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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -4.2, Offense: 3.5, Defense: -7.7, SoS: 1.7, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Mike McCormack

 Other Notable Asst.: Dick LeBeau (Special Teams)

Training Camp: Widener University (Chester, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 5.6 286 219 370 2639 22 15 6.7 135 512 2423 22 4.7 136 30 15 15
Lg Rank Offense 8 2 4 1 1 2 6 8 24 20 20 8 5 13
Lg Rank Defense 25 25 25 20 25 24 18 25 17 24 25 25 20 16

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
5 Roman Gabriel* 33 QB 14 14 5-8-1 270 460 58.7 3219 23 5.0 12 2.6 80 7.0 6.8 11.9 229.9 86.0 31 219 6.11 5.95 6.3 3 2
7 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 -0.09 -2.14 13.6
Team Total 26.3 14 5-8-1 275 479 57.4 3236 23 4.8 13 2.7 80 6.8 6.5 11.8 231.1 82.8 34 238 5.84 5.60 6.6 3 2
Opp Total 14 219 370 59.2 2789 22 5.9 15 4.1 7.5 6.90 12.7 199.2 85.7 21 150 6.7 6.1 5.4

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
25 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
36 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
27 Po James 24 KR 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
31 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
46 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
5 Roman Gabriel* 33 QB 14 14 12 10 1 5 0.8 0.7 0.9 10 1 10
86 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
17 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
7 John Reaves 23 1 0 2 2 0 3 1.0 2.0 2.0 2 0 1
48 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
28 Bill Bradley* 26 FS/PR 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 2
80 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
18 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
81 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
27 Po James 24 KR 10 0 16 413 0 36 25.8 685
39 Kermit Alexander 32 14 0 5 10 0 5 2.0 9 189 0 25 21.0 199
81 Stan Davis 23 8 0 2 0 0 4 0.0 10 236 0 28 23.6 242
25 Tom Sullivan 23 RB 13 0 12 280 0 32 23.3 1570
26 Al Nelson 30 8 0 11 264 0 53 24.0 264
28 Bill Bradley* 26 FS/PR 14 0 8 106 0 43 13.3 106
31 Tom Bailey 24 12 0 2 18 0 18 9.0 189
8 Al Coleman 29 14 0 2 24 0 19 12.0 24
48 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
19 Tom Dempsey 26 K 14 0 7 7 7 4 11 7 9 4 6 2 40 24 60.0% 34 34 100.0%
12 Tom McNeill 31 P 10 0 46 1881 66 0 40.9
28 Bill Bradley* 26 FS/PR 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
5 Roman Gabriel* 33 QB 14 14 0 10 6 -2 0
36 Norm Bulaich 27 FB 14 0 0 8 4 7 0
39 Kermit Alexander 32 14 0 0 5 3 4 0
25 Tom Sullivan 23 RB 13 0 0 6 2 0 0
28 Bill Bradley* 26 FS/PR 14 0 4 21 0 18 0 0 2 1 17 0
41 Randy Logan 22 SS 14 14 5 38 0 30 0
17 Harold Carmichael* 24 WR 14 14 0 3 1 0 0
31 Tom Bailey 24 12 0 0 1 2 0 0
81 Stan Davis 23 8 0 0 1 2 0 0
85 Marlin McKeever 33 MLB 13 0 0 0 3 0 0
96 John Sodaski 25 RLB 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
71 Will Wynn 24 RDE 12 0 0 0 3 24 1
27 Po James 24 KR 10 0 0 1 1 0 0
20 John Outlaw 28 LCB 7 0 2 48 1 45 0
7 John Reaves 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
89 Steve Zabel 25 LLB 11 0 2 13 0 7 0
80 Don Zimmerman 24 WR 14 11 0 1 1 5 0
95 John Bunting 23 rlb 7 7 0 0 1 2 0
8 Al Coleman 29 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
61 Bill Dunstan 24 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
62 Guy Morriss 22 C 14 9 0 0 1 0 0
26 Al Nelson 30 8 0 0 0 1 7 0
48 Greg Oliver 24 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
76 Jerry Sisemore 22 RT 13 13 0 0 1 0 0
74 Steve Smith 29 LT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
99 Mel Tom 32 4 0 0 0 1 1 0
75 Dennis Wirgowski 26 LDE 13 8 1 0 0 0 0
86 Charle Young*+ 22 TE 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 15 120 1 45 0 0 41 40 65 1
Opp Total 14 34 31 16

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
19 Tom Dempsey 26 K 14 0 34 24 106
17 Harold Carmichael* 24 WR 14 14 9 9 54
86 Charle Young*+ 22 TE 14 14 1 6 7 42
25 Tom Sullivan 23 RB 13 0 4 1 5 30
36 Norm Bulaich 27 FB 14 0 1 3 4 24
80 Don Zimmerman 24 WR 14 11 3 3 18
31 Tom Bailey 24 12 0 1 1 6
46 Lee Bouggess 25 8 0 1 1 6
5 Roman Gabriel* 33 QB 14 14 1 1 6
27 Po James 24 KR 10 0 1 1 6
20 John Outlaw 28 LCB 7 0 1 1 6
71 Will Wynn 24 RDE 12 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.3 14 9 23 1 1 34 34 24 310
Opp Total 14 22 22 1 45 22 393