1973 Dallas Cowboys Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Tom Landry (10-4)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1973 Dallas Cowboys StatisticsTeam Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Tom Landry (10-4)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1973 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
Dallas piled up points with 382 points, while the defense surrendered 203. Calvin Hill ran for a team-best 1,142 yards for the Cowboys.
Roger Staubach threw for 2,428 yards. Calvin Hill paced pass catchers, hauling in 32 passes, while Billy DuPree accumulated 392 receiving yards. Otto Stowe, Bob Hayes, Drew Pearson and Walt Garrison each were targeted regularly, too.
The ball-hawking defense created 41 turnovers. Lee Roy Jordan intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1973 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Conference Championship.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Jim Arneson | OG-OT | January 7, 1951 | 6'3" | 247 | Arizona | Iowa City, IA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 53 | John Babinecz | LB | July 27, 1950 | 6'1" | 222 | Villanova | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 31 | Benny Barnes | CB | March 3, 1951 | 6'1" | 190 | Stanford | Lufkin, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Rodrigo Barnes | LB | February 10, 1950 | 6'1" | 215 | Rice | Waco, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | Marv Bateman | P | April 5, 1950 | 6'4" | 213 | Utah | Salt Lake City, UT USA | 13 | 0 |
| 17 | Mike Clark | K | November 7, 1940 | 6'1" | 205 | Texas A&M | Marshall, TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 63 | Larry Cole | LDE | November 15, 1946 | 6'5" | 252 | Air Force | Clarkfield, MN USA | 14 | 14 |
| 89 | Billy DuPree | TE | March 7, 1950 | 6'4" | 225 | Michigan St. | Monroe, LA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Dave Edwards | LLB | December 14, 1939 | 6'1" | 225 | Auburn | Columbia, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | John Fitzgerald | C | April 16, 1948 | 6'5" | 255 | Boston Col. | Southbridge, MA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Toni Fritsch | K | July 10, 1945 | 5'7" | 190 | none | Petronell, Austria | 13 | 0 |
| 84 | Jean Fugett | TE | December 16, 1951 | 6'3" | 225 | Amherst | Baltimore, MD USA | 12 | 0 |
| 32 | Walt Garrison | FB | July 23, 1944 | 6'0" | 205 | Oklahoma St. | Denton, TX USA | 13 | 8 |
| 34 | Cornell Green | SS | February 10, 1940 | 6'3" | 208 | Utah St. | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Bill Gregory | DE-DT | December 14, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | Wisconsin | Galveston, TX USA | 14 | 1 |
| 43 | Cliff Harris | FS | November 12, 1948 | 6'0" | 188 | Ouachita Baptist | Fayetteville, AR USA | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | Bob Hayes | WR | December 20, 1942 | 6'0" | 187 | Florida A&M | Jacksonville, FL USA | 13 | 13 |
| 35 | Calvin Hill | RB | January 2, 1947 | 6'4" | 227 | Yale | Baltimore, MD USA | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Chuck Howley | LB | June 28, 1936 | 6'3" | 228 | West Virginia | Wheeling, WV USA | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Lee Roy Jordan | MLB | April 27, 1941 | 6'1" | 221 | Alabama | Excel, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | D.D. Lewis | RLB | October 16, 1945 | 6'1" | 225 | Mississippi St. | Knoxville, TN USA | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Bob Lilly | RDT | July 26, 1939 | 6'5" | 260 | TCU | Olney, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 51 | Dave Manders | C | February 20, 1941 | 6'2" | 250 | Michigan St. | Milwaukee, WI USA | 13 | 0 |
| 79 | Harvey Martin | DT | November 16, 1950 | 6'5" | 260 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Dallas, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Mike Montgomery | RB-WR | July 10, 1949 | 6'2" | 210 | Kansas St. | Wichita Falls, TX USA | 9 | 2 |
| 14 | Craig Morton | QB | February 5, 1943 | 6'4" | 214 | California | Flint, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Ralph Neely | LT | September 12, 1943 | 6'6" | 265 | Oklahoma | Little Rock, AR USA | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Robert Newhouse | RB | January 9, 1950 | 5'10" | 209 | Houston | Longview, TX USA | 14 | 6 |
| 76 | John Niland | LG | February 29, 1944 | 6'3" | 245 | Iowa | Quincy, MA USA | 13 | 13 |
| 61 | Blaine Nye | RG | March 29, 1946 | 6'4" | 251 | Stanford | Ogden, UT USA | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Drew Pearson | KR | January 12, 1951 | 6'0" | 184 | Tulsa | South River, NJ USA | 14 | 6 |
| 33 | Cyril Pinder | RB | November 13, 1946 | 6'2" | 210 | Illinois | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 75 | Jethro Pugh | LDT | July 3, 1944 | 6'6" | 260 | Elizabeth City St. | Windsor, NC USA | 13 | 13 |
| 20 | Mel Renfro | RCB | December 30, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Houston, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Golden Richards | PR | December 31, 1950 | 6'1" | 181 | Hawaii | Salt Lake City, UT USA | 12 | 0 |
| 45 | Larry Robinson | RB | April 6, 1951 | 6'4" | 210 | Ferrum | Appomattox, VA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Roger Staubach | QB | February 5, 1942 | 6'3" | 197 | New Mex. Mil. Inst. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Otto Stowe | WR | February 25, 1949 | 6'2" | 188 | Iowa St. | Chicago, IL USA | 7 | 7 |
| 40 | Les Strayhorn | RB | September 1, 1951 | 5'10" | 205 | East Carolina | Trenton, NC USA | 11 | 0 |
| 67 | Pat Toomay | RDE | May 17, 1948 | 6'5" | 247 | Vanderbilt | Pomona, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Billy Truax | TE | July 15, 1943 | 6'5" | 240 | LSU | Gulfport, MS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Rodney Wallace | ROT-LOG | February 10, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | New Mexico | Pueblo, CO USA | 12 | 3 |
| 78 | Bruce Walton | OG-OT | June 14, 1951 | 6'6" | 251 | UCLA | San Diego, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 46 | Mark Washington | CB | December 28, 1947 | 5'10" | 188 | Morgan St. | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 41 | Charlie Waters | LCB | September 10, 1948 | 6'1" | 193 | Clemson | Miami, FL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | Rayfield Wright | RT | August 23, 1945 | 6'6" | 255 | Fort Valley St. | Griffin, GA USA | 12 | 12 |
