1973 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) |
| 3rd place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 5-8-1 .393 |
| Head Coach: Mike McCormack |
| Boyd Dowler | Receivers |
| John Idzik | Offensive Backs |
| Dick LeBeau | Special Teams |
| Johnny Mazur | Defensive Backs |
| Walt Michaels | Linebackers |
| John Sandusky | Offensive Line |
| Jerry Wampfler | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1973 | N | Buffalo Bills | 13-6 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 15808 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1973 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-45 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55859 | |
| Thu | 8/16/1973 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65220 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1973 | A | San Diego Chargers | 17-24 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 36213 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1973 | A | New York Giants | 21-42 | L | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 41768 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1973 | N | New York Jets | 13-16 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 44218 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1973 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 23-34 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 61103 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1973 | A | New York Giants | 23-23 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 57138 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1973 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 64147 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1973 | A | Buffalo Bills | 26-27 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 72364 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1973 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-24 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 44400 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1973 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 21-28 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47478 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1973 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 30-16 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 63300 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1973 | H | New England Patriots | 24-23 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65070 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1973 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 27-44 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 63114 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1973 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 10-31 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 59375 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1973 | H | New York Giants | 20-16 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 63086 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1973 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 28-38 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 51155 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1973 | H | New York Jets | 24-23 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 34621 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1973 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-38 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 49484 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Kermit Alexander | 39 | S | 5-11 | 185 | 32 | UCLA | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 31 | RB | 6-2 | 211 | 24 | Florida State | 12 | 0 |
| Lee Bouggess | 43 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Louisville | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Bradley | 28 | FS-P | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Norm Bulaich | 36 | RB | 6-1 | 217 | 27 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| John Bunting | 95 | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | North Carolina | 7 | 5 |
| Harold Carmichael | 17 | WR | 6-7 | 255 | 24 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Wes Chesson | 21 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Duke | 2 | 0 |
| Al Coleman | 8 | S | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Cunningham | 51 | MLB | 6-2 | 239 | 29 | Arkansas | 9 | 2 |
| Stan Davis | 81 | RB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Memphis | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Dempsey | 19 | K | 6-1 | 275 | 26 | Palomar JC | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Dunstan | 61 | RDT-LDT-LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Utah State | 14 | 7 |
| Mike Evans | 59 | C | 6-5 | 250 | 27 | Boston College | 14 | 5 |
| Roman Gabriel | 5 | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 33 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Dean Halverson | 56 | LLB-MLB | 6-2 | 221 | 27 | Washington | 5 | 4 |
| Rich Harris | 84 | LDT | 6-5 | 265 | 25 | Grambling State | 11 | 10 |
| Ben Hawkins | 18 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 29 | Arizona State | 4 | 4 |
| Don Hultz | 83 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 33 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 1 |
| Ron James | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | New Mexico State | 10 | 1 |
| Wade Key | 72 | LOG | 6-5 | 245 | 27 | Texas; Texas State | 12 | 10 |
| Roy Kirksey | 66 | OG | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 7 | 0 |
| Kent Kramer | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 235 | 29 | Minnesota | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Lavender | 30 | RCB-LCB | 6-4 | 188 | 24 | San Diego State | 13 | 13 |
| Randy Logan | 41 | SS | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Luken | 63 | OG | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Purdue | 3 | 0 |
| Marlin McKeever | 85 | MLB | 6-1 | 233 | 33 | Southern California | 13 | 11 |
| Tom McNeill | 12 | P | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | Wharton County JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 10 | 0 |
| Guy Morriss | 62 | C | 6-4 | 275 | 22 | Texas Christian | 14 | 9 |
| Al Nelson | 26 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 30 | Cincinnati | 8 | 8 |
| Mark Nordquist | 68 | ROG | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Pacific | 14 | 14 |
| Greg Oliver | 48 | RB | 6-0 | 192 | 24 | Ranger JC; Trinity (Texas) | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Outlaw | 20 | RCB-LCB | 5-10 | 160 | 28 | Jackson State | 7 | 7 |
| Gary Pettigrew | 88 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 252 | 29 | Stanford | 14 | 12 |
| Gerry Philbin | 77 | LDE | 6-2 | 244 | 32 | Buffalo | 13 | 6 |
| Bob Picard | 82 | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Eastern Washington | 14 | 0 |
| John Reaves | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Florida | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Reilly | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 213 | 22 | Villanova | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Roussel | 54 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Southern Mississippi | 3 | 0 |
| Jerry Sisemore | 76 | ROT | 6-4 | 260 | 22 | Texas | 13 | 13 |
| Steve Smith | 74 | LOT | 6-5 | 246 | 29 | Michigan | 14 | 13 |
| John Sodaski | 96 | RLB | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Villanova | 14 | 9 |
| Richard Stevens | 73 | OT | 6-4 | 241 | 25 | Baylor | 11 | 1 |
| Tom Sullivan | 25 | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 13 |
| Mel Tom | 99 | RDE | 6-4 | 247 | 32 | Hawaii; San Jose State | 4 | 4 |
| Vern Winfield | 67 | LOG | 6-2 | 248 | 24 | Minnesota | 5 | 5 |
| Denny Wirgowski | 75 | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 257 | 26 | Purdue | 13 | 8 |
