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1973 Oakland Raiders: 9-4-1
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Home record: 5-2-0 (155 points scored, 58 allowed) Road record: 4-2-1 (137 points scored, 117 allowed) Head Coach: John Madden

292 points scored (10th of 26 teams), 175 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   205   353   2,263   ( 9)   5.69   16   18    547   2,510   ( 4)    4.6   14    4,773    ( 3)      34
Defense:   170   370   1,690   ( 8)   4.12   12   17    435   1,470   ( 2)    3.4    5    3,160    ( 2)      33

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
00  Jim Otto             C     14   6'2   255   35   14   Miami
 3  Daryle Lamonica      QB     8   6'2   215   32   11   Notre Dame
 8  Ray Guy              P     14   6'3   190   23    R   Southern Mississippi
12  Ken Stabler          QB    14   6'3   215   27    4   Alabama
16  George Blanda        K     14   6'1   215   46   24   Kentucky
20  Jimmy Warren         DB    10   5'11  175   34   10   Illinois
21  Cliff Branch         WR    13   5'11  170   25    2   Colorado
23  Charlie Smith        RB    14   6'1   205   27    6   Utah
24  Willie Brown         DB    14   6'1   190   32   11   Grambling
25  Fred Biletnikoff     WR    14   6'1   190   30    9   Florida State
26  Skip Thomas          DB    14   6'1   205   23    2   Southern California
28  Clarence Davis       RB    13   5'10  190   24    3   Southern California
32  Jack Tatum           DB    13   5'10  200   24    3   Ohio State
36  Bob Hudson           RB    14   5'11  205   25    2   Northeastern Oklahoma
40  Pete Banaszak        RB    14   5'11  210   29    8   Miami
41  Phil Villapiano      LB    14   6'1   222   24    3   Bowling Green
42  Tommy Maxwell        DB     8   6'2   195   26    5   Texas A&M
43  George Atkinson      DB    14   6'0   180   26    6   Morris Brown
44  Marv Hubbard         RB    14   6'1   225   27    5   Colgate
46  Warren Bankston      TE    11   6'4   235   26    5   Tulane
47  Jeff Queen           RB     9   6'1   220   27    5   Morgan State
48  Nemiah Wilson        DB    13   6'0   165   30    9   Grambling
49  Mike Siani           WR    14   6'2   195   23    2   Villanova
50  Dave Dalby           C     14   6'2   240   23    2   UCLA
51  Joe Carroll          LB     9   6'1   220   23    2   Pittsburgh
52  Gary Weaver          LB    10   6'1   224   24    R   Fresno State
55  Dan Conners          LB    14   6'1   230   32   10   Miami
58  Monte Johnson        LB    13   6'4   235   22    R   Nebraska
60  Otis Sistrunk        DT    14   6'4   255   27    2   None
63  Gene Upshaw          OG    14   6'5   255   28    7   Texas A&I
64  George Buehler       OG    14   6'2   260   26    5   Stanford
65  Paul Seiler          OT     4   6'4   260   27    5   Notre Dame
71  Kelvin Korver        DT    14   6'6   260   24    1   Northwestern (IA)
75  John Vella           OT    14   6'4   255   23    2   Southern California
76  Bob Brown            OT    10   6'4   280   31   10   Nebraska
77  Bubba Smith          DE    12   6'7   265   28    6   Michigan State
78  Art Shell            OT    14   6'5   265   26    6   Maryland Eastern Shore
80  Art Thoms            DT    13   6'5   250   27    5   Syracuse
82  Horace Jones         DE    14   6'3   255   24    3   Louisville
84  Tony Cline           DE    14   6'2   240   25    4   Miami
86  Gerald Irons         LB    14   6'2   230   26    4   Maryland Eastern Shore
88  Bob Moore            TE    14   6'3   220   24    3   Stanford
89  Steve Sweeney        WR    14   6'3   205   23    R   California

