1973 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Devine (5-7-2)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1973 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 5-7-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Dan Devine (5-7-2)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1973 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Packers scored 202 points, but the defense gave up 259. John Brockington carried the ball for a team-best 1,144 yards for Green Bay.
Jerry Tagge tossed for 720 yards, and Scott Hunter took a significant amount of snaps, too. MacArthur Lane paced the receiving corps, snagging 27 passes, while Jon Staggers accumulated 412 receiving yards.
Ken Ellis, Jim Carter and Jim Hill each intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Dan Devine coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Jerry Tagge | 106 | 56 | 52.8 | 720 | 6.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 7 | 6.6 | 50 | 9 | 54 | 53.2 | Scott Hunter | 84 | 35 | 41.7 | 442 | 5.3 | 2 | 2.4 | 4 | 4.8 | 30 | 10 | 89 | 46.8 | Jim Del Gaizo | 62 | 27 | 43.5 | 318 | 5.1 | 2 | 3.2 | 6 | 9.7 | 28 | 8 | 77 | 30.9 | MacArthur Lane | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 131.3 | John Brockington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 255 | 119 | 46.7 | 1503 | 5.9 | 7 | 2.7 | 17 | 6.7 | 50 | 27 | 220 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Brockington | 265 | 1144 | 4.3 | 53 | 3 | MacArthur Lane | 170 | 528 | 3.1 | 20 | 1 | Les Goodman | 18 | 88 | 4.9 | 19 | 1 | Perry Williams | 32 | 87 | 2.7 | 9 | 1 | Jerry Tagge | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 41 | 2 | Jon Staggers | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 20 | 1 | Paul Staroba | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Larry Krause | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Don Highsmith | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | Barry Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Scott Hunter | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | 6 | 1 | Jim Del Gaizo | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 527 | 1973 | 3.7 | 53 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | MacArthur Lane | 27 | 255 | 9.4 | 30 | 1 | Jon Staggers | 25 | 412 | 16.5 | 50 | 3 | Rich McGeorge | 16 | 260 | 16.2 | 44 | 1 | John Brockington | 16 | 128 | 8.0 | 37 | 0 | Barry Smith | 15 | 233 | 15.5 | 24 | 2 | Leland Glass | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 23 | 0 | Perry Williams | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 | Les Goodman | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 | Paul Staroba | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Mike Donohoe | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 119 | 1503 | 12.6 | 50 | 7 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ike Thomas | 23 | 527 | 22.9 | 34 | 0 | Ken Ellis | 12 | 319 | 26.6 | 84 | 0 | Larry Krause | 11 | 244 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 | MacArthur Lane | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 | Aaron Brown | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 | Perry Williams | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Don Highsmith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
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| Totals | 53 | 1189 | 22.4 | 84 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Ellis | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 47 | 1 | Jim Hill | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 20 | 0 | Jim Carter | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 42 | 1 | Al Matthews | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 58 | 1 | Tom MacLeod | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | Larry Hefner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Tom Toner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 15 | 220 | 14.7 | 58 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jim Hill | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike McCoy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Brockington | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ike Thomas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom MacLeod | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Matthews | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Carr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Del Gaizo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Hefner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alden Roche | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Hunter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sweeny Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Donohoe | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Willie Buchanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jon Staggers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MacArthur Lane | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Krause | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Tagge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Les Goodman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Bowman | 1 | 0 | -24 | 0 | 0 | Don Highsmith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Perry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Ellis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28 | -18 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Chester Marcol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 82 | Jon Staggers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | John Brockington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Barry Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | MacArthur Lane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jerry Tagge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ken Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Perry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rich McGeorge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Scott Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Les Goodman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 |
