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Record: 9-4-1, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 292 points (20.9/g), 10th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 175 points (12.5/g), 3rd.
Differential of 117 points (8.4/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 10.8-3.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 15th.
Coached by John Madden (9-4-1)
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1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| 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 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 24 | 19 | 353 | 153 | 200 | 4 | 16 | 273 | 170 | 103 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 1-1 | Miami Dolphins | 12 | 7 | 12 | 250 | 63 | 187 | 1 | 10 | 195 | 90 | 105 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 30 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 16 | 8 | 149 | 72 | 77 | 4 | 13 | 233 | 64 | 169 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 2-2 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 17 | 10 | 32 | 446 | 199 | 247 | 2 | 17 | 208 | 88 | 120 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 3-2 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 17 | 20 | 367 | 187 | 180 | 2 | 18 | 269 | 179 | 90 | 4 |
| 6 | Mon | October 22 | box | T | 3-2-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 23 | 23 | 21 | 417 | 270 | 147 | 3 | 13 | 216 | 102 | 114 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 4-2-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 34 | 21 | 28 | 442 | 260 | 182 | 1 | 22 | 326 | 209 | 117 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 5-2-1 | New York Giants | 42 | 0 | 28 | 439 | 228 | 211 | 4 | 11 | 185 | 128 | 57 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 11 | box | L | 5-3-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 17 | 26 | 395 | 223 | 172 | 5 | 8 | 194 | 82 | 112 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 5-4-1 | Cleveland Browns | 3 | 7 | 13 | 172 | 75 | 97 | 14 | 226 | 68 | 158 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 25 | box | W | 6-4-1 | San Diego Chargers | 31 | 3 | 22 | 320 | 165 | 155 | 2 | 13 | 235 | 118 | 117 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 7-4-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 6 | 19 | 375 | 140 | 235 | 4 | 15 | 285 | 191 | 94 | 2 |
| 13 | Sat | December 8 | box | W | 8-4-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 37 | 7 | 24 | 353 | 94 | 259 | 8 | 106 | 82 | 24 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 16 | box | W | 9-4-1 | Denver Broncos | 21 | 17 | 16 | 295 | 134 | 161 | 2 | 16 | 209 | 119 | 90 | 3 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 22 | box | W | 10-4-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 33 | 14 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | December 30 | box | L | 10-5-1 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 10 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 292 | 4773 | 945 | 5.1 | 288 | 205 | 353 | 2263 | 16 | 18 | 5.7 | 139 | 547 | 2510 | 14 | 4.6 | 129 | 34 | 16 | 20 |
| Team Defense | 175 | 3160 | 845 | 3.7 | 300 | 170 | 370 | 1690 | 12 | 17 | 4.1 | 92 | 435 | 1470 | 5 | 3.4 | 194 | 33 | 16 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 10 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 14 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Stabler* | 28 | QB | 14 | 11 | 163 | 260 | 62.7 | 1997 | 14 | 5.4 | 10 | 3.8 | 80 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 12.3 | 142.6 | 88.3 | 34 | 261 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 11.6 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 32 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 93 | 45.2 | 614 | 2 | 2.2 | 8 | 8.6 | 48 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 14.6 | 76.8 | 38.6 | 11 | 87 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 10.6 | |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 205 | 353 | 58.1 | 2611 | 16 | 4.5 | 18 | 5.1 | 80 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 12.7 | 186.5 | 75.2 | 45 | 348 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 11.3 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 170 | 370 | 45.9 | 1690 | 12 | 3.2 | 17 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 9.9 | 120.7 | 51.1 | 40 | 305 | 4.1 | 1.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Marv Hubbard* | 27 | FB | 14 | 14 | 193 | 903 | 6 | 50 | 4.7 | 64.5 | 13.8 | 15 | 116 | 7.7 | 0 | 25 | 1.1 | 8.3 | 1019 | 6 | 6 |
| Charlie H. Smith | 27 | RB | 14 | 14 | 173 | 682 | 4 | 19 | 3.9 | 48.7 | 12.4 | 28 | 260 | 9.3 | 1 | 20 | 2.0 | 18.6 | 942 | 5 | 4 |
| Clarence Davis | 24 | RET | 13 | 0 | 116 | 609 | 4 | 32 | 5.3 | 46.8 | 8.9 | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | 19 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 685 | 4 | 5 |
| Pete Banaszak | 29 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 198 | 0 | 26 | 5.8 | 14.1 | 2.4 | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 9 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 229 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Stabler* | 28 | QB | 14 | 11 | 21 | 101 | 0 | 13 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 101 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 32 | 8 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 0 | 6 | -1.4 | -0.9 | 0.6 | -7 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Bob Hudson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Guy* | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Fred Biletnikoff* | 30 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 48 | 660 | 13.8 | 4 | 32 | 3.4 | 47.1 | 660 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike Siani | 23 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 742 | 16.5 | 3 | 80 | 3.2 | 53.0 | 742 | 3 | 1 | |