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Ken Stabler          260  163   62.7  1,997   7.68  12.3  14   5.4   10   3.8    34   261    88.3
Daryle Lamonica       93   42   45.2    614   6.60  14.6   2   2.2    8   8.6    11    87    38.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Biletnikoff       48    660   13.8    4
Mike Siani             45    742   16.5    3
Bob Moore              34    375   11.0    4
Charlie Smith          28    260    9.3    1
Cliff Branch           19    290   15.3    3
Marv Hubbard           15    116    7.7    0
Clarence Davis          7     76   10.9    0
Pete Banaszak           6     31    5.2    0
Steve Sweeney           2     52   26.0    1
Bob Hudson              1      9    9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Marv Hubbard          193    903    4.7    6
Charlie Smith         173    682    3.9    4
Clarence Davis        116    609    5.2    4
Pete Banaszak          34    198    5.8    0
Ken Stabler            21    101    4.8    0
Ray Guy                 1     21   21.0    0
Bob Hudson              4      3    0.8    0
Daryle Lamonica         5     -7   -1.4    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Clarence Davis         19    504   26.5    0
Bob Hudson             14    350   25.0    0
Pete Banaszak           3     48   16.0    0
Charlie Smith           2     23   11.5    0
Warren Bankston         1     12   12.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
George Atkinson        41    336    8.2    6    1
Tommy Maxwell           4      8    2.0    4    0
Jimmy Warren            1      0    0.0    2    0
Bob Hudson              0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ray Guy 69 3,127 45.3 0 0 0 0 0 45.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts George Blanda 10/10 7/8 3/4 3/11 0/0 23/33 31/31 100 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD George Atkinson 3 48 0 Willie Brown 3 -1 0 Tony Cline 6.5 Gerald Irons 2 19 0 Horace Jones 4.5 Kelvin Korver 1.0 1 12 0 Otis Sistrunk 13.0 Bubba Smith 4.5 Jack Tatum 1 26 0 Skip Thomas 2 24 0 Art Thoms 5.5 Phil Villapiano 1.0 1 6 0 Jimmy Warren 1 0 0 Nemiah Wilson 3 28 0

1973 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 23 P Ray Guy 207 Southern Mississippi 2 49 DT Monte Johnson 99 Nebraska 4 92 DB Perry Smith 108 Colorado State [pick acquired from LA] 4 101 WR Joe Wylie Oklahoma 5 124 WR Louis Neal 15 Prairie View [pick acquired from GB] 5 127 OT Ron Mikolajczyk 32 Tampa 6 153 OT Brent Myers Purdue 7 179 LB Gary Weaver 87 Fresno State 8 205 QB Mike Rae 28 USC 9 231 TE Steve Sweeney California 10 257 RB Leo Allen Tuskegee 11 283 RB Jerry List Nebraska 12 309 OG Jim Krapf Alabama 14 361 DB Bruce Polen William Penn 15 387 C Dave Leffers Vanderbilt 16 413 WR Jerry Gadlin Wyoming 17 439 OG Mike Ryan USC

Traded draft picks: #3 to DET via LA (Levi Johnson), #13 to LA (Clinton Spearman)


Transactions:

01-26-1973traded Carleton Oats to Packers for Vern Vanoy and Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1973 draft
01-31-1973traded Oakland's #13 pick in the 1973 draft to Rams for Jim Purnell
02-07-1973traded a #14 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Dan Sullivan
02-26-1973received a fifth round pick from Packers as compensation for hiring assistant coach John Polonchek
05-02-1973traded a draft pick to Steelers for Lee Calland
07-01-1973Packers claimed Perry Smith on waivers
07-13-1973traded cash to Packers for Demrey Brandon
07-13-1973traded Don Highsmith to Packers for Bob Hudson
07-17-1973traded Raymond Chester to Colts for Bubba Smith
07-22-1973traded Tom Keating to Steelers for Pittsburgh's #4 pick in the 1974 draft
07-25-1973traded Greg Slough to Vikings for a draft pick
07-26-1973Browns claimed Jerry DePoyster on waivers
08-24-1973traded Oakland's #3 and #8 picks in the 1974 draft (?) to Saints for Glen Ray Hines
08-29-1973traded Jerry List to Patriots for a #11 pick in the 1974 draft
08-29-1973traded Glen Ray Hines to Steelers for Pittsburgh's #3 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft
09-10-1973traded Pittsburgh's #4 and #6 picks in the 1974 draft to Steelers for Warren Bankston


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/22/73    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 33-14
12/30/73    at Miami Dolphins          L 10-27


1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/16/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 16-24 0-1-0 09/23/73 vs Miami Dolphins W 12-7 1-1-0 09/30/73 at Kansas City Chiefs L 3-16 1-2-0 10/07/73 at St. Louis Cardinals W 17-10 2-2-0 10/14/73 at San Diego Chargers W 27-17 3-2-0 10/22/73 at Denver Broncos T 23-23 3-2-1 10/28/73 at Baltimore Colts W 34-21 4-2-1 11/04/73 vs New York Giants W 42-0 5-2-1 11/11/73 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 9-17 5-3-1 11/18/73 vs Cleveland Browns L 3-7 5-4-1 11/25/73 vs San Diego Chargers W 31-3 6-4-1 12/02/73 at Houston Oilers W 17-6 7-4-1 12/08/73 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 37-7 8-4-1 12/16/73 vs Denver Broncos W 21-17 9-4-1

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