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Record: 5 - 9 (pythagorean: 5 - 9, .394) Coaching: Chuck Fairbanks 5 - 9 1973 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-4 (4) - John Hannah, Alabama, G   1-11 (11) - Sam Cunningham, USC, RB   1-19 (19) - Darryl Stingley, Purdue, WR   3-4 (56) - Brad Dusek, Texas A&M, DB   3-21 (73) - Charles Davis, Alcorn A&M, RB   4-4 (82) - Allen Gallagher, USC, T   5-4 (108) - Doug Dumler, Nebraska, C   8-4 (186) - Isaac Brown, Western Kentucky, RB   9-4 (212) - David Callaway, Texas A&M, T   10-4 (238) - Dan Ruster, Oklahoma, DB   11-4 (264) - Homer May, Texas A&M, TE   12-4 (290) - Bruce Barnes, UCLA, P   13-4 (316) - Alan Lowry, Texas, DB   14-4 (342) - Raymond Hamilton, Oklahoma, LB   15-4 (368) - Condie Pugh, Norfolk State, RB   16-4 (394) - Mike Kutter, Concordia, DE   17-4 (420) - Eddie McAshan, Georgia Tech, QB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 BUF 31 at NWE 13 Week 2 KAN 10 at NWE 7 Week 3 NWE 23 at MIA 44 Week 4 BLC 16 at NWE 24 Week 5 NYJ 9 at NWE 7 Week 6 NWE 13 at CHI 10 Week 7 MIA 30 at NWE 14 Week 8 NWE 23 at PHI 24 Week 9 NWE 13 at NYJ 33 Week 10 GNB 24 at NWE 33 Week 11 NWE 32 at HOO 0 Week 12 SDG 14 at NWE 30 Week 13 NWE 13 at BUF 37 Week 14 NWE 13 at BLC 18
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 258 3843 31 97 122 18 237   380 195 2581 13 17 37 350   454 1612 15   50 550 51 25 -- DEFENSE 300 4188 32 142 67 6 215   240 134 1600 11 13 32 262   560 2850 16   77 693 29 -- 18     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 33 324 0   OPP: 29 152 0   OWN: 57 1372 1   OPP: 40 963 1     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 61 2297 0 0 0   OPP: 62 2509   OWN: 25 31 15 29   OPP: 30 32 26 32
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Jim Plunkett 14 376 193 51.3 2550 6.78 13 17 37 350 65.8   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dick Shiner 4 4 2 50.0 31 7.75 0 0 0 0 76.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Sam Cunningham 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   155 516 3.3 4 25   15 144 9.6 1 34t Josh Ashton 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   93 305 3.3 0 34   11 113 10.3 0 51 John Tarver 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   72 321 4.5 4 28   9 51 5.7 0 13 Mack Herron 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   61 200 3.3 2 17   18 265 14.7 1 29 Bob McCall 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   10 15 1.5 0 14   3 18 6.0 0 14 Darryl Stingley 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   6 64 10.7 0 19   23 339 14.7 2 25 Paul Gipson 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   5 -1 -0.2 0 4   0 0 0.0 0 0 Reggie Rucker 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 -1 -0.5 0 0   53 743 14.0 3 64 Randy Vataha 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 -15 -7.5 0 -4   20 341 17.1 2 48 Bob Adams 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 7 3.5 0 4   14 197 14.1 0 30 Bob Windsor 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -6 -6.0 0 -6   23 348 15.1 4 36 Claxton Welch 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -2 -2.0 0 -2   6 22 3.7 0 8   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Mack Herron 14 27 282 10.4 8 54 0   41 1092 26.6 92t 1 Darryl Stingley 14 3 21 7.0 2 16 0   6 143 23.8 29 0 Sandy Durko 14 3 21 7.0 2 15 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Reggie Rucker 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   5 103 20.6 42 0 Bob McCall 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 17 8.5 17 0 John Hannah 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 John Tarver 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 17 17.0 17 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Jeff White 11 6 163 51 0 0 0 0.0 27.2   6/8 2/3 3/5 3/7 0/2 48 14 25 21 25 Bill Bell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 1/3 0/0 0/1 36 1 4 4 5 Bruce Barnes 14 55 2134 53 0 0 0 0.0 38.8   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Ron Acks 14 0.0 0   1 11 11 0 Ron Bolton 14 0.0 0   6 65 56 0 Sandy Durko 14 0.0 0   3 26 16 0 Ralph Anderson 13 0.0 0   2 3 3 0 Honor Jackson 7 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Ron Acks 14 0 0 1 0 0 Bob Adams 11 0 0 0 0 0 Julius Adams 14 0 0 1 0 0 Sam Adams 12 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Anderson 13 0 0 2 0 0 Josh Ashton 13 4 1 0 -1 0 Willie Banks 13 0 0 0 0 0 Bruce Barnes 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Bell 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Bolton 14 0 0 1 0 0 Greg Boyd 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Cash 14 0 0 1 0 0 Edgar Chandler 12 1 0 2 14 0 Sam Cunningham 14 10 2 0 0 0 Nate Dorsey 2 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Dowling 11 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Dumler 14 1 0 0 -15 0 Sandy Durko 14 2 0 0 0 0 Will Foster 10 0 1 1 0 1 Bob Geddes 2 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Gipson 5 1 0 1 20 0 Leon Gray 9 0 1 0 0 0 Ray Hamilton 14 0 0 2 0 0 John Hannah 13 0 0 1 0 0 Mack Herron 14 7 3 0 0 0 George Hoey 14 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Hunt 1 0 0 0 0 0 Honor Jackson 7 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Kiner 14 0 0 1 11 0 Steve King 7 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Lenkaitis 12 0 0 0 0 0 Mel Lunsford 4 0 0 0 0 0 Don Martin 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Mason 8 0 0 1 0 0 Bob McCall 8 4 2 0 0 0 Arthur Moore 13 0 0 1 0 0 Jon Morris 2 0 0 0 0 0 John Mosier 3 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Neville 8 0 1 0 0 0 Jim Plunkett 14 6 1 0 0 0 Bob Reynolds 8 0 1 0 0 0 Dave Rowe 14 0 0 0 0 0 Reggie Rucker 14 2 2 0 0 0 Dick Shiner 4 0 0 0 0 0 Donnell Smith 12 0 0 0 0 0 Len St. jean 14 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Stenger 10 0 0 2 0 0 Darryl Stingley 14 1 0 0 0 0 John Tanner 14 0 0 0 0 0 John Tarver 12 8 3 0 0 0 Randy Vataha 14 0 1 0 46 1 Claxton Welch 2 1 1 0 0 0 Jeff White 11 1 1 0 0 0 Bob Windsor 13 2 0 0 0 0

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