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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
1973 NFC Champions
Scored 296 points (21.1/g), 9th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 168 points (12.0/g), 2nd.
Differential of 128 points (9.1/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 11.1-2.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.7/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 8.6, Offense: 1.7, Defense: 6.9, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Bud Grant(12-2-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns
Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)
LT · #67 · Detroit Mercy
fl · #85 · Michigan State
te · #87 · California
qb · #17 · Oregon
fb · #30 · Illinois
db · #24 · Oklahoma State
RCB/PR · #20 · South Carolina
K · #14 · Pittsburgh
WR · #84 · Virginia Tech
wr · #86 · Florida St.
P · #11 · Upper Iowa
LDE · #81 · Minnesota
FB · #44 · Miami (FL)
g · #66 · North Carolina
WR · #42 · South Carolina State
lg · #68 · Florida A&M
RLB · #58 · Iowa
te · #89 · Minnesota
FS · #22 · Iowa
LDT · #77 · Concordia (MN)
wr · #82 · Northwestern
g · #65 · Kansas
dt · #75 · Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan
rb · #49 · Cornell
RDE · #70 · Ohio State
lb · #55 · Louisville
KR · #33 · Arizona State
rb · #41 · North Dakota
RDT · #88 · Notre Dame
lb · #52 · Idaho
db · #34 · Iowa
RB · #32 · Colorado State
MLB · #50 · Stanford
RG · #64 · Minnesota
ldt · #69 · Wisconsin-Superior
QB · #10 · Georgia
C · #53 · Nebraska
TE · #83 · Wisconsin
g · #72 · Oklahoma State
pr · #40 · Angelo State; Texas-El Paso
LG · #62 · California
LLB · #60 · LSU
SS · #23 · Minnesota
LCB · #43 · Monterey Peninsula J.C.; San Diego State
RT · #73 · Cerritos J.C.; USC
c · #51 · LSU