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1973 Oklahoma Sooners football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year1973
teamOklahoma Sooners
sportfootball
imageOklahoma Sooners Logo 1966-79.png
conferenceBig Eight Conference
short_confBig 8
CoachRank2
APRank3
record10–0–1
conf_record7–0
head_coachBarry Switzer
hc_year1st
off_coachGalen Hall
oc_year1st
off_schemeWishbone
def_coachLarry Lacewell
dc_year4th
captainGary Baccus
captain2Eddie Foster
captain3Lucious Selmon
captain4Tim Welch
stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
championNational champion (CFRA, Sagarin)
Big 8 champion

Big 8 champion

The 1973 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Oklahoma participated as members of the Big Eight Conference and played its home games in Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted a 10–0–1 overall record and a 7–0 conference record to earn the Conference outright title under first-year head coach Barry Switzer. This would be the first of eight consecutive Big Eight Conference championships for the Sooners with Switzer as head coach.

The team was led by three All-Americans: Rod Shoate (Oklahoma's second three-time All-American) The team went undefeated on a schedule that included seven ranked opponents (In order, #1 USC, #17 Miami, #13 Texas, #13 Colorado, #10 Missouri, #18 Kansas, and #10 Nebraska). Five of these opponents finished the season ranked. The team tied with USC in the second game of the season before winning nine consecutive contests. It began the season ranked number 11 and steadily climbed in the polls as the season progressed.

Joe Washington led the team in rushing with 1173 yards, Steve Davis led the team in passing yard for with 934 yards, Tinker Owens led the team in receiving with 472 yards, Davis led the team in scoring with 108 points, Shoate led the team in tackles with 126, and Randy Hughes led the team in interceptions with 5.

Prior to the season in August, the Sooners were put on probation by the Big Eight Conference, which included a two-year ban on bowl appearances, and a two-year ban on television appearances (1974, 1975).

Schedule

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Rankings

Awards and honors

  • All-American: Rod Shoate, Eddie Foster and Lucious Selmon
  • Big Eight Athlete of the Year: Selmon
  • Big Eight Defensive Player: Selmon
  • Chevrolet Defensive Player of the Year: Selmon

Game summaries

At Baylor

At USC

Miami (FL)

vs Texas

Worst loss in Darrell Royal's coaching career

Colorado

At Kansas State

Iowa State

Joe Washington 136 Rush Yds

At Missouri

Kansas

Nebraska

At Oklahoma State

Personnel

  • Galen Hall (OC)
  • Warren Harper (LB)
  • Gene Hochevar
  • Larry Lacewell (DC)
  • Wendell Mosley (RB)
  • Rex Norris (DL)
  • Jerry Pettibone

NFL draft

Seven Sooners were selected in the 1974 NFL draft.

16399Lucious SelmonDefensive tackleNew England Patriots

References

References

  1. "Memorial Stadium". [[CBS Interactive]].
  2. "OU Football Tradition – 42 Conference Titles". [[CBS Interactive]].
  3. "1973 Football Season". SoonerStats.com.
  4. Seays, Lillian. (2005). "LEE ROY SELMON: Small Town Boy-Next-Door Makes Good". Onyx Magazine.
  5. "2009 Football Record Book". Big 12 Conference.
  6. (August 9, 1973). "Oklahoma on probation for 10 grid infractions". Nashua Telegraph.
  7. (September 16, 1973). "Oklahoma loaded for Bears (42–14)". The Shreveport Times.
  8. (September 30, 1973). "84,016 see Sooners tie one on USC, 7–7". Independent Press-Telegram.
  9. (October 7, 1973). "Sooner boom foils Miami". Omaha World-Herald.
  10. (October 14, 1973). "Sooner aerial attack blitzes Texas, 52–13". Lincoln Journal Star.
  11. (October 21, 1973). "Sooners cruise by Colorado; Buckeyes, Michigan triumph". Eugene Register-Guard.
  12. (October 28, 1973). "Struck paces OU to 56–14 romp". Lincoln Journal Star.
  13. (November 4, 1973). "Cyclones no breeze for OU". Tulsa World.
  14. (November 11, 1973). "Angry Oklahoma humbles Mizzou". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  15. (November 18, 1973). "Bowl-bound Huskers, Sooners roll toward showdown". The Des Moines Register.
  16. (November 25, 1973). "Oklahoma smothers Nebraska". The Miami Herald.
  17. (December 2, 1973). "Sooners No. 1 in this state". The Daily Oklahoman.
  18. . ["Schedule/Results (1973 Oklahoma)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/363959). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
  19. "All-American: Rod Shoate". [[CBS Interactive]].
  20. "All-American: Eddie Foster". [[CBS Interactive]].
  21. "ActivePaper Archive".
  22. "ActivePaper Archive".
  23. "ActivePaper Archive".
  24. "All-American: Lucious Selmon". [[CBS Interactive]].
  25. "Powerful Sooners Rip Baylor in 42-14 Game." Palm Beach Post. 1973 Sept 16.
  26. Palm Beach Post. 1973 Oct 7.
  27. "Sooners Slam Texas, 52-13." Palm Beach Post. October 14, 1973
  28. "Sooners Crush Wildcats." Palm Beach Post. 1973 Oct 28.
  29. "Sooners Get Past Cyclones." Palm Beach Post. 1973 Nov 4.
  30. "Powerful Sooners Rip Missouri, 31-3." Palm Beach Post. November 11, 1973
  31. "Nebraska vs. Oklahoma 1973 -- HuskerMax".
  32. "Sooners Corral Cowboys." Palm Beach Post. December 2, 1973
  33. "1974 NFL Draft Listing".
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