1973 Philadelphia Eagles: 5-8-1
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Home record: 4-3-0 (155 points scored, 184 allowed) Road record: 1-5-1 (155 points scored, 209 allowed) Head Coach: Mike McCormack
310 points scored (8th of 26 teams), 393 points allowed (25th) 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: 275 479 2,998 ( 1) 5.84 23 13 417 1,791 (20) 4.3 9 4,789 ( 2) 28
Defense: 219 370 2,639 (25) 6.75 22 15 513 2,423 (24) 4.7 22 5,062 (25) 30
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Roman Gabriel QB 14 6'4 220 33 12 North Carolina State 7 John Reaves QB 1 6'3 210 23 2 Florida 8 Al Coleman DB 14 6'1 183 28 6 Tennessee State 12 Tom McNeill P 10 6'1 195 31 7 Stephen F. Austin 17 Harold Carmichael WR 14 6'7 225 24 3 Southern 18 Ben Hawkins WR 4 6'0 180 29 8 Arizona State 19 Tom Dempsey K 14 6'1 255 32 5 Palomar J.C. (CA) 20 John Outlaw DB 7 5'10 180 28 5 Jackson State 21 Wes Chesson WR 2 6'2 195 24 3 Duke 25 Tom Sullivan RB 13 6'0 190 23 2 Miami 26 Al Nelson DB 8 5'11 186 30 9 Cincinnati 27 Po James RB 10 6'1 202 24 2 New Mexico State 28 Bill Bradley DB 14 5'11 190 26 5 Texas 30 Joe Lavender DB 13 6'4 190 24 R San Diego State 31 Tom Bailey RB 12 6'2 211 24 3 Florida State 36 Norm Bulaich RB 14 6'1 218 26 4 Texas Christian 39 Kermit Alexander DB 14 5'11 186 32 11 UCLA 41 Randy Logan DB 14 6'1 195 22 R Michigan 46 Lee Bouggess RB 8 6'2 210 25 3 Louisville 48 Greg Oliver RB 11 6'0 192 24 R Trinity (TX) 51 Dick Cunningham LB 9 6'2 238 29 6 Arkansas 52 Kevin Reilly LB 7 6'2 220 22 R Villanova 54 Tom Roussel LB 3 6'3 235 28 6 Southern Mississippi 56 Dean Halverson LB 5 6'2 225 27 5 Washington 59 Mike Evans C 14 6'5 250 27 6 Boston College 61 Bill Dunstan DT 14 6'4 250 24 1 Utah State 62 Guy Morriss C 14 6'4 255 22 R Texas Christian 63 Tom Luken OG 3 6'3 253 23 2 Purdue 66 Roy Kirksey OG 7 6'1 265 26 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 67 Vern Winfield OG 5 6'2 248 24 2 Minnesota 68 Mark Nordquist OG 14 6'4 246 27 6 Pacific 71 Will Wynn DE 12 6'4 240 24 R Tennessee State 72 Wade Key OG 12 6'4 245 27 4 Southwest Texas State 73 Dick Stevens OT 11 6'4 240 25 4 Baylor 74 Steve Smith OT 14 6'5 250 29 7 Michigan 75 Dennis Wirgowski DE 13 6'5 250 26 4 Purdue 76 Jerry Sisemore OT 13 6'4 260 22 R Texas 77 Gerry Philbin DE 13 6'2 245 32 10 Buffalo 80 Don Zimmerman WR 14 6'3 195 23 1 Northeast Louisiana 81 Stan Davis WR 8 5'10 180 23 R Memphis 82 Bob Picard WR 14 6'1 195 23 R Eastern Washington 83 Don Hultz DT 3 6'3 240 32 11 Southern Mississippi 84 Richard Harris DE 11 6'4 260 25 3 Grambling 85 Marlin McKeever LB 13 6'1 235 33 13 Southern California 86 Charle Young TE 14 6'4 230 22 R Southern California 87 Kent Kramer TE 11 6'5 235 29 7 Minnesota 88 Gary Pettigrew DT 14 6'4 255 29 8 Stanford 89 Steve Zabel LB 11 6'4 235 25 4 Oklahoma 95 John Bunting LB 7 6'1 220 23 2 North Carolina 96 John Sodaski LB 14 6'1 222 25 3 Villanova 99 Mel Tom DE 4 6'4 250 32 7 San Jose State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Roman Gabriel 460 270 58.7 3,219 7.00 11.9 23 5.0 12 2.6 31 219 86.0
John Reaves 19 5 26.3 17 0.89 3.4 0 0.0 1 5.3 3 19 17.7
