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1973 Green Bay Packers

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Record: 5-7-2, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 202 points (14.4/g), 22nd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 259 points (18.5/g), 14th.
 Differential of -57 points (-4.1/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 5.0-9.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.3/g), 9th.

Coached by Dan Devine (5-7-2)

1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 17 box W 1-0 New York Jets 23 7 14 253 98 155 16 269 200 69 3
2 Sun September 23 box T 1-0-1 Detroit Lions 13 13 17 277 101 176 2 12 192 82 110 3
3 Sun September 30 box L 1-1-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 11 10 160 70 90 2 17 284 78 206 4
4 Sun October 7 box W 2-1-1 @ New York Giants 16 14 11 200 75 125 2 13 231 174 57 4
5 Sun October 14 box T 2-1-2 Kansas City Chiefs 10 10 16 315 146 169 2 9 149 53 96 1
6 Sun October 21 box L 2-2-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 7 24 6 63 28 35 2 21 378 134 244 1
7 Sun October 28 box L 2-3-2 @ Detroit Lions 0 34 7 63 3 60 3 23 329 66 263 2
8 Sun November 4 box L 2-4-2 Chicago Bears 17 31 8 98 -12 110 1 21 337 107 230 3
9 Sun November 11 box W 3-4-2 St. Louis Cardinals 25 21 21 305 62 243 1 19 258 187 71 1
10 Sun November 18 box L 3-5-2 @ New England Patriots 24 33 15 338 263 75 2 23 456 340 116 2
11 Mon November 26 box L 3-6-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 6 20 16 255 124 131 3 18 268 94 174 1
12 Sun December 2 box W 4-6-2 New Orleans Saints 30 10 13 259 105 154 2 16 256 156 100 5
13 Sat December 8 box L 4-7-2 Minnesota Vikings 7 31 17 300 148 152 5 10 221 83 138
14 Sun December 16 box W 5-7-2 @ Chicago Bears 21 0 16 370 72 298 2 12 193 68 125 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 202 3256 809 4.0 187 119 255 1283 7 17 4.5 72 527 1973 10 3.7 98 29 12 17
Team Defense 259 3821 858 4.5 346 180 327 1822 14 15 5.2 101 506 1999 13 4.0 230 33 18 15
Lg Rank Offense 22 25 26 25 24 25 13 20 8 12 19 20 8 4
Lg Rank Defense 14 10 13 10 11 12 18 15 15 13 15 11 12 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jerry Tagge 23 qb 7 6 56 106 52.8 720 2 1.9 7 6.6 50 6.8 4.0 12.9 102.9 53.2 9 54 5.8 3.2 7.8
Scott Hunter 26 QB 8 5 35 84 41.7 442 2 2.4 4 4.8 30 5.3 3.4 12.6 55.3 46.8 10 89 3.8 2.1 10.6
Jim Del Gaizo 26 8 2 27 62 43.5 318 2 3.2 6 9.7 28 5.1 1.1 11.8 39.8 30.9 8 77 3.4 -0.1 11.4
MacArthur Lane 31 RB 13 0 1 2 50.0 23 1 50.0 0 0.0 23 11.5 16.5 23.0 1.8 131.2 0 0 11.5 16.5 0.0
John Brockington* 25 FB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.8 14 119 255 46.7 1503 7 2.7 17 6.7 50 5.9 3.2 12.6 107.4 46.9 27 220 4.5 2.1 9.6
Opp Total 14 180 327 55.0 1822 14 4.3 15 4.6 5.6 3.9 10.1 130.1 66.3 25 228 5.2 3.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
John Brockington* 25 FB 14 0 265 1144 3 53 4.3 81.7 18.9 16 128 8.0 0 37 1.1 9.1 1272 3 4
MacArthur Lane 31 RB 13 0 170 528 1 20 3.1 40.6 13.1 27 255 9.4 1 30 2.1 19.6 783 2 4
Perry Williams 27 14 0 32 87 1 9 2.7 6.2 2.3 5 44 8.8 0 14 0.4 3.1 131 1 1
Les Goodman 23 6 0 18 88 1 19 4.9 14.7 3.0 2 19 9.5 0 12 0.3 3.2 107 1 2
Jerry Tagge 23 qb 7 6 15 62 2 41 4.1 8.9 2.1 62 2 1
Scott Hunter 26 QB 8 5 8 3 1 6 0.4 0.4 1.0 3 1 1
Don Highsmith 25 7 0 7 7 0 4 1.0 1.0 1.0 7 0 1
Jon Staggers 25 WR 14 0 4 33 1 20 8.3 2.4 0.3 25 412 16.5 3 50 1.8 29.4 445 4 1
