1973 Oakland Raiders roster and stats

1973 Oakland Raiders: 9-4-1
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Home record: 5-2-0 (155 points scored, 58 allowed) Road record: 4-2-1 (137 points scored, 117 allowed) Head Coach: John Madden 292 points scored (10th of 26 teams), 175 points allowed (3rd) 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: 205 353 2,263 ( 9) 5.69 16 18 547 2,510 ( 4) 4.6 14 4,773 ( 3) 34 Defense: 170 370 1,690 ( 8) 4.12 12 17 435 1,470 ( 2) 3.4 5 3,160 ( 2) 33

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Jim Otto C 14 6'2 255 35 14 Miami 3 Daryle Lamonica QB 8 6'2 215 32 11 Notre Dame 8 Ray Guy P 14 6'3 190 23 R Southern Mississippi 12 Ken Stabler QB 14 6'3 215 27 4 Alabama 16 George Blanda K 14 6'1 215 46 24 Kentucky 20 Jimmy Warren DB 10 5'11 175 34 10 Illinois 21 Cliff Branch WR 13 5'11 170 25 2 Colorado 23 Charlie Smith RB 14 6'1 205 27 6 Utah 24 Willie Brown DB 14 6'1 190 32 11 Grambling 25 Fred Biletnikoff WR 14 6'1 190 30 9 Florida State 26 Skip Thomas DB 14 6'1 205 23 2 Southern California 28 Clarence Davis RB 13 5'10 190 24 3 Southern California 32 Jack Tatum DB 13 5'10 200 24 3 Ohio State 36 Bob Hudson RB 14 5'11 205 25 2 Northeastern Oklahoma 40 Pete Banaszak RB 14 5'11 210 29 8 Miami 41 Phil Villapiano LB 14 6'1 222 24 3 Bowling Green 42 Tommy Maxwell DB 8 6'2 195 26 5 Texas A&M 43 George Atkinson DB 14 6'0 180 26 6 Morris Brown 44 Marv Hubbard RB 14 6'1 225 27 5 Colgate 46 Warren Bankston TE 11 6'4 235 26 5 Tulane 47 Jeff Queen RB 9 6'1 220 27 5 Morgan State 48 Nemiah Wilson DB 13 6'0 165 30 9 Grambling 49 Mike Siani WR 14 6'2 195 23 2 Villanova 50 Dave Dalby C 14 6'2 240 23 2 UCLA 51 Joe Carroll LB 9 6'1 220 23 2 Pittsburgh 52 Gary Weaver LB 10 6'1 224 24 R Fresno State 55 Dan Conners LB 14 6'1 230 32 10 Miami 58 Monte Johnson LB 13 6'4 235 22 R Nebraska 60 Otis Sistrunk DT 14 6'4 255 27 2 None 63 Gene Upshaw OG 14 6'5 255 28 7 Texas A&I 64 George Buehler OG 14 6'2 260 26 5 Stanford 65 Paul Seiler OT 4 6'4 260 27 5 Notre Dame 71 Kelvin Korver DT 14 6'6 260 24 1 Northwestern (IA) 75 John Vella OT 14 6'4 255 23 2 Southern California 76 Bob Brown OT 10 6'4 280 31 10 Nebraska 77 Bubba Smith DE 12 6'7 265 28 6 Michigan State 78 Art Shell OT 14 6'5 265 26 6 Maryland Eastern Shore 80 Art Thoms DT 13 6'5 250 27 5 Syracuse 82 Horace Jones DE 14 6'3 255 24 3 Louisville 84 Tony Cline DE 14 6'2 240 25 4 Miami 86 Gerald Irons LB 14 6'2 230 26 4 Maryland Eastern Shore 88 Bob Moore TE 14 6'3 220 24 3 Stanford 89 Steve Sweeney WR 14 6'3 205 23 R California

