1973 Chicago Bears season

1973 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	Abe Gibron
General manager	George Halas, Jr.
Owner	George Halas
Home field	Soldier Field
Results
Record	3–11
Division place	4th NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1973 Chicago Bears season was their 54th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 3–11 record, the second worst showing in franchise history.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 16, 1973	Dallas Cowboys	L 20–17	49,970
2	September 23, 1973	Minnesota Vikings	L 22–13	52,035
3	September 30, 1973	at Denver Broncos	W 33–14	51,159
4	October 7, 1973	at New Orleans Saints	L 21–16	56,561
5	October 14, 1973	at Atlanta Falcons	L 46–6	58,850
6	October 21, 1973	New England Patriots	L 13–10	47,643
7	October 28, 1973	Houston Oilers	W 35–14	43,755
8	November 4, 1973	at Green Bay Packers	W 31–17	56,267
9	November 12, 1973	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 19–7	70,664
10	November 18, 1973	Detroit Lions	L 30–7	48,625
11	November 25, 1973	at Minnesota Vikings	L 31–13	46,430
12	December 2, 1973	Los Angeles Rams	L 26–0	47,620
13	December 9, 1973	at Detroit Lions	L 40–7	41,729
14	December 16, 1973	Green Bay Packers	L 21–0	29,157

Roster

1973 Chicago Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name OT 79 Lionel Antoine OT 74 Bob Asher C 52 Rich Coady TE 80 Craig Cotton QB 10 Bobby Douglass WR 43 George Farmer RB 26 Carl Garrett FB 35 Jim Harrison WR 17 Ike Hill OG 61 Glen Holloway QB 19 Gary Huff (R) OT 65 Randy Jackson OG 64 Ernie Janet WR 38 Dave Juenger (R) OG 63 Steve Kinney (R) RB 33 Gary Kosins RB 36 Roger Lawson OG 45 Joe Moore OG 78 Bob Newton TE 86 Bob Parsons WR 81 Mike Reppond (R) WR 87 Tom Reynolds RB 39 Reggie Sanderson (R) WR 82 Earl Thomas WR 21 Cecil Turner	Defense Pos. # Name OLB 55 Doug Buffone MLB 51 Dick Butkus DT 60 Wally Chambers (R) LB 53 Gail Clark (R) SS 25 Craig Clemons DB 48 Allan Ellis (R) CB 32 Charlie Ford LB 30 Jimmy Gunn DL 75 Dave Hale DL 85 Willie Holman DE 72 Gary Hrivnak (R) DB 29 Bob Jeter FS 44 Gary Lyle DE 71 Tony McGee DT 68 Jim Osborne OLB 58 Bob Pifferini DT 70 Andy Rice LB 57 Don Rives (R) DB 24 Willie Roberts (R) CB 20 Joe Taylor DE 89 Mel Tom LB 54 Adrian Young	Special teams Pos. # Name P 88 Bobby Joe Green K 83 Mac Percival K 15 Mirro Roder (R)	Head coach Abe Gibron Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-Jul-22

Game summaries

Week 8

1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 7 3 14 7 31 Packers 7 10 0 0 17 Date: November 4 Location: Lambeau Field Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 56,267 Game weather: 31°F • Wind 9

Scoring summary 1 CHI Bobby Douglass 1 yard run (Mac Percival kick) Bears 7–0 1 GB MacArthur Lane 5 yard pass from Scott Hunter (Chester Marcol kick) Tie 7–7 2 GB Scott Hunter 1 yard run (Chester Marcol kick) Packers 14–7 2 GB Chester Marcol 25 yard field goal Packers 17–7 2 CHI Mac Percival 10 yard field goal Packers 17–10 3 CHI Bobby Douglass 1 yard run (Mac Percival kick) Tie 17–17 3 CHI Bobby Douglass 2 yard run (Mac Percival kick) Bears 24–17 4 CHI Bobby Douglass 1 yard run (Mac Percival kick) Bears 31–17

Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings	12	2	0	.857	6–0	10–1	296	168	W2
Detroit Lions	6	7	1	.464	3–2–1	6–4–1	271	247	L1
Green Bay Packers	5	7	2	.429	1–4–1	4–6–1	202	259	W1
Chicago Bears	3	11	0	.214	1–5	1–9	195	334	L6