1973 Baltimore Colts

1973 Baltimore Colts season
Head Coach:	Howard Schnellenberger
Home Field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	4–10
Place	T-4th AFC East
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Uniform
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1972	1974

The 1973 Baltimore Colts season was the 21st season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1973 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, and finished tied for fourth in the AFC East with the New York Jets. The Colts lost the tiebreaker to the New York based on head-to-head series (0–2).

The 1973 season was the first year since 1955 in which long-time quarterback Johnny Unitas was not on the roster.

Regular season

Before the 1973 season, the Colts traded their long-time quarterback, Johnny Unitas, to the San Diego Chargers. Unitas had been splitting quarterback duties with Earl Morrall and Marty Domres over the past few seasons. Unitas played one season for San Diego before retiring.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 16	at Cleveland Browns	L 14–24	0–1	Cleveland Stadium	74,303
2	September 23	New York Jets	L 10–34	0–2	Memorial Stadium	55,942
3	September 30	New Orleans Saints	W 14–10	1–2	Memorial Stadium	52,293
4	October 7	at New England Patriots	L 16–24	1–3	Schaeffer Stadium	57,044
5	October 14	at Buffalo Bills	L 13–31	1–4	Rich Stadium	78,875
6	October 21	at Detroit Lions	W 29–27	2–4	Tiger Stadium	48,058
7	October 28	Oakland Raiders	L 21–34	2–5	Memorial Stadium	59,008
8	November 4	Houston Oilers	L 27–31	2–6	Memorial Stadium	52,707
9	November 11	at Miami Dolphins	L 0–44	2–7	Miami Orange Bowl	60,332
10	November 18	at Washington Redskins	L 14–22	2–8	RFK Stadium	52,675
11	November 25	Buffalo Bills	L 17–24	2–9	Memorial Stadium	52,250
12	December 2	at New York Jets	L 17–20	2–10	Shea Stadium	51,167
13	December 9	Miami Dolphins	W 16–3	3–10	Memorial Stadium	58,446
14	December 16	New England Patriots	W 18–13	4–10	Memorial Stadium	52,065

Standings

AFC East
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Miami Dolphins	12	2	0	.857	343	150
Buffalo Bills	9	5	0	.643	259	230
New England Patriots	5	9	0	.357	258	300
New York Jets	4	10	0	.286	240	306
Baltimore Colts	4	10	0	.286	226	341

Staff/Coaches

1973 Baltimore Colts staff
Front Office Owner/President and Treasurer – Robert Irsay General Manager – Joe Thomas Coaching Staff Head Coach – Howard Schnellenberger Offensive Coaches Receivers – Pete McCulley Running Backs - George Sefcik Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – George Young		Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line - Don Doll Defensive Backfield – Bobby Franklin Linebackers Coach – Ray Callahan

Final roster

1973 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks 14 Marty Domres  7 Bert Jones Running Backs 23 Don McCauley 26 Lydell Mitchell 38 Bill Olds Wide Receivers 35 Glenn Doughty 17 Sam Havrilak 80 Ollie Smith 28 Cotton Speyrer Tight Ends 88 John Andrews 87 Raymond Chester 84 Tom Mitchell		Offensive Linemen 66 Elmer Collett G 74 Tom Drougas T 61 Cornelius Johnson G 57 Ken Mendenhall C 68 Dennis Nelson T 62 Glenn Ressler G 64 David Taylor T Defensive Linemen 79 Jim Bailey DT 63 Mike Barnes DT 76 Joe Ehrmann DT 85 Roy Hilton DE 75 Joe Schmiesing DE 65 Bill Windauer DT		Linebackers 32 Mike Curtis 83 Ted Hendricks 54 Fred Hoaglin 52 Michael Kaczmarek 58 Ed Mooney 53 Stan White Defensive Backs 44 Rex Kern CB 40 Bruce Laird SS 11 Jack Mildren SS 31 Nelson Munsey CB 25 Ray Oldham SS 21 Rick Volk S		Special Teams 10 George Hunt K 49 David Lee P Reserve lists none - vacant Taxi/Practice Squad none - vacant Note: - Rookies in italics

external links

• 1973 Baltimore Colts article at Wikipedia