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Stabler 260 163 62.7 1,997 7.68 12.3 14 5.4 10 3.8 34 261 88.3 Daryle Lamonica 93 42 45.2 614 6.60 14.6 2 2.2 8 8.6 11 87 38.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Biletnikoff       48    660   13.8    4
Mike Siani             45    742   16.5    3
Bob Moore              34    375   11.0    4
Charlie Smith          28    260    9.3    1
Cliff Branch           19    290   15.3    3
Marv Hubbard           15    116    7.7    0
Clarence Davis          7     76   10.9    0
Pete Banaszak           6     31    5.2    0
Steve Sweeney           2     52   26.0    1
Bob Hudson              1      9    9.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Marv Hubbard          193    903    4.7    6
Charlie Smith         173    682    3.9    4
Clarence Davis        116    609    5.2    4
Pete Banaszak          34    198    5.8    0
Ken Stabler            21    101    4.8    0
Ray Guy                 1     21   21.0    0
Bob Hudson              4      3    0.8    0
Daryle Lamonica         5     -7   -1.4    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Clarence Davis         19    504   26.5    0
Bob Hudson             14    350   25.0    0
Pete Banaszak           3     48   16.0    0
Charlie Smith           2     23   11.5    0
Warren Bankston         1     12   12.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
George Atkinson        41    336    8.2    6    1
Tommy Maxwell           4      8    2.0    4    0
Jimmy Warren            1      0    0.0    2    0
Bob Hudson              0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ray Guy 69 3,127 45.3 0 0 0 0 0 45.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts George Blanda 10/10 7/8 3/4 3/11 0/0 23/33 31/31 100 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD George Atkinson 3 48 0 Willie Brown 3 -1 0 Tony Cline 6.5 Gerald Irons 2 19 0 Horace Jones 4.5 Kelvin Korver 1.0 1 12 0 Otis Sistrunk 13.0 Bubba Smith 4.5 Jack Tatum 1 26 0 Skip Thomas 2 24 0 Art Thoms 5.5 Phil Villapiano 1.0 1 6 0 Jimmy Warren 1 0 0 Nemiah Wilson 3 28 0

1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 23 P Ray Guy 207 Southern Mississippi 2 49 DT Monte Johnson 99 Nebraska 4 92 DB Perry Smith 108 Colorado State [pick acquired from LA] 4 101 WR Joe Wylie Oklahoma 5 124 WR Louis Neal 15 Prairie View [pick acquired from GB] 5 127 OT Ron Mikolajczyk 32 Tampa 6 153 OT Brent Myers Purdue 7 179 LB Gary Weaver 87 Fresno State 8 205 QB Mike Rae 28 USC 9 231 TE Steve Sweeney California 10 257 RB Leo Allen Tuskegee 11 283 RB Jerry List Nebraska 12 309 OG Jim Krapf Alabama 14 361 DB Bruce Polen William Penn 15 387 C Dave Leffers Vanderbilt 16 413 WR Jerry Gadlin Wyoming 17 439 OG Mike Ryan USC

Traded draft picks: #3 to DET via LA (Levi Johnson), #13 to LA (Clinton Spearman)

Transactions:

01-26-1973	traded Carleton Oats to Packers for Vern Vanoy and Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1973 draft
01-31-1973	traded Oakland's #13 pick in the 1973 draft to Rams for Jim Purnell
02-07-1973	traded a #14 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Dan Sullivan
02-26-1973	received a fifth round pick from Packers as compensation for hiring assistant coach John Polonchek
05-02-1973	traded a draft pick to Steelers for Lee Calland
07-01-1973	Packers claimed Perry Smith on waivers
07-13-1973	traded cash to Packers for Demrey Brandon
07-13-1973	traded Don Highsmith to Packers for Bob Hudson
07-17-1973	traded Raymond Chester to Colts for Bubba Smith
07-22-1973	traded Tom Keating to Steelers for Pittsburgh's #4 pick in the 1974 draft
07-25-1973	traded Greg Slough to Vikings for a draft pick
07-26-1973	Browns claimed Jerry DePoyster on waivers
08-24-1973	traded Oakland's #3 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft (?) to Saints for Glen Ray Hines
08-29-1973	traded Jerry List to Patriots for a #11 pick in the 1974 draft
08-29-1973	traded Glen Ray Hines to Steelers for Pittsburgh's #3 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft
09-10-1973	traded Pittsburgh's #4 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft to Steelers for Warren Bankston

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/22/73    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 33-14
12/30/73    at Miami Dolphins          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 Minnesota Vikings       L 16-24       0-1-0
09/23/73    vs Miami Dolphins          W 12-7        1-1-0
09/30/73    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 3-16        1-2-0
10/07/73    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 17-10       2-2-0
10/14/73    at San Diego Chargers      W 27-17       3-2-0
10/22/73    at Denver Broncos          T 23-23       3-2-1
10/28/73    at Baltimore Colts         W 34-21       4-2-1
11/04/73    vs New York Giants         W 42-0        5-2-1
11/11/73    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 9-17        5-3-1
11/18/73    vs Cleveland Browns        L 3-7         5-4-1
11/25/73    vs San Diego Chargers      W 31-3        6-4-1
12/02/73    at Houston Oilers          W 17-6        7-4-1
12/08/73    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 37-7        8-4-1
12/16/73    vs Denver Broncos          W 21-17       9-4-1

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