1973 Detroit Lions season
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1973 Detroit Lions season
| 1973 Detroit Lions season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Don McCafferty | ||||||
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| Results | |||||||
| Record | 6-7-1 | ||||||
| Division Place | 2nd NFC Central | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
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The 1973 Detroit Lions season was their 44th in the league. Don McCafferty, who served as an assistant under Don Shula during Shula's stint as head coach of the Baltimore Colts, and whom as head coach himself coached the Colts to a Super Bowl V victory over the Dallas Cowboys, would replace Joe Schmidt as head coach. However the team woud still fail to improve on their previous season's output of 8-5-1, finishing a mediocre 6-7-1.[1] The team missed the playoffs for the third straight season.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 16, 1973 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 24-10 |
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| 2 | September 23, 1973 | at Green Bay Packers | T 13-13 |
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| 3 | October 1, 1973 | Atlanta Falcons | W 31-6 |
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| 4 | October 7, 1973 | Minnesota Vikings | L 23-9 |
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| 5 | October 14, 1973 | at New Orleans Saints | L 20-13 |
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| 6 | October 21, 1973 | Baltimore Colts | L 29-27 |
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| 7 | October 28, 1973 | Green Bay Packers | W 34-0 |
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| 8 | November 4, 1973 | San Francisco 49ers | W 30-20 |
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| 9 | November 11, 1973 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 28-7 |
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| 10 | November 18, 1973 | at Chicago Bears | W 30-7 |
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| 11 | November 22, 1973 | Washington Redskins | L 20-0 |
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| 12 | December 2, 1973 | at St. Louis Cardinals | W 20-16 |
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| 13 | December 9, 1973 | Chicago Bears | W 40-7 |
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| 14 | December 15, 1973 | at Miami Dolphins | L 34-7 |
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Standings
| NFC Central | |||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 296 | 168 | W-2 |
| Detroit Lions | 6 | 7 | 1 | .464 | 271 | 247 | L-1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 5 | 7 | 2 | .429 | 202 | 259 | W-1 |
| Chicago Bears | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 195 | 334 | L-6 |
References
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| AFC | East | Central | West | East | Central | West | NFC |
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| Baltimore | Cincinnati | Denver | Dallas | Chicago | Atlanta | ||
| Buffalo | Cleveland | Kansas City | NY Giants | Detroit | Los Angeles | ||
| Miami | Houston | Oakland | Philadelphia | Green Bay | New Orleans | ||
| New England | Pittsburgh | San Diego | St. Louis | Minnesota | San Francisco | ||
| NY Jets | Washington | ||||||
| 1973 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl VIII | |||||||
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