1973 New England Patriots season

Front office

• President – Billy Sullivan
• Assistant general manager – Peter Hadhazy
• Director of player personnel – Bucko Kilroy
• Administrative assistant to the head coach – Phil Bengtson

Head coaches

• General manager/head coach – Chuck Fairbanks

Offensive coaches

• Quarterbacks – Bill Nelsen
• Offensive backfield – Ron Erhardt
• Receivers – Sam Rutigliano
• Offensive line – Red Miller

• Defensive line – Hank Bullough
• Linebackers – Charlie Sumner
• Defensive backs – Larrye Weaver

Special teams coaches

• Special teams – Jim Valek

• 14 Brian Dowling
• 16 Jim Plunkett
• 11 Dick Shiner

Running backs (RB)

• 31 Josh Ashton
• 39 Sam Cunningham
• 42 Mack Herron
• 24 Bob McCall
• 36 John Tarver

Wide receivers (WR)

• -- Edesel Garrison
• 33 Reggie Rucker
• 84 Darryl Stingley
• 18 Randy Vataha

Tight ends (TE)

• 80 Bob Adams
• -- John Mosier
• 86 Bob Windsor

• 61 Sam Adams T
• 78 Willie Banks G
• 58 Doug Dumler C
• 70 Leon Gray T
• 73 John Hannah G
• 67 Bill Lenkaitis C
• 77 Tom Neville T
• 60 Len St. Jean G

Defensive linemen (DL)

• 85 Julius Adams DT
• 63 Rick Cash DE
• -- Ron Fernandes DE
• 71 Ray Hamilton DE
• 72 Mel Lunsford DT
• 75 Arthur Moore DT
• 76 Dave Rowe DT
• 65 Donnell Smith DE

• 51 Ron Acks OLB
• 50 Edgar Chandler MLB
• 59 Bob Geddes MLB
• -- Carl Johnson OLB
• 57 Steve Kiner OLB
• 52 Steve King OLB
• 53 John Tanner OLB

Defensive backs (DB)

• 49 Ralph Anderson FS
• 27 Ron Bolton CB
• 29 Greg Boyd SS
• 22 Sandy Durko SS
• 23 George Hoey CB
• 38 Don Martin CB
• 28 Dave Mason FS

Special teams (ST)

•  3 Bruce Barnes P
•  2 Jeff White K

Reserve

• 66 Nate Dorsey DE (IR)
• 55 Will Foster LB (IR)
• 64 Allen Gallaher T (IR)
• -- Steve Harkey RB (DNR)
• 56 Jon Morris C (IR)
• 30 Wayne Patrick RB (IR)
• -- Bill Peterson OLB (IR)
• 59 Brian Stenger LB (IR)
• 43 Claxton Welch RB (IR)

Rookies in italics