1973 Philadelphia Eagles roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom McNeill 46 1,881 40.9 0 0 0 0 0 40.9 Bill Bradley 18 735 40.8 0 0 0 0 0 40.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Tom Dempsey 7/7 4/7 7/11 4/9 2/6 24/40 34/34 106 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bill Bradley 4 21 0 Al Coleman 1.0 Bill Dunstan 1.0 Richard Harris 1.5 Randy Logan 5 38 0 Marlin McKeever 1.0 John Outlaw 2 48 1 Gary Pettigrew 1.5 Gerry Philbin 1.5 John Sodaski 1.0 1 0 0 Mel Tom 2.0 Dennis Wirgowski 1 0 0 Will Wynn 7.5 Steve Zabel 2 13 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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