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Vikings</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VIII" title="Super Bowl VIII">Super Bowl VIII</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 13, 1974</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)" title="Rice Stadium (Rice University)">Rice Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1973_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1973 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><a href="/wiki/1974_Pro_Bowl" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Broncos</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.038%;left:52.54%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Chiefs"><img alt="Chiefs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Chiefs</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.749%;left:5.883%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Raiders"><img alt="Raiders" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Raiders</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:63.142%;left:11.918%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Chargers"><img alt="Chargers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Chargers</b></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" title="File:Usa edcp relief location map.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div><b>AFC teams: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/10px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/15px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/20px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> West, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DeepPink_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/10px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/15px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/20px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Central, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/10px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/15px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/20px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> East</b></div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:362px"><div style="position:relative;width:360px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1973 NFL season is located in the United States"><img alt="1973 NFL season is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/360px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/540px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/720px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:69.773%;left:48.345%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cowboys"><img alt="Cowboys" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Cowboys</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:32.881%;left:87.061%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Giants"><img alt="Giants" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b>Giants</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:39.005%;left:84.224%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Eagles"><img alt="Eagles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b>Eagles</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.076%;left:59.781%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cardinals"><img alt="Cardinals" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Cardinals</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:43.491%;left:81.743%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Redskins"><img alt="Redskins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b>Redskins</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.273%;left:63.495%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bears"><img alt="Bears" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/8px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/12px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/16px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b>Bears</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.323%;left:70.642%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lions"><img alt="Lions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/8px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/12px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/16px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Lions</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:28.175%;left:62.305%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Packers"><img alt="Packers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/8px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/12px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/16px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Packers</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.669%;left:54.258%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Vikings"><img alt="Vikings" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/8px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/12px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/16px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b>Vikings</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.592%;left:70.806%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Falcons"><img alt="Falcons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Falcons</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.179%;left:10.465%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rams"><img alt="Rams" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Rams</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.366%;left:61.066%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Saints"><img alt="Saints" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Saints</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.738%;left:5.557%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="49ers"><img alt="49ers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>49ers</b></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" title="File:Usa edcp relief location map.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div><b>NFC teams: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/10px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/15px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg/20px-Yellow_ffff00_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> West, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DeepPink_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/10px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/15px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/DeepPink_pog.svg/20px-DeepPink_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Central, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/10px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/15px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/20px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> East</b></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_29_-_O.J._Simpson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_29_-_O.J._Simpson.jpg/150px-1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_29_-_O.J._Simpson.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/1986_Jeno%27s_Pizza_-_29_-_O.J._Simpson.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="143" /></a><figcaption>Simpson pictured in the game where he became the first running back to gain over 2,000 yards in a season on Dec. 16, 1973.