The 1973 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 24th season with the National Football League. After a solid 1972 season, which included a playoff appearance, the Browns got off to a solid start, winning three of their first four games on the way to a 7-3-1 start. However, the Browns did not win another game the rest of the season and settled for third place with a 7-5-2 record.
To date, the 1973 Browns along with the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos, and Green Bay Packers are the last teams to record 2 ties in a single season. Overtime for regular season games was introduced the following year, and the occurrence of tie games decreased.
The team did not wear their brown jerseys for any 1973 game, preseason or regular season.
Offseason
Draft
Personnel Staff / coaches
Final roster
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 San Francisco 49ers L 16–27 0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 65,707 2 at Los Angeles Rams T 21–21 0–1–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 54,385 3 August 19 Cincinnati Bengals W 24–6 1–1–1 Ohio Stadium 73,421 4 vs. Atlanta Falcons W 20–17 2–1–1 Neyland Stadium 40,831 5 Detroit Lions L 13–16 2–2–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 64,088 6 vs. New York Giants L 10–21 2–3–1 Rubber Bowl 30,751
Regular season schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 16 Baltimore Colts W 24–14 1–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 74,303 Recap 2 September 23 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 6–33 1–1 Three Rivers Stadium 49,396 Recap 3 September 30 New York Giants W 12–10 2–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 76,065 Recap 4 October 7 Cincinnati Bengals W 17–10 3–1 Cleveland Browns Stadium 70,805 Recap 5 Miami Dolphins L 9–17 3–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 72,070 Recap 6 October 21 Houston Oilers W 42–13 4–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 61,146 Recap 7 October 28 San Diego Chargers T 16–16 4–2–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 68,244 Recap 8 November 4 at Minnesota Vikings L 3–26 4–3–1 Metropolitan Stadium 45,590 Recap 9 November 11 at Houston Oilers W 23–13 5–3–1 Houston Astrodome 37,230 Recap 10 November 18 at Oakland Raiders W 7–3 6–3–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 47,398 Recap 11 November 25 Pittsburgh Steelers W 21–16 7–3–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 67,773 Recap 12 December 2 at Kansas City Chiefs T 20–20 7–3–2 Arrowhead Stadium 70,296 Recap 13 December 9 at Cincinnati Bengals L 17–34 7–4–2 Riverfront Stadium 58,266 Recap 14 December 16 at Los Angeles Rams L 17–30 7–5–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 73,948 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Season summary
Week 1
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
Week 2
Week 3
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
Week 4
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
Week 5
Week 6
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
Week 7
Week 8
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
Week 9
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
Week 10
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
Week 11
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Standings
References
External links 1973 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference 1973 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com 1973 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com at DatabaseFootball.com