Jim Del Gaizo 26 8 2 4 1 0 3 0.3 0.1 0.5 1 0 3
Barry Smith 22 WR 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 15 233 15.5 2 24 1.1 16.6 238 2 0
Paul Staroba 24 2 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 5.5 0.5 1 23 23.0 0 23 0.5 11.5 34 0 0
Dick Gordon 29 2 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -2.0 0.5 -4 0 0
Larry Krause 25 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.6 0.1 8 0 1
Rich McGeorge 25 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 260 16.3 1 44 1.1 18.6 260 1 0
Leland Glass 23 wr 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 119 10.8 0 23 0.9 9.9 119 0 0
Mike Donohoe 28 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.8 10 0 0
Team Total 25.8 14 527 1973 10 53 3.7 140.9 37.6 119 1503 12.6 7 50 8.5 107.4 3476 17 23
Opp Total 14 506 1999 13 4.0 142.8 36.1 180 1822 10.1 14 12.9 130.1 3821 27 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ken Ellis* 26 RCB 14 14 11 47 0 23 4.3 12 319 0 84 26.6 366
Ike Thomas 26 RET 13 0 23 527 0 34 22.9 527
Jon Staggers 25 WR 14 0 19 90 0 26 4.7 535
Larry Krause 25 14 0 11 244 0 30 22.2 252
Aaron Brown 30 8 0 3 26 0 12 8.7 26
MacArthur Lane 31 RB 13 0 2 31 0 29 15.5 814
Don Highsmith 25 7 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 25
Perry Williams 27 14 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 155
Team Total 25.8 14 30 137 0 26 4.6 53 1189 0 84 22.4 4802
Opp Total 14 41 0 40 817 0 20.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Ron Widby 28 P 12 0 56 2414 60 0 43.1
Chester Marcol 24 K 14 0 7 7 6 4 12 8 7 2 3 35 21 60.0% 20 19 95.0%
Paul Staroba 24 2 0 12 373 49 0 31.1
Team Total 25.8 14 7 7 6 4 12 8 7 2 3 35 21 60.0% 20 19 95.0% 68 2787 60 0 41.0
Opp Total 14 27 19 70.4% 28 28 100.0% 67 2606 38.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Ken Bowman 31 C 14 0 1 0 -24 0
John Brockington* 25 FB 14 0 4 2 0 0
Willie Buchanon* 23 lcb 6 6 0 1 0 0
Fred Carr 27 RLB 14 14 0 2 0 0
Jim Carter* 25 MLB 14 0 3 44 1 42 0 1 0 0
Jim Del Gaizo 26 8 2 3 2 0 0
Mike Donohoe 28 13 0 0 1 2 0
Ken Ellis* 26 RCB 14 14 3 53 1 47 1 0 0 0
Les Goodman 23 6 0 2 0 0 0
Larry Hefner 24 14 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 4 0
Don Highsmith 25 7 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Hill 27 FS 13 0 3 53 0 20 0 4 0 0
Scott Hunter 26 QB 8 5 1 1 0 0
Larry Krause 25 14 0 1 1 0 0
MacArthur Lane 31 RB 13 0 4 1 0 0
Tom MacLeod 22 LLB 10 0 2 8 0 8 0 2 0 0
Al Matthews 26 SS 14 0 2 58 1 58 0 2 0 0
Mike McCoy 25 LDT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Alden Roche 28 RDE 13 0 0 1 0 0
Jon Staggers 25 WR 14 0 1 1 0 0
Jerry Tagge 23 qb 7 6 1 0 0 0
Ike Thomas 26 RET 13 0 2 2 0 0
Tom Toner 23 llb 14 0 1 1 0 1
Perry Williams 27 14 0 1 0 0 0
Sweeny Williams 27 LDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.8 14 15 220 3 58 23 28 -18 0
Opp Total 14 27 34 16 3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Chester Marcol 24 K 14 0 19 21 82
Jon Staggers 25 WR 14 0 1 3 24
John Brockington* 25 FB 14 0 3 18
MacArthur Lane 31 RB 13 0 1 1 12
Barry Smith 22 WR 14 0 2 12
Jerry Tagge 23 qb 7 6 2 12
Jim Carter* 25 MLB 14 0 1 6
Ken Ellis* 26 RCB 14 14 1 6
Les Goodman 23 6 0 1 6
Scott Hunter 26 QB 8 5 1 6
Al Matthews 26 SS 14 0 1 6
Rich McGeorge 25 TE 14 0 1 6
Perry Williams 27 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.8 14 10 7 3 19 21 202
Opp Total 14 13 14 28 19 3 259