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>1973 NFL season</b> was the 54th <a href="/wiki/Regular_season_(NFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular season (NFL)">regular season</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>. The season was highlighted by <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a> becoming the first player to rush for <a href="/wiki/2000_rushing_yards_club" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 rushing yards club">2,000 yards in one season</a>. </p><p>The season ended with <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VIII" title="Super Bowl VIII">Super Bowl VIII</a> when the <a href="/wiki/1973_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1973 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a> repeated as league champions by defeating the <a href="/wiki/1973_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="1973 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a> <span class="nowrap">24–7</span> at <a href="/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)" title="Rice Stadium (Rice University)">Rice Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> took place on January 20, 1974, at <a href="/wiki/Arrowhead_Stadium" title="Arrowhead Stadium">Arrowhead Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>; the AFC beat the NFC <span class="nowrap">15–13.</span> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Draft">Draft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1973_NFL_draft" title="1973 NFL draft">1973 NFL draft</a> was held from January 30 to 31, 1973 at <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sheraton_New_York_Times_Square_Hotel" title="Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel">Americana Hotel</a>. With the first pick, the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> selected defensive end <a href="/wiki/John_Matuszak" title="John Matuszak">John Matuszak</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tampa" title="University of Tampa">University of Tampa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_rule_changes">Major rule changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major rule changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jersey_numbering_system">Jersey numbering system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Jersey numbering system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_uniform_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League uniform numbers">league's jersey numbering system</a> is adopted (players who played in <a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a> are <a href="/wiki/Grandfather_clause" title="Grandfather clause">grandfathered</a>): <ul><li>1–19: Quarterbacks and specialists</li> <li>20–49: Running backs, fullbacks and defensive backs</li> <li>50–59: Centers and linebackers</li> <li>60–79: Defensive linemen, guards, and offensive tackles</li> <li>80–89: Wide receivers and tight ends</li> <li>Numbers 0, 00, and 90 to 99 are no longer allowed to be issued, even though these numbers were rarely issued anyway <ul><li>Two players wearing 00 at the time, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Otto" title="Jim Otto">Jim Otto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burrough" title="Ken Burrough">Ken Burrough</a>, were grandfathered.</li> <li>The only players wearing 90s numbers in 1972 were <a href="/wiki/Larry_Brooks_(American_football)" title="Larry Brooks (American football)">Larry Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Bunting_(American_football)" title="John Bunting (American football)">John Bunting</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Webster_(American_football)" title="George Webster (American football)">George Webster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Young" title="Wilbur Young">Wilbur Young</a>.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>The system would later be modified throughout the years to increase the available numbers to different positions due to increasing team rosters and teams retiring numbers <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">(see also <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_uniform_numbers#Post-1973_changes" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League uniform numbers">National Football League uniform numbers § Post-1973 changes</a> )</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_new_rules">Other new rules</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other new rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Defensive players cannot jump or stand on a teammate while trying to block a kick (leverage).</li> <li>The clock is to start at the snap following all changes of possession. Previously, the clock started on a change of possession when the ball was spotted ready for play by the referee, except if the ball went out of bounds on the change of possession, there was an incomplete pass on fourth down, the change of possession occurred on the final play of the first or third quarter, or either team took a timeout immediately; in those cases, the clock started on the snap.</li> <li>If there is a foul by the offensive team, and it is followed by a change of possession, the period can be extended by one play by the other team.</li> <li>If the receiving team commits a foul after the ball is kicked, possession will be presumed to have changed; the receiving team keeps the ball.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Division_races">Division races</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Division races"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting in 1970, and until 2002, there were three divisions (Eastern, Central and Western) in each conference. The winners of each division, and a fourth "wild card" team based on the best non-division winner, qualified for the playoffs. The tiebreaker rules were changed to start with head-to-head competition, followed by division records, records against common opponents, and records in conference play. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Football_Conference">National Football Conference</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: National Football Conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Week </th> <th>Eastern </th> <th> </th> <th>Central </th> <th> </th> <th>Western </th> <th> </th> <th>Wild Card </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>4 teams </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>2 teams </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>2 teams </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>5 teams </td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>Dallas, St. Louis (tie) </td> <td>2–0–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>2–0–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>2–0–0 </td> <td>Dallas, St. Louis (tie) </td> <td>2–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>3–0–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>3–0–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>3–0–0 </td> <td>St. Louis </td> <td>2–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>Washington* </td> <td>3–1–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>4–0–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>4–0–0 