29 Al Matthews DB 14 5'11 190 25 4 Texas A&I 30 Larry Krause RB 14 6'0 208 25 3 St. Norbert's 31 Perry Williams RB 14 6'2 220 26 5 Purdue 32 Don Highsmith RB 7 6'0 200 25 4 Michigan State 36 MacArthur Lane RB 13 6'0 220 31 6 Utah State 37 Ike Thomas DB 13 6'2 193 25 3 Bishop 39 Jim Hill DB 13 6'2 190 27 5 Texas A&I 42 John Brockington RB 14 6'1 225 25 3 Ohio State 45 Perry Smith DB 8 6'1 195 22 R Colorado State 46 Leland Glass WR 12 6'0 185 22 2 Oregon 48 Ken Ellis DB 14 5'10 190 26 4 Southern 50 Jim Carter LB 14 6'3 235 25 4 Minnesota 51 Bill Hayhoe OT 6 6'8 258 27 5 Southern California 51 Larry Hefner LB 14 6'2 230 24 2 Clemson 53 Fred Carr LB 14 6'5 238 27 6 Texas-El Paso 54 Larry McCarren C 5 6'3 240 21 R Illinois 55 Noel Jenke LB 2 6'1 225 26 3 Minnesota 56 Tom MacLeod LB 10 6'3 220 22 R Minnesota 57 Ken Bowman C 14 6'3 230 30 10 Wisconsin 58 Cal Withrow C 14 6'0 240 28 4 Kentucky 59 Tom Toner LB 14 6'3 225 23 R Idaho State 62 Bill Lueck OG 14 6'3 235 27 6 Arizona 65 Keith Wortman OG 8 6'2 245 23 2 Nebraska 67 Mal Snider OT 14 6'4 250 26 5 Stanford 68 Gale Gillingham OG 14 6'3 255 29 8 Minnesota 71 Kent Branstetter OT 9 6'3 260 24 1 Houston 72 Dick Himes OT 14 6'4 244 27 6 Ohio State 73 Carleton Oats DE 8 6'2 260 31 9 Florida A&M 74 Aaron Brown DE 8 6'5 270 29 7 Minnesota 75 Dave Pureifory DE 13 6'1 260 24 2 Eastern Michigan 76 Mike McCoy DT 14 6'5 284 25 4 Notre Dame 78 Bob Brown DT 14 6'5 260 34 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 80 Barry Smith WR 14 6'1 185 22 R Florida State 81 Rich McGeorge TE 14 6'4 235 25 4 Elon 83 Clarence Williams DE 14 6'5 255 27 4 Prairie View A&M 85 Paul Staroba P 2 6'3 204 24 2 Michigan 86 Mike Donohoe TE 13 6'3 228 28 4 San Francisco 87 Alden Roche DE 13 6'4 255 28 4 Southern 88 Len Garrett TE 2 6'3 230 25 3 New Mexico Highlands
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Jerry Tagge 106 56 52.8 720 6.79 12.9 2 1.9 7 6.6 9 54 53.2
Scott Hunter 84 35 41.7 442 5.26 12.6 2 2.4 4 4.8 10 89 46.8
Jim Del Gaizo 62 27 43.5 318 5.13 11.8 2 3.2 6 9.7 8 77 30.9
MacArthur Lane 2 1 50.0 23 11.50 23.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 131.3
John Brockington 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD MacArthur Lane 27 255 9.4 1 Jon Staggers 25 412 16.5 3 Rich McGeorge 16 260 16.2 1 John Brockington 16 128 8.0 0 Barry Smith 15 233 15.5 2 Leland Glass 11 119 10.8 0 Perry Williams 5 44 8.8 0 Les Goodman 2 19 9.5 0 Paul Staroba 1 23 23.0 0 Mike Donohoe 1 10 10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD John Brockington 265 1,144 4.3 3 MacArthur Lane 170 528 3.1 1 Les Goodman 18 88 4.9 1 Perry Williams 32 87 2.7 1 Jerry Tagge 15 62 4.1 2 Jon Staggers 4 33 8.2 1 Paul Staroba 1 11 11.0 0 Larry Krause 1 8 8.0 0 Don Highsmith 7 7 1.0 0 Barry Smith 1 5 5.0 0 Scott Hunter 8 3 0.4 1 Jim Del Gaizo 4 1 0.2 0 Dick Gordon 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ike Thomas 23 527 22.9 0 Ken Ellis 12 319 26.6 0 Larry Krause 11 244 22.2 0 Aaron Brown 3 26 8.7 0 MacArthur Lane 2 31 15.5 0 Perry Williams 1 24 24.0 0 Don Highsmith 1 18 18.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jon Staggers 19 90 4.7 12 0 Ken Ellis 11 47 4.3 7 0 |
1973 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 WR Barry Smith 54 Florida State 3 74 LB Tom MacLeod 64 Minnesota 6 152 LB Tom Toner 53 Idaho State 7 177 OT John Muller Iowa 8 202 DB Hise Austin 12 Prairie View 9 230 LB Rick Brown South Carolina 10 255 LB Larry Allen Illinois 11 280 DT Phil Engle South Dakota State 12 308 C Larry McCarren 162 Illinois 13 333 DB Tim Alderson Minnesota 14 358 DT James Anderson Northwestern 15 386 WR Reggie Echols UCLA 16 411 TE Keith Pretty Western Michigan 17 436 DT Harold Sampson Southern
Traded draft picks: #2 to DAL (Golden Richards), #4 to LA (Terry Nelson), #5 to OAK (Louis Neal)
Transactions:
| 01-1973 | traded Francis Peay to Chiefs for Aaron Brown |
| 01-26-1973 | traded Vern Vanoy and Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Raiders for Carleton Oats |
| 01-31-1973 | traded Dave Robinson to Redskins for Washington's #2 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 02-26-1973 | sent a fifth round pick to Raiders as compensation for hiring assistant coach John Polonchek |
| 07-01-1973 | claimed Perry Smith on waivers from Raiders |
| 07-13-1973 | traded Demrey Brandon to Raiders for cash |
| 07-13-1973 | traded Bob Hudson to Raiders for Don Highsmith |
| 08-09-1973 | traded Kevin Hunt to Patriots for Bill Dulac |
| 08-22-1973 | traded Green Bay's #2 picks in the 1974 and 1975 drafts to Dolphins for Jim Del Gaizo |
| 09-25-1973 | traded Len Garrett to Saints for Atlanta's #8 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 11-07-1973 | claimed Dick Gordon on waivers from Rams |
| 11-14-1973 | placed Carleton Oats on injured reserve |
1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/73 vs New York Jets W 23-7 1-0-0 09/23/73 vs Detroit Lions T 13-13 1-0-1 09/30/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 3-11 1-1-1 10/07/73 at New York Giants W 16-14 2-1-1 10/14/73 vs Kansas City Chiefs T 10-10 2-1-2 10/21/73 at Los Angeles Rams L 7-24 2-2-2 10/28/73 at Detroit Lions L 0-34 2-3-2 11/04/73 vs Chicago Bears L 17-31 2-4-2 11/11/73 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 25-21 3-4-2 11/18/73 at New England Patriots L 24-33 3-5-2 11/26/73 at San Francisco 49ers L 6-20 3-6-2 12/02/73 vs New Orleans Saints W 30-10 4-6-2 12/08/73 vs Minnesota Vikings L 7-31 4-7-2 12/16/73 at Chicago Bears W 21-0 5-7-2
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