1973 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

1973 St. Louis Cardinals season
Head coach Don Coryell
Owner Bill Bidwill
Home field Busch Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 4–9–1
Division place 4th NFC East
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1973 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 54th season the team was in the league. The team matched their previous output of 4–9–1, finishing with that record for the third straight season.[1] They failed to reach the playoffs for the twenty-fifth straight season (not counting an appearance in the Playoff Bowl following the 1964 season).

The game vs. the Oakland Raiders was the first between the teams, and the last until 1983, by which time the Raiders have moved to Los Angeles. It would be the last time the Raiders played at the Cardinals until 1998 in Tempe, Arizona, and the Raiders' last game in St. Louis until 2002 when they played the Rams.

Their tied game, their first NFL game against the Denver Broncos,[2] was the nearest they would come to beating that franchise until 2010, and the only time the Broncos would play at Busch Memorial Stadium[2] (they would play at Edward Jones Dome in 2000[3]).

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 16, 1973 at Philadelphia Eagles W 34–23
61,103
2 September 23, 1973 Washington Redskins W 34–27
50,316
3 September 30, 1973 at Dallas Cowboys L 10–45
64,729
4 October 7, 1973 Oakland Raiders L 10–17
49,051
5 October 14, 1973 Philadelphia Eagles L 24–27
44,400
6 October 21, 1973 at Washington Redskins L 13–31
54,381
7 October 28, 1973 New York Giants W 35–27
47,589
8 November 4, 1973 Denver Broncos T 17–17
46,565
9 November 11, 1973 at Green Bay Packers L 21–25
52,922
10 November 18, 1973 at New York Giants L 13–24
65,795
11 November 25, 1973 at Cincinnati Bengals L 24–42
50,918
12 December 2, 1973 Detroit Lions L 16–20
44,982
13 December 9, 1973 at Atlanta Falcons W 32–10
48,030
14 December 16, 1973 Dallas Cowboys L 3–30
43,946

Standings

NFC East
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

References

  1. ↑ 1973 St. Louis Cardinals
  2. 1 2 Arizona Cardinals versus Denver Broncos
  3. ↑ St. Louis Rams at home to Denver Broncos
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