1973 Philadelphia Eagles season

1973 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Leonard Tose
Head coach	Mike McCormack
Home field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	5–8–1
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	TECharle Young WRHarold Carmichael QBRoman Gabriel PRBill Bradley
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At the conclusion of the 1972 season, Philadelphia Eagles' head coach Ed Khayat was dismissed from his position. Shortly after, the team hired Mike McCormack, who had previously served as an assistant coach for the Washington Redskins between 1965 and 1972, as the new head coach.

The Eagles moved their training camp from Albright CollegeinReading, Pennsylvania, to Widener UniversityinChester, Pennsylvania, a short distance from Veterans Stadium.

NFL Draft

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= Pro Bowler^{[note 1]}

= Hall of Famer

Rd	PICK	PLAYER	POSITION	SCHOOL
1	3	Jerry Sisemore	OT	Texas
1	6^{[note 2]}	Charle Young	TE	USC
2	28	Guy W. Morriss	G	TCU
3	55	Randy Logan	DB	Michigan
6	132	Bob Picard	WR	Eastern Washington
7	159	Will Wynn	DE	Tennessee State
8	184	Dan Linter	DB	Indiana
9	211	John Nokes	LB	Northern Illinois
11	263	Gary van Elst	DT	Michigan State
12	288	Joe Lavender	CB	San Diego State
13	315	Stan Davis	WR	Memphis State
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

**1973 Philadelphia Eagles roster**

	Quarterbacks 11 Rick Arrington 5 Roman Gabriel 7 John Reaves Running backs 46 Lee BouggessFB 36 Norm Bulaich 27 Po James 25 Tom Sullivan Wide receivers 17 Harold Carmichael 81 Stan Davis 18 Ben Hawkins 82 Bob Picard 80 Don Zimmerman Tight ends 87 Kent Kramer 86 Charle Young		Offensive linemen 59 Mike EvansC 72 Wade KeyG 66 Roy KirkseyG 63 Tom LukenG 62 Guy MorrissC 68 Mark NordquistG 76 Jerry SisemoreT 74 Steve SmithT 67 Vernon WinfieldG Defensive linemen 61 Bill DunstanDT 84 Richard HarrisDT 83 Don HultzDT 88 Gary PettigrewDE 77 Gerry PhilbinDE 75 Dennis WirgowskiDE 71 Will WynnDE		Linebackers 95 John Bunting 56 Dean Halverson 85 Marlin McKeever 52 Kevin Reilly 96 John Sodaski 89 Steve Zabel Defensive backs 39 Kermit AlexanderSS 29 Bill BradleyFS 8 Al ColemanS 30 Joe LavenderCB 41 Randy LoganSS 26 Al NelsonCB 20 John OutlawCB Special teams 19 Tom DempseyK 12 Tom McNeillP		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

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On September 23, the Eagles and the New York Giants played in the final Giants game at Yankee Stadium. The game resulted in a 23–23 tie.^[1]
In 1973, Roman Gabriel led the NFL with 3,219 yards and 23 touchdown passes, for which he was awarded the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.

Schedule

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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 16, 1973	St. Louis Cardinals	L 34–23	61,103
2	September 23, 1973	atNew York Giants	T 23–23	62,289
3	September 30, 1973	Washington Redskins	L 28–7	64,147
4	October 7, 1973	atBuffalo Bills	L 27–26	72,364
5	October 14, 1973	atSt. Louis Cardinals	W 27–24	44,400
6	October 21, 1973	atMinnesota Vikings	L 28–21	47,478
7	October 28, 1973	Dallas Cowboys	W 30–16	63,300
8	November 4, 1973	New England Patriots	W 24–23	65,070
9	November 11, 1973	Atlanta Falcons	L 44–27	63,114
10	November 18, 1973	atDallas Cowboys	L 31–10	59,375
11	November 25, 1973	New York Giants	W 20–16	63,086
12	December 2, 1973	atSan Francisco 49ers	L 38–28	51,155
13	December 9, 1973	New York Jets	W 24–23	34,621
14	December 16, 1973	atWashington Redskins	L 38–20	49,484

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

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Week 5

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• Eagles	0	7	3	17	27
Cardinals	0	3	14	7	24

Date: October 14
Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 44,400
Game weather: 63 °F (17.2 °C), wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)

Scoring summary

2	PHI	Harold Carmichael 1 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)	Eagles 7–0

2	STL	Jim Bakken 39 yard field goal	Eagles 7–3

3	STL	Donny Anderson 21 yard run (Jim Bakken kick)	Cardinals 10–7

3	PHI	Tom Dempsey 32 yard field goal	Tie 10 – 10

3	STL	Ahmad Rashad 9 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)	Cardinals 17–10

4	PHI	Tom Dempsey 23 yard field goal	Cardinals 17–13

4	STL	Ahmad Rashad 65 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)	Cardinals 24–13

4	PHI	Harold Carmichael 27 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)	Cardinals 24–20

4	PHI	Don Zimmerman 24 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)	Eagles 27–24

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Week 8

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	7	3	7	6	23
• Eagles	0	0	21	3	24

Date: November 4
Location: Veterans Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST

Scoring summary

Q1	NE	Stingley 16 yard pass from Plunkett (White kick)	NE 7–0

Q2	NE	White 33 yard field goal	NE 10–0

Q3	NE	Stingley 14 yard pass from Plunkett (White kick)	NE 17–0

Q3	PHI	Young 20 yard pass from Gabriel (Dempsey kick)	NE 17–7

Q3	PHI	Young 7 yard pass from Gabriel (Dempsey kick)	NE 17–14

Q3	PHI	Wynn 24 yard fumble return (Dempsey kick)	PHI 21–17

Q4	NE	Cunningham 4 yard run (kick failed)	NE 23–21

Q4	PHI	Dempsey 12 yard field goal	PHI 24–23

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Standings

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NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Dallas Cowboys	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–3	382	203	W3
Washington Redskins	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–3	325	198	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	5	8	1	.393	3–4–1	3–7–1	310	393	L1
St. Louis Cardinals	4	9	1	.321	3–5	4–7	286	365	L1
New York Giants	2	11	1	.179	1–6–1	1–9–1	226	362	L4

1973 Philadelphia Eagles season

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 5

Week 8

Standings

Awards and honors

Notes

References

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