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>3–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Washington </td> <td>4–1–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>5–0–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>5–0–0 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>3–2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td>Washington </td> <td>5–1–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>6–0–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>6–0–0 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>4–2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>Washington </td> <td>5–2–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>7–0–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>6–1–0 </td> <td>Dallas* </td> <td>4–3–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td>Washington* </td> <td>5–3–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>8–0–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>6–2–0 </td> <td>Atlanta* </td> <td>5–3–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>Washington* </td> <td>6–3–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>9–0–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>7–2–0 </td> <td>Atlanta* </td> <td>6–3–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td>Washington* </td> <td>7–3–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>9–1–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>8–2–0 </td> <td>Atlanta* </td> <td>7–3–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td>Washington </td> <td>8–3–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>10–1–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>9–2–0 </td> <td>Atlanta </td> <td>8–3–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>Washington* </td> <td>9–3–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>10–2–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>10–2–0 </td> <td>Atlanta* </td> <td>8–4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>Dallas* </td> <td>9–4–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>11–2–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>11–2–0 </td> <td>Washington </td> <td>9–4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td bgcolor="#B0B7BC"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1973 Dallas Cowboys season"><span style="color:blue;">Dallas</span></a></b> </td> <td>10–4–0 </td> <td bgcolor="#4F2683"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="1973 Minnesota Vikings season"><span style="color:gold;">Minnesota</span></a></b> </td> <td>12–2–0 </td> <td bgcolor="#000066"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1973 Los Angeles Rams season"><span style="color:gold;">Los Angeles</span></a></b> </td> <td>12–2–0 </td> <td bgcolor="#660000"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1973 Washington Redskins season"><span style="color:gold;">Washington</span></a></b> </td> <td>10–4–0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>For the last time until <a href="/wiki/1997_NFL_season" title="1997 NFL season">1997</a>, the last two unbeaten teams in the league met in Week 7,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the Vikings tipping the Rams 10–9.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Football_Conference">American Football Conference</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: American Football Conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Week </th> <th>Eastern </th> <th> </th> <th>Central </th> <th> </th> <th>Western </th> <th> </th> <th>Wild Card </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>Buffalo, Miami (tie) </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>Cleveland, Pittsburgh (tie) </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>Denver </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>2 teams </td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>NY Jets </td> <td>1–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>2–0–0 </td> <td>4 teams </td> <td>1–1–0 </td> <td>7 teams </td> <td>1–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>Buffalo </td> <td>2–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>3–0–0 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>2–1–0 </td> <td>3 teams </td> <td>2–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>Buffalo, Miami (tie) </td> <td>3–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>4–0–0 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>3–1–0 </td> <td>Buffalo, Miami (tie) </td> <td>3–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Buffalo, Miami (tie) </td> <td>4–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>4–1–0 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>3–1–1 </td> <td>Buffalo, Miami (tie) </td> <td>4–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td>Miami </td> <td>5–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>5–1–0 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>3–2–1 </td> <td>Cincinnati* </td> <td>4–2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>Miami </td> <td>6–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>6–1–0 </td> <td>Oakland </td> <td>4–2–1 </td> <td>Buffalo </td> <td>5–2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td>Miami </td> <td>7–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>7–1–0 </td> <td>Oakland </td> <td>5–2–1 </td> <td>Buffalo </td> <td>5–3–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>Miami </td> <td>8–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>8–1–0 </td> <td>Oakland* </td> <td>5–3–1 </td> <td>Kansas City* </td> <td>5–3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td>Miami </td> <td>9–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>8–2–0 </td> <td>Kansas City </td> <td>6–3–1 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>6–3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td>Miami </td> <td>10–1–0 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>8–3–0 </td> <td>Denver </td> <td>6–3–2 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>7–3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>Miami </td> <td>11–1–0 </td> <td>Cincinnati* </td> <td>8–4–0 </td> <td>Oakland </td> <td>7–4–1 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>8–4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>Miami </td> <td>11–2–0 </td> <td>Cincinnati* </td> <td>9–4–0 </td> <td>Oakland </td> <td>8–3–1 </td> <td>Pittsburgh </td> <td>9–4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td bgcolor="#008E97"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1973 Miami Dolphins season"><span style="color:orange;">Miami</span></a></b> </td> <td>12–2–0 </td> <td bgcolor="#FF6600"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1973 Cincinnati Bengals season"><span style="color:black;">Cincinnati</span></a></b>* </td> <td>10–4–0 </td> <td bgcolor="#999999"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="1973 Oakland Raiders season"><span style="color:black;">Oakland</span></a></b> </td> <td>9–4–1 </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"><b><a href="/wiki/1973_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1973 Pittsburgh Steelers season"><span style="color:black;">Pittsburgh</span></a></b> </td> <td>10–4–0 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</td></tr> <tr style="background:#ffc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1973 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.714 </td> <td>6–2 </td> <td>8–3 </td> <td>325 </td> <td>198 </td> <td>W1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="1973 Philadelphia Eagles season">Philadelphia Eagles</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.393 </td> <td>3–4–1 </td> <td>3–7–1 </td> <td>310 </td> <td>393 </td> <td>L1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)_season" title="1973 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season">St. Louis Cardinals</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.321 </td> <td>3–5 </td> <td>4–7 </td> <td>286 </td> <td>365 </td> <td>L1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_New_York_Giants_season" title="1973 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.179 </td> <td>1–6–1 </td> <td>1–9–1 </td> <td>226 </td> <td>362 </td> <td>L4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background-color:#D0E7FF"><a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">NFC Central</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="150"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1973_NFC_Central_standings" title="Template:1973 NFC Central standings"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1973_NFC_Central_standings" title="Template talk:1973 NFC Central standings"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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<td>12 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.857 </td> <td>6–0 </td> <td>10–1 </td> <td>296 </td> <td>168 </td> <td>W2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1973 Detroit Lions season">Detroit Lions</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.464 </td> <td>3–2–1 </td> <td>6–4–1 </td> <td>271 </td> <td>247 </td> <td>L1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Green_Bay_Packers_season" title="1973 Green Bay Packers season">Green Bay Packers</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>.429 </td> <td>1–4–1 </td> <td>4–6–1 </td> <td>202 </td> <td>259 </td> <td>W1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Chicago_Bears_season" title="1973 Chicago Bears season">Chicago Bears</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.214 </td> <td>1–5 </td> <td>1–9 </td> <td>195 </td> <td>334 </td> <td>L6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; 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title="Losses">L</abbr> </th> <th width="25"><abbr title="Ties">T</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr> </th> <th width="35"><abbr title="Win–Loss record within their division">DIV</abbr> </th> <th width="35"><abbr title="Win–Loss record within their conference">CONF</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Points For (Total points scored)">PF</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Points Against (Total points allowed)">PA</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Current Winning or Losing Streak">STK</abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1973 Los Angeles Rams season">Los Angeles Rams</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.857 </td> <td>5–1 </td> <td>9–2 </td> <td>388 </td> <td>178 </td> <td>W6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="1973 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.643 </td> <td>4–2 </td> <td>7–4 </td> <td>318 </td> <td>224 </td> <td>W1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="1973 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.357 </td> <td>2–4 </td> <td>4–7 </td> <td>262 </td> <td>319 </td> <td>L2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="1973 New Orleans Saints season">New Orleans Saints</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.357 </td> <td>1–5 </td> <td>4–7 </td> <td>163 </td> <td>312 </td> <td>L1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tiebreakers">Tiebreakers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 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Jets finished ahead of Baltimore in the AFC East based on head-to-head sweep (2–0).</li> <li>Cincinnati finished ahead of Pittsburgh in the AFC Central based on better conference record (8–3 to Steelers' 7–4).</li> <li>Kansas City finished ahead of Denver in the AFC West based on better division record (4–2 to Broncos' 3–2–1).</li> <li>Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on better point differential in head-to-head games (13 points).</li> <li>San Francisco finished ahead of New Orleans in the NFC West based on better division record (2–4 to Saints' 1–5).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_NFL_playoffs" title="1973–74 NFL playoffs">1973–74 NFL playoffs</a></div> <dl><dd><small>Note: Prior to the <a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975 season</a>, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly rotation. Had the 1973 playoffs been seeded, the AFC divisional matchups would have been #3 Oakland at #2 Cincinnati and #4 wild card Pittsburgh at #1 Miami; the NFC matchups would not have changed, although #3 Dallas would have had to travel to #2 Los Angeles, and #1 Minnesota would have had home field for the NFC championship game.</small></dd></dl> <table style="font-size:90%; margin:1em 2em 1em 1em; border-collabpse:collapse; border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="height:1px;"> </td> <td style="width:1.7em;"></td> <td style="width:10em;"></td> <td style="width:2.6em;"> </td> <td style="width:.7em;"></td> <td style="width:.7em;"> </td> <td style="width:1.7em;"></td> <td style="width:10em;"></td> <td style="width:2.6em;"> </td> <td style="width:.7em;"></td> <td style="width:.7em;"> </td> <td style="width:2em;"></td> <td style="width:10em;"></td> <td style="width:2.6em;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:4.8ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 22 – <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium" title="Metropolitan Stadium">Metropolitan Stadium</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="border-bottom:2px solid"> </td> <td rowspan="9" style="border-bottom:2px solid"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="9" style="border-bottom:2px solid"> </td> <td rowspan="19" style="border-bottom:2px solid"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="13"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">WC </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1973 Washington Redskins season">Washington</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 30 – Texas Stadium </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">Cent. </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="1973 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;font-weight:bold;">27 </td> <td rowspan="10" style="border-width:1px 3px 2px 0; border-style:solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>NFC</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">Cent. </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;font-weight:bold;">Minnesota </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;font-weight:bold;">27 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 23 – <a href="/wiki/Texas_Stadium" title="Texas Stadium">Texas Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="20" style="border-width:1px 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">East </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">Dallas </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">10 </td> <td rowspan="20" style="border-width:1px 