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1973 Philadelphia Eagles

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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 310 points (22.1/g), 8th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 393 points (28.1/g), 25th.
 Differential of -83 points (-5.9/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 11th.

Coached by Mike McCormack (5-8-1)

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 Sun September 16 box L 0-1 St. Louis Cardinals 23 34 18 252 143 109 3 20 392 195 197 3
2 Sun September 23 box T 0-1-1 @ New York Giants 23 23 16 344 216 128 2 24 406 272 134 2
3 Sun September 30 box L 0-2-1 Washington Redskins 7 28 14 259 206 53 3 15 276 195 81 1
4 Sun October 7 box L 0-3-1 @ Buffalo Bills 26 27 28 451 176 275 1 16 276 47 229 1
5 Sun October 14 box W 1-3-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 27 24 20 453 351 102 1 14 343 278 65 1
6 Sun October 21 box L 1-4-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 21 28 19 315 189 126 25 409 192 217 1
7 Sun October 28 box W 2-4-1 Dallas Cowboys 30 16 19 272 203 69 27 362 232 130 4
8 Sun November 4 box W 3-4-1 New England Patriots 24 23 19 366 234 132 5 20 290 129 161 4
9 Sun November 11 box L 3-5-1 Atlanta Falcons 27 44 20 333 205 128 2 22 292 122 170 1
10 Sun November 18 box L 3-6-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 10 31 12 251 133 118 2 16 393 107 286 3
11 Sun November 25 box W 4-6-1 New York Giants 20 16 22 380 127 253 1 19 370 257 113
12 Sun December 2 box L 4-7-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 28 38 22 409 317 92 3 22 389 211 178 4
13 Sun December 9 box W 5-7-1 New York Jets 24 23 20 358 203 155 3 24 432 156 276 3
14 Sun December 16 box L 5-8-1 @ Washington Redskins 20 38 18 346 295 51 2 22 432 246 186 2

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 310 4789 930 5.1 267 275 479 2998 23 13 5.8 147 417 1791 9 4.3 103 28 15 17
Team Defense 393 5062 903 5.6 436 219 370 2639 22 15 6.7 135 512 2423 22 4.7 286 30 15 15
Lg Rank Offense 8 2 4 1 1 2 6 6 24 20 20 8 5 13
Lg Rank Defense 25 25 25 20 25 24 18 26 17 24 25 25 20 16

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%
Roman Gabriel* 33 QB 14 14 270 460 58.7 3219 23 5.0 12 2.6 80 7.0 6.3 11.9 229.9 86.0 31 219 6.1 5.5 6.3
John Reaves 23 1 0 5 19 26.3 17 0 0.0 1 5.3 6 0.9 -1.5 3.4 17.0 17.7 3 19 -0.1 -2.1 13.6
Team Total 26.3 14 275 479 57.4 3236 23 4.8 13 2.7 80 6.8 6.0 11.8 231.1 82.8 34 238 5.8 5.2 6.6
Opp Total 14 219 370 59.2 2639 22 5.9 15 4.1 7.1 5.9 12.1 188.5 84.1 21 150 6.7 5.2

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
Tom Sullivan 23 RB 13 0 217 968 4 37 4.5 74.5 16.7 50 322 6.4 1 29 3.8 24.8 1290 5 6
Norm Bulaich 27 FB 14 0 106 436 1 20 4.1 31.1 7.6 42 403 9.6 3 80 3.0 28.8 839 4 8
Po James 24 RET 10 0 36 178 1 24 4.9 17.8 3.6 17 94 5.5 0 13 1.7 9.4 272 1 1
Tom Bailey 24 12 0 20 91 0 15 4.6 7.6 1.7 10 80 8.0 1 19 0.8 6.7 171 1 1
Lee Bouggess 25 8 0 15 34 1 11 2.3 4.3 1.9 4 18 4.5 0 6 0.5 2.3 52 1 0
Roman Gabriel* 33 QB 14 14 12 10 1 5 0.8 0.7 0.9 10 1 10
Charle Young*+ 22 TE 14 14 4 24 1 17 6.0 1.7 0.3 55 854 15.5 6 80 3.9 61.0 878 7 0
Harold Carmichael* 24 WR 14 14 3 42 0 23 14.0 3.0 0.2 67 1116 16.7 9 73 4.8 79.7 1158 9 3
John Reaves 23 1 0 2 2 0 3 1.0 2.0 2.0 2 0 1
Greg Oliver 24 11 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5 0.1 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.8 15 0 0
Bill Bradley* 26 FS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 2
Don Zimmerman 24 WR 14 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 220 10.0 3 30 1.6 15.7 220 3 1
Ben Hawkins 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 114 19.0 0 37 1.5 28.5 114 0 0
Stan Davis 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.8 6 0 1
Team Total 26.3 14 417 1791 9 37 4.3 127.9 29.8 275 3236 11.8 23 80 19.6 231.1 5027 32 41
Opp Total 14 512 2423 22 4.7 173.1 36.6 219 2639 12.1 22 15.6 188.5 5062 44 31

