1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
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.
| 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football | |
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WAC co-champion Fiesta Bowl champion | |
Fiesta Bowl, W 28–7 vs. Pittsburgh | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 10 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| 1973 record | 11–1 (6–1 WAC) |
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| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium |
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| 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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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 |
| W 67–14 | 50,964 |
| October 6 | at New Mexico | No. 12 | W 67–24 | ||
| October 13 | San Jose State* | No. 11 |
| W 28–3 | 50,827 |
| October 20 | BYU | No. 12 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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Roster
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Special teams
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Season summary
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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).
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Woody Green | Running back | 1st | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Benny Malone | Running back | 2nd | 47 | Miami Dolphins |
| Danny White | Quarterback | 3rd | 53 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Monroe Eley ^ | Running back | 5th | 128 | Atlanta Falcons |
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)
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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.
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1974.htm
- 2012 Arizona State football media guide.
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