1973 Chicago Bears season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFL team season The 1973 Chicago Bears season was their 54th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 3–11 record, the second worst showing in franchise history until 43 years later in 2016, when the team finished 3–13. This was the final season of Dick Butkus's career, as he was forced to retire due to a knee injury.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 16	Dallas Cowboys	L 17–20	0–1	Soldier Field	49,970
2	September 23	Minnesota Vikings	L 13–22	0–2	Soldier Field	52,035
3	September 30	at Denver Broncos	W 33–14	1–2	Mile High Stadium	51,159
4	October 7	at New Orleans Saints	L 16–21	1–3	Tulane Stadium	56,561
5	October 14	at Atlanta Falcons	L 6–46	1–4	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	58,850
6	October 21	New England Patriots	L 10–13	1–5	Soldier Field	47,643
7	October 28	Houston Oilers	W 35–14	2–5	Soldier Field	43,755
8	November 4	at Green Bay Packers	W 31–17	3–5	Lambeau Field	56,267
9	Template:Dow tooltip	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 7–19	3–6	Arrowhead Stadium	70,664
10	November 18	Detroit Lions	L 7–30	3–7	Soldier Field	48,625
11	November 25	at Minnesota Vikings	L 13–31	3–8	Metropolitan Stadium	46,430
12	December 2	Los Angeles Rams	L 0–26	3–9	Soldier Field	47,620
13	December 9	at Detroit Lions	L 7–40	3–10	Tiger Stadium	41,729
14	December 16	Green Bay Packers	L 0–21	3–11	Soldier Field	29,157
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1 vs. Cowboys

Week One: Dallas Cowboys (0–0) at Chicago Bears (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	17	0	3	20
Bears	3	0	7	7	17

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

• Date: September 16
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 49,970
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter CHI – Mac Percival 33-yard field goal. Bears 3–0. Second quarter DAL – Toni Fritsch 25-yard field goal. Tie 3–3. DAL – Otto Stowe 21-yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick). Cowboys 10–3. DAL – Bob Hayes 18-yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick). Cowboys 17–3. Third quarter' CHI – Ike Hill 59-yard punt return (Mac Percival kick). Cowboys 17–10. Fourth quarter CHI – Carl Garrett 15-yard run (Mac Percival kick). Tie 17–17. DAL – Toni Fritsch 11-yard field goal. Cowboys 20–17. Top passers DAL – Roger Staubach – 9/22, 91 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT CHI – Bobby Douglass – 6/13, 52 yards, INT Top rushers DAL – Calvin Hill – 31 rushes, 130 yards CHI – Jim Harrison – 16 rushes, 70 yards Top receivers DAL – Calvin Hill – 4 receptions, 28 yards CHI – Jim Harrison – 4 receptions, 30 yards

Week 8

1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 7 3 14 7 31 Packers 7 10 0 0 17 Date: November 4 Location: Lambeau Field Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 56,267 Game weather: • Wind Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

References

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