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1973 Dallas Cowboys season
NFL team season
The 1973 Dallas Cowboys season was their 14th in the league. The team matched their previous output of 10–4.[1] They qualified for the playoffs for the eighth straight season. After a 4–3 start the Cowboys won six of their last seven games to win the NFC East with a solid 10–4 record.
Quick Facts Dallas Cowboys season, Owner ...
| 1973 Dallas Cowboys season | |
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| Owner | Clint Murchison, Jr. |
| General manager | Tex Schramm |
| Head coach | Tom Landry |
| Home field | Texas Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 10–4 |
| Division place | 1st NFC East |
| Playoff finish | Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Rams) 27–16 Lost NFC Championship (vs. Vikings) 10–27 |
| Pro Bowlers | None |
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In the Divisional Playoffs the Dallas Cowboys beat the Los Angeles Rams 27–16 in Texas Stadium to earn their fourth straight Championship Game Appearance. However, not even the home crowd at Texas Stadium could help the Cowboys as they fell to the Minnesota Vikings 27–10.
Main article: 1973 NFL draft
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| 1973 Dallas Cowboys draft | |||||
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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| 1 | 20 | Billy Joe Dupree * | TE | Michigan State | |
| 2 | 46 | Golden Richards | WR | Hawaii | |
| 3 | 53 | Harvey Martin * | DE | East Texas State | |
| 4 | 98 | Drane Scrivener | DB | Tulsa | |
| 5 | 126 | Bruce Walton | OT | UCLA | |
| 6 | 151 | Bob Leyen | OG | Yale | |
| 7 | 176 | Rodrigo Barnes | LB | Rice | |
| 8 | 204 | Dan Werner | QB | Michigan State | |
| 9 | 229 | Mike White | DB | Minnesota | |
| 10 | 254 | Carl Johnson | LB | Tennessee | |
| 11 | 282 | Gerald Caswell | OG | Colorado State | |
| 12 | 307 | Jim Arneson | OG | Arizona | |
| 13 | 332 | John Smith | WR | UCLA | |
| 14 | 360 | Bob Thornton | OG | North Carolina | |
| 15 | 385 | Drew Pearson † | LB | Grambling | |
| 16 | 410 | John Conley | TE | Hawaii | |
| 17 | 438 | Les Strayhorn | RB | East Carolina | |
| Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career | |||||
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More information Week, Date ...
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game Site | Attendance | Recap |
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| 1 | September 16 | at Chicago Bears | W 20–17 | 1–0 | Soldier Field | 49,970 | Recap |
| 2 | September 24 | New Orleans Saints | W 40–3 | 2–0 | Texas Stadium | 52,715 | Recap |
| 3 | September 30 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 45–10 | 3–0 | Texas Stadium | 64,729 | Recap |
| 4 | October 8 | at Washington Redskins | L 7–14 | 3–1 | RFK Stadium | 54,314 | Recap |
| 5 | October 14 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 31–37 | 3–2 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 81,428 | Recap |
| 6 | October 21 | New York Giants | W 45–28 | 4–2 | Texas Stadium | 58,741 | Recap |
| 7 | October 28 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 16–30 | 4–3 | Veterans Stadium | 63,300 | Recap |
| 8 | November 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 38–10 | 5–3 | Texas Stadium | 54,944 | Recap |
| 9 | November 11 | at New York Giants | W 23–10 | 6–3 | Yale Bowl | 70,128 | Recap |
| 10 | November 18 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 31–10 | 7–3 | Texas Stadium | 59,375 | Recap |
| 11 | November 22 | Miami Dolphins | L 7–14 | 7–4 | Texas Stadium | 58,089 | Recap |
| 12 | December 2 | at Denver Broncos | W 22–10 | 8–4 | Mile High Stadium | 51,508 | Recap |
| 13 | December 9 | Washington Redskins | W 27–7 | 9–4 | Texas Stadium | 62,195 | Recap |
| 14 | December 16 | at St. Louis Cardinals | W 30–3 | 10–4 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43,946 | Recap |
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Division opponents are in bold text [2]
Standings
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| NFC East | |||||||||
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| 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 |
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Week 1 at Bears
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Week One: Dallas Cowboys (0–0) at Chicago Bears (0–0)
at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
- Date: September 16
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C)
- Game attendance: 49,970
- Box Score
Week 2
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Week 3
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Week 4
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Week 10
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Main article: 1973–74 NFL playoffs
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| Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Game Site | Attendance | Recap |
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| Divisional | December 23, 1973 | Los Angeles Rams | W 27–16 | Texas Stadium | 64,291 | Recap |
| NFC Championship | December 30, 1973 | Minnesota Vikings | L 10–27 | Texas Stadium | 60,272 | Recap |
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More information Dallas Cowboys 1973 roster ...
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The Football Encyclopedia ISBN 0-312-11435-4
Total Football ISBN 0-06-270170-3
Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes ISBN 0-446-51950-2
- Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Mar-03.
- Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Oct-23.