American college football season
| 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football |
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WAC champion
Fiesta Bowl champion |
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
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| Ranking |
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| Coaches | No. 10 |
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| AP | No. 9 |
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| Record | 11–1 (6–1 WAC) |
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| Head coach | |
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| Defensive coordinator | Larry Kentera (3rd season) |
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| Captains | |
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| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium |
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Seasons |
1973 Western Athletic Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
| Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
| No. 9 Arizona State + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| Arizona + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
| Utah | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
| BYU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
| New Mexico | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
| Wyoming | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
| Colorado State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
| UTEP | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 |
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- + – Conference co-champions
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The 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season and outscored its opponents 519 to 171. Led by 16th-year head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils stayed home and won the Fiesta Bowl to finish at 11–1 and ninth in the final AP poll.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 15 | at Oregon* | No. 13 | | W 26–20 | 40,000 |
| September 22 | Washington State* | No. 13 | | W 20–9 | 51,252 |
| September 29 | Colorado State | No. 13 | - Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
| W 67–14 | 50,964 |
| October 6 | at New Mexico | No. 12 | | W 67–24 | |
| October 13 | San Jose State* | No. 11 | - Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
| W 28–3 | 50,827 |
| October 20 | BYU | No. 12 | - Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
| W 52–12 | 47,137 |
| October 27 | at Oregon State* | No. 11 | | W 44–14 | 20,188 |
| November 3 | at Utah | No. 8 | | L 31–36 | 22,135 |
| November 10 | Wyoming | No. 14 | - Sun Devil Stadium
- Tempe, AZ
| W 47–0 | 49,880 |
| November 17 | at UTEP | No. 13 | | W 54–13 | |
| November 25 | Arizona | No. 13 | | W 55–19 | 51,383 |
| December 21 | vs. Pittsburgh* | No. 10 | | W 28–7 | 50,878 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
| 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster |
| Players | Coaches |
| Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
 Injured Redshirt
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- Source:[1]
Season summary
Arizona
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | | Arizona | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | | • Arizona St | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 55 | - Date: November 24
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona
- Game attendance: 51,383
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| Scoring summary |
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| | 1 | | ASU | Hudson 15-yard pass from White (Kush kick) | Arizona St 7-0 | | | 1 | | ASU | Kush 24-yard field goal | Arizona St 10-0 | | | 1 | | ARIZ | Upchurch 2-yard run (kick failed) | Arizona St 10-6 | | | 1 | | ASU | Owens 8-yard pass from White (kick failed) | Arizona St 16-6 | | | 2 | | ARIZ | Upchurch 1-yard run (Gorham kick) | Arizona St 16-13 | | | 2 | | ASU | Owens 14-yard pass from White (kick failed) | Arizona St 22-13 | | | 2 | | ARIZ | Hamilton 4-yard pass from Hill (kick failed) | Arizona St 22-20 | | | 2 | | ASU | Owens 58-yard pass from White (kick failed) | Arizona St 28-20 | | | 3 | | ASU | Green 11-yard run (run failed) | Arizona St 34-20 | | | 3 | | ASU | Owens 6-yard run (Kush kick) | Arizona St 41-20 | | | 4 | | ASU | Malone 9-yard run (Kush kick) | Arizona St 48-20 | | | 4 | | ASU | Hudson recovered fumble in end zone (Kush kick) | Arizona St 55-20 |
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Arizona State clinches a share of WAC title and third straight trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Morris Owens went over 1,000 yards receiving for the season while both Woody Green and Benny Malone surpassed the same mark in rushing yardage.[2]
NFL draft
Four Sun Devils were selected in the 1974 NFL Draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).
- ^ Eley last played for ASU in 1971; he was in the Canadian Football League (1972–74) with the BC Lions.
- Source:[3][4][5]
Awards and honors
- All-Americans: HB Woody Green - Consensus - Football Coaches of America, Sporting News, Time, UPI (second), AP (second), Walter Camp, QB Danny White - Football Writers, Time, UPI (second), AP (second), NEA
- All-WAC: OT Steve Gunther, OG John Houser, QB/P Danny White, HB Woody Green, DE Sam Johnson, DE Larry Shorty, LB Bob Breunig, DB Mike Haynes, K Danny Kush (honorable mention), DB Bo Warren (honorable mention), DB Kory Schuknecht (honorable mention), RS Morris Owens (honorable mention), C Ed Kindig (honorable mention), DT Deke Ballard (honorable mention), DT Neal Skarin (honorable mention), MG Sal Olivo (honorable mention), LB James Baker (honorable mention)
- Source:[6]
References
- ^ "The lineups: Arizona State - OSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 27, 1973. p. 2B.
- ^ "ASU rolls past Arizona." Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Nov 25.
- ^ "Odom goes in 5th round". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 30, 1974. p. D1.
- ^ "Several area stars taken in grid draft". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. January 31, 1974. p. 2D.
- ^ "1974 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
- ^ 2012 Arizona State football media guide.
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