1973 Philadelphia Eagles season

1973 Philadelphia Eagles season
Head coach Mike McCormack
Owner Leonard Tose
Home field Veterans Stadium
Results
Record 5–8–1
Division place 3rd NFC East
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1973 Philadelphia Eagles season was the team’s 41st in the National Football League. Although they improved upon their 2–11–1 record of the previous season, they failed to complete a winning record for the seventh consecutive season and failed to reach the playoffs for the thirteenth straight year.

Offseason

At the end of the 1972 season, Eagles head coach Ed Khayat was fired. Mike McCormack, who had been a Washington Redskins assistant coach from 1965–1972, was hired in his place

The Eagles move training camp from Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, a short distance from Veterans Stadium.

NFL Draft

Main article: 1973 NFL Draft

Player selections

The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

= Pro Bowler [1] = Hall of Famer
Rd PICK PLAYER POS SCHOOL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 16, 1973 St. Louis Cardinals L 34–23
61,103
2 September 23, 1973 at New York Giants T 23–23
62,289
3 September 30, 1973 Washington Redskins L 28–7
64,147
4 October 7, 1973 at Buffalo Bills L 27–26
72,364
5 October 14, 1973 at St. Louis Cardinals W 27–24
44,400
6 October 21, 1973 at Minnesota 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 at Dallas Cowboys L 31–10
59,375
11 November 25, 1973 New York Giants W 20–16
63,086
12 December 2, 1973 at San Francisco 49ers L 38–28
51,155
13 December 9, 1973 New York Jets W 24–23
34,621
14 December 16, 1973 at Washington Redskins L 38–20
49,484

Game summaries

Week 5

1 234Total
Eagles 0 7317 27
Cardinals 0 3147 24

[3]

Week 8

1 234Total
Patriots 7 376 23
Eagles 0 0213 24

[4]

Standings

NFC East
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

Awards and honors

References

  1. Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.
  2. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.284
  3. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-06.


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