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Harold Carmichael 67 1,116 16.7 9 Charle Young 55 854 15.5 6 Tom Sullivan 50 322 6.4 1 Norm Bulaich 42 403 9.6 3 Don Zimmerman 22 220 10.0 3 Po James 17 94 5.5 0 Tom Bailey 10 80 8.0 1 Ben Hawkins 6 114 19.0 0 Lee Bouggess 4 18 4.5 0 Greg Oliver 1 9 9.0 0 Stan Davis 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Tom Sullivan 217 968 4.5 4 Norm Bulaich 106 436 4.1 1 Po James 36 178 4.9 1 Tom Bailey 20 91 4.5 0 Harold Carmichael 3 42 14.0 0 Lee Bouggess 15 34 2.3 1 Charle Young 4 24 6.0 1 Roman Gabriel 12 10 0.8 1 Greg Oliver 1 6 6.0 0 John Reaves 2 2 1.0 0 Bill Bradley 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Po James 16 413 25.8 0 Tom Sullivan 12 280 23.3 0 Al Nelson 11 264 24.0 0 Stan Davis 10 236 23.6 0 Kermit Alexander 9 189 21.0 0 Al Coleman 2 24 12.0 0 Tom Bailey 2 18 9.0 0 Greg Oliver 1 17 17.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bill Bradley 8 106 13.2 12 0 Kermit Alexander 5 10 2.0 5 0 Stan Davis 2 0 0.0 0 0 |
1973 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 OT Jerry Sisemore 156 Texas 1 6 TE Charle Young 187 USC [pick acquired from SD] 2 28 OG Guy Morriss 217 Texas Christian 3 55 DB Randy Logan 159 Michigan 6 132 WR Bob Picard 54 Eastern Washington 7 159 DE Will Wynn 55 Tennessee State 8 184 DB Dan Lintner Indiana 9 211 LB John Nokes Northern Illinois 11 263 DT Gary Van Elst Michigan State 12 288 DB Joe Lavender 139 San Diego State 13 315 WR Stan Davis 8 Memphis 14 340 OT Ralph Sacra Texas A&M 15 367 DB Ken Schlezes Notre Dame 16 392 DB Frank Dowsing Mississippi State 17 419 RB Greg Oliver 25 Trinity
Traded draft picks: #4 to MIN (Mike Wells), #5 to CHI (Allan Ellis), #10 to MIN (Randy Lee)
Transactions:
| 01-27-1973 | traded Chicago's #4 pick in the 1973 draft and Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Norm Bulaich |
| 04-24-1973 | Giants claimed Gary Ballman on waivers |
| 06-08-1973 | traded Harold Jackson, Tony Baker, Philadelphia's #1 pick in the 1974 draft and Philadelphia's #1 and #3 picks in the 1975 draft to Rams for Roman Gabriel |
| 07-09-1973 | traded Jerry Ellison to Bengals for Speedy Thomas |
| 07-26-1973 | traded Al Davis to Bills for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 07-27-1973 | Redskins claimed Mike O'Quinn on waivers |
| 08-16-1973 | traded Larry Watkins to Bills for Dick Cunningham |
| 09-07-1973 | traded Ron Porter to Vikings for Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 09-10-1973 | traded Philadelphia's #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Patriots for Dennis Wirgowski |
| 10-17-1973 | traded Mel Tom to Bears for Chicago's #5 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 11-28-1973 | Saints claimed Bob Creech on waivers |
1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 23-34 0-1-0 09/23/73 at New York Giants T 23-23 0-1-1 09/30/73 vs Washington Redskins L 7-28 0-2-1 10/07/73 at Buffalo Bills L 26-27 0-3-1 10/14/73 at St. Louis Cardinals W 27-24 1-3-1 10/21/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 21-28 1-4-1 10/28/73 vs Dallas Cowboys W 30-16 2-4-1 11/04/73 vs New England Patriots W 24-23 3-4-1 11/11/73 vs Atlanta Falcons L 27-44 3-5-1 11/18/73 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-31 3-6-1 11/25/73 vs New York Giants W 20-16 4-6-1 12/02/73 at San Francisco 49ers L 28-38 4-7-1 12/09/73 vs New York Jets W 24-23 5-7-1 12/16/73 at Washington Redskins L 20-38 5-8-1
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