1973 New York Jets season

1973 New York Jets season
Head coach	Weeb Ewbank
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	4th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1973 New York Jets season was the 14th season for the team and the fourth in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 7–7 record from 1972 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets finished with a record of 4–10. This season is the final season under head coach Weeb Ewbank.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	1973-09-17	at Green Bay Packers	L 23–7	Milwaukee County Stadium	47,124
2	1973-09-23	at Baltimore Colts	W 34–10	Memorial Stadium	55,942
3	1973-09-30	at Buffalo Bills	L 9–7	Rich Stadium	77,425
4	1973-10-07	at Miami Dolphins	L 31–3	Miami Orange Bowl	63,850
5	1973-10-14	at New England Patriots	W 9–7	Schafer Stadium	58,659
6	1973-10-21	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 26–14	Three Rivers Stadium	48,682
7	1973-10-28	Denver Broncos	L 40–28	Shea Stadium	55,108
8	1973-11-04	Miami Dolphins	L 24–14	Shea Stadium	57,791
9	1973-11-11	New England Patriots	W 33–13	Shea Stadium	51,034
10	1973-11-18	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 20–14	Riverfront Stadium	55,745
11	1973-11-25	Atlanta Falcons	L 28–20	Shea Stadium	47,283
12	1973-12-02	Baltimore Colts	W 20–17	Shea Stadium	51,167
13	1973-12-09	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 24–23	Veterans Stadium	34,621
14	1973-12-16	Buffalo Bills	L 34–14	Shea Stadium	47,740

Schedule notes:

The October 14 game vs. the Patriots was originally scheduled to be played in New York, but due to the New York Mets' involvement in the World Series, the sites for that game and the November 11 rematch were switched.
The October 21 game vs. the Steelers was originally scheduled to be played in New York, but was moved to Pittsburgh due to the Mets' ongoing participation in the World Series.

Season summary

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	3	0	10	21	34
Colts	3	7	0	0	10

Date: September 23
Location: Memorial Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 55,942
Game weather: 71°F • Wind 10

Scoring summary

1	NYJ	Bobby Howfield 22 yard field goal	Jets 3–0

1	BAL	George Hunt 17 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

2	BAL	Glenn Doughty 23 yard pass from Bert Jones (George Hunt kick)	Colts 10–3

3	NYJ	Eddie Bell 12 yard pass from Al Woodall (Bobby Howfield kick)	Tie 10–10

3	NYJ	Bobby Howfield 16 yard field goal	Jets 13–10

4	NYJ	Emerson Boozer 1 yard pass from Al Woodall (Bobby Howfield kick)	Jets 20–10

4	NYJ	Ralph Baker 22 yard interception return (Bobby Howfield kick)	Jets 27–10

4	NYJ	Rich Sowells 30 yard interception return (Bobby Howfield kick)	Jets 34–10

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Week 5

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	3	0	3	3	9
Patriots	0	0	7	0	7

Date: October 14
Location: Schaefer Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 64°F, wind 23 mph

Scoring summary

1	NYJ	Bobby Howfield 40 yard field goal	Jets 3–0

3	NYJ	Bobby Howfield 39 yard field goal	Jets 6–0

3	NE	Will Foster recovered fumble in end zone (Jeff White kick)	Patriots 7–6

4	NYJ	Bobby Howfield 22 yard field goal	Jets 9–7

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins	12	2	0	.857	7–1	9–2	343	150	W1
Buffalo Bills	9	5	0	.643	6–2	7–4	259	230	W4
New England Patriots	5	9	0	.357	1–7	3–8	258	300	L2
New York Jets	4	10	0	.286	4–4	4–7	240	306	L2
Baltimore Colts	4	10	0	.286	2–6	2–9	226	341	W2

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References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 296

External links

1973 statistics

New York Jets

Formerly the New York Titans (1960–1962)
Founded in 1960
Based in East Rutherford, New Jersey
Headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey

Franchise

Stadiums

Culture

Rivalries

Lore

Key personnel

Owner: Woody Johnson
General Manager: Mike Maccagnan
Head Coach: Todd Bowles

League championships (1)

1968

AFL championship (1)

1968

Division championships (4)

Super Bowl (1)

1968 (III)

Retired numbers

12
13
28
73
90
Weeb

Current league affiliations

League: National Football League
Conference: American Football Conference
Division: East Division
Radio: WEPN, WEPN-FM

Seasons (56)

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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New York Titans/Jets seasons

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

1973 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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