3px 2px 0; border-style: solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"><b>NFC Championship</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">West </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1973 Los Angeles Rams season">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Jan 13 – <a href="/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)" title="Rice Stadium (Rice University)">Rice Stadium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">East </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1973 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;font-weight:bold;">27 </td> <td rowspan="10" style="border-width:1px 0 2px 0; border-style:solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="8"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>Divisional playoffs</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #013369 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">NFC </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">Minnesota </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#D0E7FF;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 22 – <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum" title="Oakland Coliseum">Oakland Coliseum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="17" style="border-top:1px solid;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">AFC </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">Miami </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">24 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VIII" title="Super Bowl VIII">Super Bowl VIII</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">WC </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1973 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Pittsburgh</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 30 – Miami Orange Bowl </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">West </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="1973 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">33 </td> <td rowspan="10" style="border-width:1px 3px 2px 0; border-style:solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"><b>AFC</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">West </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;">Oakland </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;">10 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;">Dec 23 – <a href="/wiki/Miami_Orange_Bowl" title="Miami Orange Bowl">Miami Orange Bowl</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">East </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">Miami </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">27 </td> <td rowspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;"><b>AFC Championship</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;">Cent. </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="1973 Cincinnati Bengals season">Cincinnati</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:1px 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;">16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 0 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background-color: #D50A0A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;;font-weight:bold;">East </td> <td rowspan="2" style="padding-left:.5em; border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1973 Miami Dolphins season">Miami</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-width:0 1px 1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; background:#FFCCCC;font-weight:bold;">34 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="height:1.6ex;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><span>This bracket </span><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1973%E2%80%9374_NFL_playoffs" title="Template:1973–74 NFL playoffs"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1973%E2%80%9374_NFL_playoffs" title="Template talk:1973–74 NFL playoffs"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1973%E2%80%9374_NFL_playoffs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1973–74 NFL playoffs"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a>, Buffalo </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Knox" title="Chuck Knox">Chuck Knox</a>, Los Angeles </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award">Offensive Player of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a>, Buffalo </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Anderson" title="Dick Anderson">Dick Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Safety_(football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (football position)">safety</a>, Miami </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Offensive_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award">Offensive Rookie of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Foreman" title="Chuck Foreman">Chuck Foreman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a>, Minnesota </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Defensive_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award">Defensive Rookie of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wally_Chambers" title="Wally Chambers">Wally Chambers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">defensive tackle</a>, Chicago </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton_NFL_Man_of_the_Year_Award" title="Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award">Man of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Len_Dawson" title="Len Dawson">Len Dawson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a>, Kansas City </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award">Comeback Player of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Roman Gabriel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a>, Eagles </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl Most Valuable Player</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Larry Csonka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a>, Miami </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_changes">Coaching changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Coaching changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Offseason">Offseason</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Offseason"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a>: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Schnellenberger" title="Howard Schnellenberger">Howard Schnellenberger</a> was hired as head coach. <a href="/wiki/Don_McCafferty" title="Don McCafferty">Don McCafferty</a> was fired after going 1-4 to start the 1972 season. <a href="/wiki/John_Sandusky" title="John Sandusky">John Sandusky</a> replaced McCafferty, getting the Colts to finish 1972 with a 5–9 record.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)" title="Joe Schmidt (American football)">Joe Schmidt</a> resigned. <a href="/wiki/Don_McCafferty" title="Don McCafferty">Don McCafferty</a> was named as Schmidt's replacement.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Prothro" title="Tommy Prothro">Tommy Prothro</a> was fired and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Knox" title="Chuck Knox">Chuck Knox</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Fairbanks" title="Chuck Fairbanks">Chuck Fairbanks</a> joined the team as both head coach and general manager. <a href="/wiki/John_Mazur" title="John Mazur">John Mazur</a> resigned after going 2-7 to start the 1972 season, and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bengtson" title="Phil Bengtson">Phil Bengtson</a> then served as interim.