1973 Philadelphia Eagles season
# 1973 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1973 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise'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 conclusion of the 1972 season, Philadelphia Eagles' head coach Ed Khayat was dismissed from his position. Shortly after, the team hired Mike McCormack, who had previously served as an assistant coach for the Washington Redskins between 1965 and 1972, as the new head coach.

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

### NFL Draft

| = Pro Bowler | = Hall of Famer |
| - | - |
| Rd | PICK | PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 3 | Jerry Sisemore | OT | Texas |
| 1 | 6 | Charle Young | TE | USC |
| 2 | 28 | Guy W. Morriss | G | TCU |
| 3 | 55 | Randy Logan | DB | Michigan |
| 6 | 132 | Bob Picard | WR | Eastern Washington |
| 7 | 159 | Will Wynn | DE | Tennessee State |
| 8 | 184 | Dan Linter | DB | Indiana |
| 9 | 211 | John Nokes | LB | Northern Illinois |
| 11 | 263 | Gary van Elst | DT | Michigan State |
| 12 | 288 | Joe Lavender | CB | San Diego State |
| 13 | 315 | Stan Davis | WR | Memphis State |
| 14 | 340 | Ralph Sacra | T | Texas A&M |
| 15 | 367 | Ken Schlezes | DB | Notre Dame |
| 16 | 392 | Frank Dowsing | DB | Mississippi State |
| 17 | 419 | Greg Oliver | RB | Trinity |

## Regular season

* On September 23, the Eagles and the New York Giants played in the final Giants game at Yankee Stadium. The game resulted in a 23–23 tie.
* In 1973, Roman Gabriel led the NFL with 3,219 yards and 23 touchdown passes, for which he was awarded the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.

### 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 |

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Game summaries

**Week 5**

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| • Eagles | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |

**Week 8**

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patriots | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| • Eagles | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 24 |

### Standings

NFC East :

| viewtalkedit | 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

* Roman Gabriel, quarterback, NFL Leader, 3,219 passing yards
* Roman Gabriel, NFL Leader, 23 touchdown passes
* Roman Gabriel, NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award