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
Po James 24 RET 10 0 16 413 0 36 25.8 685
Kermit Alexander 32 14 0 5 10 0 5 2.0 9 189 0 25 21.0 199
Stan Davis 23 8 0 2 0 0 4 0.0 10 236 0 28 23.6 242
Tom Sullivan 23 RB 13 0 12 280 0 32 23.3 1570
Al Nelson 30 8 0 11 264 0 53 24.0 264
Bill Bradley* 26 FS 14 0 8 106 0 43 13.3 106
Tom Bailey 24 12 0 2 18 0 18 9.0 189
Al Coleman 29 14 0 2 24 0 19 12.0 24
Greg Oliver 24 11 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 32
Team Total 26.3 14 15 116 0 43 7.7 63 1441 0 53 22.9 6584
Opp Total 14 35 0 55 1246 1 22.7

Kicking & Punting

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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
Tom Dempsey 26 K 14 0 7 7 7 4 11 7 9 4 6 2 40 24 60.0% 34 34 100.0%
Tom McNeill 31 P 10 0 46 1881 66 0 40.9
Bill Bradley* 26 FS 14 0 18 735 61 0 40.8
Team Total 26.3 14 7 7 7 4 11 7 9 4 6 2 40 24 60.0% 34 34 100.0% 64 2616 66 0 40.9
Opp Total 14 40 22 55.0% 47 45 95.7% 49 1955 39.9

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
Kermit Alexander 32 14 0 5 3 4 0
Tom Bailey 24 12 0 1 2 0 0
Bill Bradley* 26 FS 14 0 4 21 0 18 2 1 17 0
Norm Bulaich 27 FB 14 0 8 4 7 0
John Bunting 23 rlb 7 7 0 1 2 0
Harold Carmichael* 24 WR 14 14 3 1 0 0
Al Coleman 29 14 0 1 0 0 0
Stan Davis 23 8 0 1 2 0 0
Bill Dunstan 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Roman Gabriel* 33 QB 14 14 10 6 -2 0
Po James 24 RET 10 0 1 1 0 0
Randy Logan 22 SS 14 14 5 38 0 30
Marlin McKeever 33 MLB 13 0 0 3 0 0
Guy Morriss 22 C 14 9 0 1 0 0
Al Nelson 30 8 0 0 1 7 0
Greg Oliver 24 11 0 0 1 0 0
John Outlaw 28 LCB 7 0 2 48 1 45
John Reaves 23 1 0 1 1 0 0
Jerry Sisemore 22 RT 13 13 0 1 0 0
Steve Smith 29 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
John Sodaski 25 RLB 14 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Tom Sullivan 23 RB 13 0 6 2 0 0
Mel Tom 32 4 0 0 1 1 0
Dennis Wirgowski 26 LDE 13 8 1 0 0 0
Will Wynn 24 RDE 12 0 0 3 24 1
Charle Young*+ 22 TE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Steve Zabel 25 LLB 11 0 2 13 0 7
Don Zimmerman 24 WR 14 11 1 1 5 0
Team Total 26.3 14 15 120 1 45 41 40 65 1
Opp Total 14 34 31 16

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Tom Dempsey 26 K 14 0 34 24 106
Harold Carmichael* 24 WR 14 14 9 54
Charle Young*+ 22 TE 14 14 1 6 42
Tom Sullivan 23 RB 13 0 4 1 30
Norm Bulaich 27 FB 14 0 1 3 24
Don Zimmerman 24 WR 14 11 3 18
Tom Bailey 24 12 0 1 6
Lee Bouggess 25 8 0 1 6
Roman Gabriel* 33 QB 14 14 1 6
Po James 24 RET 10 0 1 6
John Outlaw 28 LCB 7 0 1 6
Will Wynn 24 RDE 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.3 14 9 23 1 1 34 24 310
Opp Total 14 22 22 1 45 22 393