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a>: <a href="/wiki/J._D._Roberts" title="J. D. Roberts">J. D. Roberts</a> was fired midway through the 1973 preseason. <a href="/wiki/John_North_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="John North (American football)">John North</a> served as head coach for the rest of the preseason and the 1973 regular season onward.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Khayat" title="Ed Khayat">Ed Khayat</a> was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormack_(American_football)" title="Mike McCormack (American football)">Mike McCormack</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)" title="St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)">St. Louis Cardinals</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hollway" title="Bob Hollway">Bob Hollway</a> was fired and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Don_Coryell" title="Don Coryell">Don Coryell</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In-season">In-season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Peterson" title="Bill Peterson">Bill Peterson</a> was fired after the Oilers lost their first five games. <a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Sid Gillman</a> finished out the rest of the season.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>: <a href="/wiki/Harland_Svare" title="Harland Svare">Harland Svare</a> left the team after going 1–6–1. <a href="/wiki/Ron_Waller" title="Ron Waller">Ron Waller</a> served for the last six games.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadium_changes">Stadium changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Stadium changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/1973_Buffalo_Bills_season" title="1973 Buffalo Bills season">The Buffalo Bills</a> moved from their original home at <a href="/wiki/War_Memorial_Stadium_(Buffalo,_New_York)" title="War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo, New York)">War Memorial Stadium</a> and played their first season at <a href="/wiki/Rich_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Rich Stadium">Rich Stadium</a>. </p><p>From October 7, <a href="/wiki/1973_New_York_Giants_season" title="1973 New York Giants season">the New York Giants</a> moved from <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Yale_Bowl" title="Yale Bowl">Yale Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, where they would play the rest of 1973 and all of <a href="/wiki/1974_New_York_Giants_season" title="1974 New York Giants season">1974</a>. The Giants were forced out of Yankee Stadium after it closed to be renovated to a baseball-only venue. Also, a new <a href="/wiki/Giants_Stadium" title="Giants Stadium">Giants Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, New Jersey</a> was already under construction by 1973, but it would not open until 1976. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniform_changes">Uniform changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Uniform changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> added blue pants to be worn with their white jerseys.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> changed their "C" helmet logo from white to orange with white trim</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> introduced new uniforms, reverting their white-and-blue helmets back to the gold-and-blue helmets last used in 1963. The new design included gold pants, blue jerseys with gold numbers and white jerseys with blue numbers. Both jerseys included curling rams horns on the sleeves: yellow horns on the blue jerseys and blue horns against yellow sleeves on the white jerseys, with the TV numbers on the sleeves enveloping on the ram horns.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> added stripes to their aqua jerseys, while standardizing their white jerseys to include stripes. During their <a href="/wiki/1972_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="1972 Miami Dolphins season">undefeated season</a>, most Dolphins wore white jerseys with stripes, but some did not, including <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bob Griese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Larry Csonka</a>. Also, the Dolphins added orange-topped socks with aqua and white stripes.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> added blue outlines to the numbers of both their red and white jerseys. Stripes were also added to the sleeve ends: blue and white for the red jerseys, and blue and red for the white jerseys.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television">Television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This was the fourth and final year under the league's broadcast contracts with <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_ABC" title="NFL on ABC">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">CBS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a> to televise <i><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a></i>, the NFC package, and the AFC package, respectively. All three networks renewed their deals for another four years.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_television_blackout_rules">New television blackout rules</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: New television blackout rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_television#Blackout_policies" title="NFL on television">NFL on television § Blackout policies</a></div> <p>Through December <a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a>, all NFL home games (including championship games and Super Bowls) were <a href="/wiki/Blackout_(broadcasting)" title="Blackout (broadcasting)">blacked-out</a> on television in each team's respective city. The first exception was <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_VII" title="Super Bowl VII">Super Bowl VII</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> in January 1973; the league changed their policy to black out home games <i>only</i> if tickets had not sold out. This expanded the league's television presence in teams' home cities on gameday. </p><p>The policy was put into effect when, in 1972, the <a href="/wiki/1972_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1972 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a> made the playoffs for only the second time in 27 seasons. Because all home games were blacked-out, politicians — including devout football fan <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> — were not able to watch their home team win. <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_NFL_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the NFL Commissioner">NFL commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Pete Rozelle</a> refused to lift the blackout, despite a plea from <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Kleindienst" title="Richard Kleindienst">Richard Kleindienst</a>, who then suggested that the <a href="/wiki/93rd_United_States_Congress" title="93rd United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> re-evaluate the NFL's <a href="/wiki/Antitrust" class="mw-redirect" title="Antitrust">antitrust</a> exemption. Rozelle agreed to lift the blackout for Super Bowl VII on an "experimental basis", but Congress intervened before the 1973 season anyway, passing Public Law 93-107; it eliminated the blackout of games in the home market so long as the game was sold out by 72 hours before kickoff.