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1973 Philadelphia Eagles season

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Record
  
5–8–1

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

Start date
  
1973

Home field
  
Veterans Stadium

Division place
  
3rd NFC East

Head coach
  
Mike McCormack

Owner
  
Leonard Tose

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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.

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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.

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.

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.
  • 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
  • References

    1973 Philadelphia Eagles season Wikipedia