1973 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season

American football team season August 2023 March 2026 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) St. Louis Cardinals 1973 4–9–1 4th NFC East Don Coryell Bill Bidwill Busch Memorial Stadium Did not qualify None Cardinals seasons The 1973 St. Louis Cardinals season was the franchise's 54th season in the National Football League (NFL). Led by first-year head coach Don Coryell, the Cardinals matched their previous output of 4–9–1, finishing with that record for the third straight season.1973 St. Louis Cardinals They failed to reach the playoffs for the 25th 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 had 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,Arizona Cardinals versus Denver Broncos was the nearest they would come to beating that franchise until 2010, and the only time the Broncos would play at Busch Memorial Stadium (they would play at Edward Jones Dome in 2000St. Louis Rams at home to Denver Broncos). Hired in January, Coryell was previously the head coach at San Diego State for twelve seasons.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nWgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cFMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4720%2C1056274 Pittsburgh Press UPI Coryell named Cardinal coach January 19, 1973 28 Offseason 1973 NFL draft 1973 St. Louis Cardinals 1 5 Dave Butz Defensive tackle Purdue yes yes 2 45 Gary Keithley Quarterback UTEP yes 3 59 Fred Sturt Guard Bowling Green 3 63 Terry Metcalf Running back Long Beach State yes 5 109 Tom Brahaney Center Oklahoma yes 6 137 Dwayne Crump Defensive back Fresno State yes 6 148 Phil Andre Defensive back Washington 7 164 Ken Jones Tackle Oklahoma 8 188 Ken Garrett Running back Wake Forest 9 213 Ken King Linebacker Kentucky 10 242 Bonnie Sloan Defensive tackle Austin Peay yes 11 267 Dan Sanspree Defensive end Auburn 12 292 Dean Unruh Tackle Oklahoma 13 317 Ed Robinson Defensive back Lamar 14 346 Dan Peiffer Center Southeast Missouri State 15 371 Mel Parker Linebacker Duke 16 396 Jim Hann Linebacker Montana 17 421 Eric Crone Quarterback Harvard no https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/crd/1973_draft.htm 1973 St. Louis Cardinals Draftees Pro Football Reference July 29, 2024 Roster St. Louis Cardinals roster Quarterbacks 17 Jim Hart American football 12 Gary Keithley y P Running backs 44 Donny Anderson 21 Terry Metcalf y 35 Jim Otis 31 Don Shy Wide receivers 85 Mel Gray wide receiver 84 Walker Gillette 30 Gary Hammond 37 Marv Owens y no 28 Ahmad Rashad Tight ends 83 Jim McFarland 81 Jackie Smith Offensive linemen 54 Tom Banks American football G/C 51 Tom Brahaney y C 72 Dan Dierdorf T 60 Roger Finnie G 55 Gene Hamlin C 74 Bob Reynolds American football, born 1939 T 68 Mike Taylor offensive tackle T 64 Bob Young offensive lineman G Defensive linemen 70 Leo Brooks American football DE/DT 65 Dave Butz y DE 71 John Richardson American football DT 75 Bob Rowe American football DT 74 Council Rudolph DE 78 Ron Yankowski DE Linebackers 57 Mark Arneson MLB 59 Pete Barnes OLB 52 Jack LeVeck y MLB 58 Terry Miller linebacker OLB 87 Jeff Staggs OLB 67 Larry Stallings OLB Defensive backs 26 Dwayne Crump y CB 42 Chuck Detwiler SS 41 Clarence Duren y SS 45 Jim Tolbert FS/CB 40 Eric Washington no CB 22 Roger Wehrli CB Special teams 25 Jim Bakken K Reserve lists 38 Leon Burns RB IR 76 Ron Davis y no DE IR 60 Conrad Dobler G IR 73 Ernie McMillan T IR 27 Eddie Moss RB IR 50 Wayne Mulligan C IR 53 Jamie Rivers American football LB IR 49 Leroy Sledge RB IR 63 Fred Sturt y G/T IR 43 Norm Thompson American football CB/FS IR Taxi squad 33 Willie Belton RB 65 Roger Bernhardt y G 34 Charles Davis y no RB 61 Fred DeBernardi DE 36 Ken Garrett y no RB 20 Clancy Oliver FS 79 Bonnie Sloan y DT rookies in italics Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 16 at Philadelphia Eagles W 34–23 1–0 Veterans Stadium 61,103 2 September 23 Washington Redskins W 34–27 2–0 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,316 3 September 30 at Dallas Cowboys L 10–45 2–1 Texas Stadium 64,729 4 October 7 Oakland Raiders L 10–17 2–2 Busch Memorial Stadium 49,051 5 October 14 Philadelphia Eagles L 24–27 2–3 Busch Memorial Stadium 44,400 6 October 21 at Washington Redskins L 13–31 2–4 RFK Stadium 54,381 7 October 28 New York Giants W 35–27 3–4 Busch Memorial Stadium 47,589 8 November 4 Denver Broncos T 17–17 3–4–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 46,565 9 November 11 at Green Bay Packers L 21–25 3–5–1 Lambeau Field 52,922 10 November 18 at New York Giants L 13–24 3–6–1 Yale Bowl 65,795 11 November 25 at Cincinnati Bengals L 24–42 3–7–1 Riverfront Stadium 50,918 12 December 2 Detroit Lions L 16–20 3–8–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 44,982 13 December 9 at Atlanta Falcons W 32–10 4–8–1 Atlanta Stadium 48,030 14 December 16 Dallas Cowboys L 3–30 4–9–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 43,946 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. 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