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the new rule, the NFL recorded over one million no-shows by ticketholders to regular season games in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-noshom_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noshom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 23, 2015, the NFL's owners voted to suspend the blackout rules for <a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_season" title="2015 NFL season">2015</a>, meaning that all games would be televised in their home markets, regardless of ticket sales.<sup id="cite_ref-espn-nflblackoutoneyear_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-nflblackoutoneyear-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The blackout rule has been suspended for every subsequent season through 2023. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Week_8_Bay_Area_controversy">Week 8 Bay Area controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Week 8 Bay Area controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Congressional action caused an issue for CBS affiliate <a href="/wiki/KPIX-TV" title="KPIX-TV">KPIX</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay Area">Bay Area</a>. For Week 8 of the season, the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a> were scheduled to host the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> at <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Coliseum" title="Oakland Coliseum">Oakland Coliseum</a> while the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> would travel to <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(Detroit)" title="Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a> to play the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>. As each game involved an NFC road team, CBS held the rights to both games. </p><p>Since it was expected that the Raiders game would be blacked out in the Bay Area in any event, both games were scheduled for the 4:00 EST time slot, an uncontroversial arrangement at the time since it benefited both 49ers fans watching their game on television and Raiders fans attending their game in person. Following the enactment of Public Law 93-107 (and with concepts such as flexible scheduling decades away), KPIX had to decide which game to show once it became obvious the Oakland contest would sell out. Unwilling to sell the rights to either game to an independent station, KPIX (with the approval of CBS and the NFL) announced they would switch between both games, with an intent to screen the most consequential parts of each. </p><p>Technical limitations and production miscues led to the effort being widely panned by pundits and fans of both teams. Among other issues, KPIX failed to show the Raiders' opening touchdown while both sets of announcers were frequently cut off mid-sentence. Following the season, NFL schedule makers would ensure similar network conflicts in New York City and the Bay Area (and, later, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> after the Raiders moved there) were avoided. However, later improvements to technology and production standards would eventually allow the NFL to replicate KPIX's innovation on a national scale, culminating with the successful introduction of <a href="/wiki/NFL_Red_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Red Zone">NFL Red Zone</a> in <a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_season" title="2009 NFL season">2009</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_NFL_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130117230829/http://www.footballgeography.com/?p=3190">"Last Undefeated NFL Teams in Each Season"</a>. 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title="1947 NFL season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_NFL_season" title="1948 NFL season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_NFL_season" title="1949 NFL season">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_season" title="1950 NFL season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_season" title="1951 NFL season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_season" title="1952 NFL season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_season" title="1953 NFL season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_season" title="1954 NFL season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_season" title="1955 NFL season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_season" title="1956 NFL season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_season" title="1957 NFL season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_season" title="1958 NFL season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NFL_season" title="1959 NFL season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_season" title="1960 NFL season">1960</a></li> 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League season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_American_Football_League_season" title="1963 American Football League season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_American_Football_League_season" title="1964 American Football League season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_American_Football_League_season" title="1965 American Football League season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_American_Football_League_season" title="1966 American Football League season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_American_Football_League_season" title="1967 American Football League season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_American_Football_League_season" title="1968 American Football League season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_American_Football_League_season" title="1969 American Football League season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">Modern era</a><br />(1970–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_season" title="1974 NFL season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NFL_season" title="1976 NFL season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NFL_season" title="1977 NFL season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NFL_season" title="1979 NFL season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_season" title="1980 NFL season">1980</a></li> <li><a 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title="1994 NFL season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NFL_season" title="1997 NFL season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NFL_season" title="1998 NFL season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_season" title="1999 NFL season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NFL_season" title="2000 NFL season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_season" title="2003 NFL season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_season" title="2004 NFL season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NFL_season" title="2007 NFL season">2007</a></li> 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