| Will Wynn | 71 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Tennessee State | 12 | 8 |
| Charle Young | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Zabel | 89 | LLB | 6-4 | 228 | 25 | Oklahoma | 11 | 11 |
| Don Zimmerman | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Jerry Sisemore | T | Texas |
| 1 | 6 | Charle Young | TE | Southern California |
| 2 | 28 | Guy Morriss | G | Texas Christian |
| 3 | 55 | Randy Logan | DB | Michigan |
| 6 | 132 | Bob Picard | WR | Eastern Washington |
| 7 | 159 | Will Wynn | DE | Tennessee State |
| 8 | 184 | Dan Lintner | DB | Indiana |
| 9 | 211 | John Nokes | LB | Northern Illinois |
| 11 | 263 | Gary Van Elst | DT | Michigan State |
| 12 | 288 | Joe Lavender | DB | San Diego State |
| 13 | 315 | Stan Davis | WR | Memphis |
| 14 | 340 | Ralph Sacra | T | Texas A&M |
| 15 | 367 | Ken Schlezes | DB | Notre Dame |
| 16 | 392 | Frank Dowsing | DB | Mississippi State |
| 17 | 419 | Greg Oliver | RB | Trinity (Texas) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 55 | 77 | 103 | 75 | 310 |
| Opponents Totals | 90 | 121 | 61 | 121 | 393 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 267 | 103 | 147 | 17 | 93/222 41.9% | / % | 61 | 566 | |
| Opponents Totals | 286 | 136 | 135 | 15 | 78/193 40.4% | / % | 73 | 692 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dempsey | 0 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 24 | 40 | 60.0 | 0 | 106 |
| Harold Carmichael | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Charle Young | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Tom Sullivan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Norm Bulaich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Zimmerman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lee Bouggess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roman Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Outlaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Will Wynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 24 | 40 | 60.0 | 0 | 310 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 45 | 47 | 95.7 | 22 | 40 | 55.0 | 0 | 393 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dempsey | 24 | 40 | 60.0 | 3 | 51 | 7/7 | 4/7 | 7/11 | 4/9 | 2/6 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 40 | 60.0 | 3 | 51 | 7/7 | 4/7 | 7/11 | 4/9 | 2/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 40 | 55.0 | 8/ | 3/ | 6/ | 5/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Sullivan | 217 | 968 | 4.5 | 37 | 4 |
| Norm Bulaich | 106 | 436 | 4.1 | 20 | 1 |
| Ron James | 36 | 178 | 4.9 | 24 | 1 |
| Tom Bailey | 20 | 91 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Harold Carmichael | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lee Bouggess | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Charle Young | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Roman Gabriel | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 |
| Greg Oliver | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Reaves | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 417 | 1791 | 4.3 | 37 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 512 | 2423 | 4.7 | 54 | 22 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Gabriel | 460 | 270 | 58.7 | 178 | 3219 | 7.0 | 11.9 | 80t | 23 | 5.0 | 12 | 2.6 | 31 | 219 | 3000 | 86.0 |
| John Reaves | 19 | 5 | 26.3 | 13 | 17 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.3 | 3 | 19 | -2 | 17.7 |
| Team Totals | 479 | 275 | 57.4 | 191 | 3236 | 6.8 | 11.8 | 80t | 23 | 4.8 | 13 | 2.7 | 34 | 238 | 2998 | 82.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 370 | 219 | 59.2 | 136 | 2789 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 65t | 22 | 5.9 | 15 | 4.1 | 21 | 150 | 2639 | 85.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Carmichael | 67 | 1116 | 16.7 | 73 | 9 |
| Charle Young | 55 | 854 | 15.5 | 80t | 6 |
| Tom Sullivan | 50 | 322 | 6.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Norm Bulaich | 42 | 403 | 9.6 | 80t | 3 |
| Don Zimmerman | 22 | 220 | 10.0 | 30t | 3 |
| Ron James | 17 | 94 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Bailey | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Ben Hawkins | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Lee Bouggess | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Greg Oliver | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Stan Davis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 275 | 3236 | 11.8 | 80t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 219 | 2789 | 12.7 | 65t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Logan | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Bradley | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Johnny Outlaw | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Steve Zabel | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| John Sodaski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Wirgowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 120 | 8.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 287 | 22.1 | 56 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McNeill | 46 | 1881 | 40.9 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Bradley | 18 | 735 | 40.8 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 64 | 2616 | 40.9 | 66 | 0 | 376 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1957 | 39.9 | 62 | 0 | 116 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 8 | 12 | 106 | 13.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Stan Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 17 | 116 | 7.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 16 | 376 | 10.7 | 57 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron James | 16 | 413 | 25.8 | 36 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | 12 | 280 | 23.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Al Nelson | 11 | 264 | 24.0 | 53 | 0 | |
| Stan Davis | 10 | 236 | 23.6 | 28 | 0 | |
| Kermit Alexander | 9 | 189 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Al Coleman | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tom Bailey | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Greg Oliver | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 63 | 1441 | 22.9 | 53 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1246 | 22.7 | 101t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Will Wynn | 7.5 | |
| Mel Tom | 2.0 | |
| Rich Harris | 1.5 | |
| Gary Pettigrew | 1.5 | |
| Gerry Philbin | 1.5 | |
| Al Coleman | 1.0 | |
| Bill Dunstan | 1.0 | |
| Marlin McKeever | 1.0 | |
| John Sodaski | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 3.0 | |
| Team Totals | 21.0 | 150.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34.0 | 238.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Alexander | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tom Bailey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| John Bunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Harold Carmichael | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Davis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dunstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | |
| Ron James | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marlin McKeever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Morriss | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Oliver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Reaves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Sisemore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sodaski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Tom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Wynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Charle Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Zimmerman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 65 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 1 |
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