1973 Detroit Lions season

Head coach

Don McCafferty

Owner

William Clay Ford, Sr.

Home field

Tiger Stadium

Results

Record

6–7–1

Division place

2nd NFC Central

Playoff finish

did not qualify

Timeline

Previous season		Next season
< 1972		1974 >

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 would 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.

1 Schedule
2 Standings
3 Game summaries
- 3.1 Week 14
4 References

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 16, 1973	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 24–10	48,913
2	September 23, 1973	at Green Bay Packers	T 13–13	55,495
3	October 1, 1973	Atlanta Falcons	W 31–6	45,599
4	October 7, 1973	Minnesota Vikings	L 23–9	49,549
5	October 14, 1973	at New Orleans Saints	L 20–13	57,810
6	October 21, 1973	Baltimore Colts	L 29–27	48,058
7	October 28, 1973	Green Bay Packers	W 34–0	43,616
8	November 4, 1973	San Francisco 49ers	W 30–20	49,531
9	November 11, 1973	at Minnesota Vikings	L 28–7	47,911
10	November 18, 1973	at Chicago Bears	W 30–7	48,625
11	November 22, 1973	Washington Redskins	L 20–0	46,807
12	December 2, 1973	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 20–16	44,982
13	December 9, 1973	Chicago Bears	W 40–7	41,729
14	December 15, 1973	at Miami Dolphins	L 34–7	53,375

Standings

NFC Central
	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

Game summaries

Week 14

References

^ 1973 Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

Formerly the Portsmouth Spartans
Founded in 1929
Based in Detroit, Michigan

The Franchise

Stadiums

Culture

NFL on Thanksgiving Day

Rivalries

Lore

Head Coaches

Notable people

League Championships (4)

Current League Affiliations

League: National Football League
Conference: National Football Conference
Division: North Division

Broadcasters

Radio: Detroit Lions Radio Network; Dan Miller; Jim Brandstatter; Tony Ortiz; WXYT-FM; WXYT

TV: Detroit Lions Television Network; Matt Shepard; Rob Rubick; Tom Leyden; WXYZ-TV

History: List of Detroit Lions broadcasters

Seasons (85)

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions seasons

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory

1973 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
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

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