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Head Coach : Tom Landry 1973 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1973 Team Roster
64 Jim Arneson G
53 John Babinecz LB
31 Benny Barnes DB
56 Rodrigo Barnes LB
81 Marv Bateman P
17 Mike Clark K
63 Larry Cole DT
89 Billy Joe DuPree TE
52 Dave Edwards LB
62 John Fitzgerald C
15 Toni Fritsch K
84 Jean Fugett TE
32 Walt Garrison FB
34 Cornell Green DB
77 Bill Gregory DT
43 Cliff Harris DB
22 Bob Hayes WR
35 Calvin Hill AP PB HB
54 Chuck Howley LB
55 Lee Roy Jordan AP PB LB
50 D.D. Lewis LB
74 Bob Lilly AP PB DT
51 Dave Manders G
79 Harvey Martin DE
23 Mike Montgomery HB
14 Craig Morton QB
73 Ralph Neely T
44 Robert Newhouse HB
76 John Niland AP PB G
61 Blain Nye G
88 Drew Pearson WR
33 Cyrill Pinder HB
75 Jethro Pugh DT
20 Mel Renfro AP PB DB
83 Golden Richards WR
45 Larry Robinson HB
12 Roger Staubach QB
82 Otto Stowe WR
40 Les Strayhorn HB
67 Pat Toomay DE
87 Billy Truax TE
71 Rodney Wallace DT
78 Bruce Walton T
46 Mark Washington DB
41 Charlie Waters DB
70 Rayfield Wright PB T
*starters - all pro - probowl


1973 Draft

1 Billy Joe DuPree TE Michigan State
2 Golden Richards WR Hawaii
3 Harvey Martin DE E. Texas State
4 Drane Scrivener DB Tulsa
5 Bruce Walton T UCLA
6 Bob Leyen G Yale
7 Rodrigo Barnes LB Rice
8 Dan Werner QB Michigan State
9 Mike White DB Minnesotta
10 Carl Johnson LB Tennessee
11 Gerald Caswell G Colorado State
12 Jim Arneson G Arizona
13 John Smith WR UCLA
14 Bob Thornton G North Carolina
15 Walt Baisy LB Grambling
16 John Conley TE Hawaii
17 Les Strayhorn HB East Carolina







1973 Schedule
Sept.16 at Chicago 20-17
Sept. 24 NEW ORLEANS 40-3
Sept. 30 ST. LOUIS 45-10
Oct. 8 at Washington 14-7
Oct. 14 at LA Rams 37-31
Oct. 21 NY GIANTS 45-28
Oct. 28 at Philadelphia 30-16
Nov. 4 CINCINNATI 38-10
Nov. 11 at NY Giants 23-10
Nov. 18 PHILADELPHIA 31-10
Nov. 22 MIAMI 14-7
Dec. 2 at Denver 22-10
Dec. 9 WASHINGTON 27-7
Dec. 16 at St. Louis 30-3
Dec. 23

Division Playoff Game  LOS ANGELES RAMS

 27-16
Dec. 30 NFC Championship Game MINNESOTTA 27-10


1973 NFC East Standings
DAL 10 4 0 .714
*WAS 10 4 0 .714
PHI 5 8 1 .393
StL 4 9 1 .321
NYG 2 11 1 .179
*Wild Card


1973 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 321 192 59.8 2602 8.1 26 16
OPP 352 187 53.1 2301 6.5 15 18
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 542 2418 4.5 17 382 27.3
OPP 435 1471 3.4 5 203 14.5
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]


Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Fritsch

 18/28 43/43 97

Clark

 1/2 1/2 4
DAL 19/30 45/46 101
OPP 14/30 23/23 65


Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Pearson 7 155 22.1 26 0
Montgomery 6 175 29.2 63 0
Harris 6 148 24.7 33 0
Robinson 4 86 21.5 28 0
Newhouse 3 62 20.7 26 0
Richards 3 44 14.7 20 0
Strayhorn 2 44 22.0 25 0
Walton 1 11 11.0 11 0
Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 33 725 22.0 63 0
OPP 53 1310 24.9 53 0











Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
Staubach 286 179 62.6 2428 8.49 23 15 94.6
Morton 32 13 40.6 174 5.44 3 1 77.0
Montgomery 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Garrison 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
DAL 321 192 59.8 2602 8.11 26 16 92.3
OPP 352 187 53.1 2301 6.54 15 18 66.3


Rushing
Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hill 273 1142 4.2 21 6
Garrison 105 440 4.2 33 6
Newhouse 84 436 5.2 54 1
Staubach 46 250 5.4 18 3
Strayhorn 11 62 5.6 24 1
Fugett 1 34 34.0 34 0
Stowe 3 28 9.3 14 0
Robinson 2 17 8.5 11 0
Pinder 12 15 1.3 5 0
DuPree 2 2 1.0 6 0
Richards 1 2 2.0 2 0
Morton 1 0 0.0 0 0
Montgomery 1 -10 -10.0 -10 0
DAL 542 2418 4.5 54 17
OPP 435 1471 3.4 25 5


Receiving
Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hill 32 290 9.1 29 0
DuPree 29 392 13.5 40 5
Garrison 26 273 10.5 53 2
Stowe 23 389 16.9 45 6
Pearson 22 388 17.6 40 2
Hayes 22 360 16.4 47 3
Montgomery 14 164 11.7 32t 3
Fugett 9 168 18.7 48t 3
Newhouse 9 87 9.7 38 1
Richards 6 91 15.2 53t 1
DAL 192 2602 13.6 53t 26
OPP 187 2301 12.3 80t 15


Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Jordan 6 78 13.0 31t 1
Waters 5 112 22.4 44 0
Renfro 2 65 32.5 35 1
Harris 2 9 4.5 5 0
Toomay 1 35 35.0 35 0
B.Barnes 1 1 1.0 1 0
Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 18 300 16.7 44 2
OPP 16 151 9.4 29 1


Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Bateman 55 2290 41.6 3 4 62 2 36.2
Montgomery 4 158 39.5 0 0 48 0 38.3
DAL 59 2448 41.5 3 4 62 2 37.9
OPP 70 2756 39.4 7 12 78 2 34.9

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Richards 21 18 139 6.6 46 0
Harris 3 3 20 6.7 12 0
Pearson 2 0 13 6.5 13 0
Montgomery 2 0 2 1.0 3 0
DAL 28 21 174 6.2 46 0
OPP 29 7 152 5.2 59t 1