| Bob Moore | 24 | TE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 375 | 11.0 | 4 | 33 | 2.4 | 26.8 | 375 | 4 | 0 | |
| Cliff Branch | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 290 | 15.3 | 3 | 54 | 1.5 | 22.3 | 290 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sweeney | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 1 | 34 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 547 | 2510 | 14 | 50 | 4.6 | 179.3 | 39.1 | 205 | 2611 | 12.7 | 16 | 80 | 14.6 | 186.5 | 5121 | 30 | 29 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 435 | 1470 | 5 | 3.4 | 105.0 | 31.1 | 170 | 1690 | 9.9 | 12 | 12.1 | 120.7 | 3160 | 17 | 35 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| George Atkinson | 26 | SS | 14 | 13 | 41 | 336 | 1 | 63 | 8.2 | 336 | |||||
| Clarence Davis | 24 | RET | 13 | 0 | 19 | 504 | 0 | 76 | 26.5 | 1189 | |||||
| Bob Hudson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 350 | 0 | 36 | 25.0 | 362 | ||||||
| Tommy Maxwell | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2.0 | 8 | ||||||
| Pete Banaszak | 29 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 26 | 16.0 | 277 | ||||||
| Charlie H. Smith | 27 | RB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 | 965 | |||||
| Warren Bankston | 26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jimmy Warren | 34 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 46 | 344 | 1 | 63 | 7.5 | 39 | 937 | 0 | 76 | 24.0 | 6402 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 40 | 0 | 46 | 981 | 0 | 21.3 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Ray Guy* | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 69 | 3127 | 72 | 0 | 45.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Blanda | 46 | K | 14 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 69.7% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | |||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 69.7% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 69 | 3127 | 72 | 0 | 45.3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 30 | 14 | 46.7% | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | 90 | 3879 | 43.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| George Atkinson | 26 | SS | 14 | 13 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 1 | ||||||
| Pete Banaszak | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Willie Brown*+ | 33 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 3 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| George Buehler | 26 | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Conners | 32 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Dalby | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -28 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Davis | 24 | RET | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marv Hubbard* | 27 | FB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Irons | 26 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kelvin Korver | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Maxwell | 26 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Otto | 35 | C | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | -15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Siani | 23 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Otis Sistrunk | 27 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie H. Smith | 27 | RB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Stabler* | 28 | QB | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Tatum* | 25 | FS | 13 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Skip Thomas | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Art Thoms | 27 | RDT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Vella | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Phil Villapiano* | 24 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | ||||||
| Jimmy Warren | 34 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gary Weaver | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nemiah Wilson | 30 | LCB | 13 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 17 | 162 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 29 | 85 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 45 | 35 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 46 | K | 14 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 100 | |||||||||
| Marv Hubbard* | 27 | FB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Charlie H. Smith | 27 | RB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| Fred Biletnikoff* | 30 | WR | 14 | 14 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Davis | 24 | RET | 13 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bob Moore | 24 | TE | 14 | 14 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Branch | 25 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Mike Siani | 23 | WR | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| George Atkinson | 26 | SS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Steve Sweeney | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 23 | 292 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 175 |