American college football season
The1973 Washington Huskies football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Washington during the1973 NCAA Division I football season . In its 17th season under head coachJim Owens , the team compiled a 2–9 record, (0–7 in thePacific-8 Conference , last), and was outscored 376 to 218.[ 1]
The Huskies dropped theApple Cup for the second straight year.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] The 52–26 loss atHusky Stadium was Washington's worst home loss in the series until2021 ; they rebounded and won the next eight, through1981 .
Junior defensive linemanDave Pear was selected as the team's most valuable player.
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 15 Hawaii * L 7–1052,500 [ 5] September 22 atDuke * L 21–2322,500 [ 6] September 29 Syracuse * W 21–754,800 [ 7] October 6 1:35 p.m. atCalifornia L 49–5428,000 [ 8] October 13 Oregon State L 7–3155,000 [ 9] October 20 1:30 p.m. Stanford L 14–2351,500 [ 10] October 27 atOregon L 0–5840,000 [ 11] November 3 at No. 10UCLA L 13–6230,063 [ 12] November 10 Idaho * W 41–1447,000 [ 13] November 17 No. 9USC L 19–4255,500 [ 14] November 24 Washington State L 26–5256,500 [ 15] *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inPacific time
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Team 1 2 3 4 Total • Washington St 14 28 0 10 52 Washington 0 6 20 0 26
Date: November 24Location: Husky Stadium ,Seattle Game start: 1:30 pm PSTGame attendance: 56,500Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C)
Scoring summary Q1 WSU Jones 12 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 7–0 Q1 WSU Jones 1 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 14–0 Q2 WSU Johnson 42 yard pass from Peck (Danelo kick) WSU 21–0 Q2 WSU Grandberry 17 yard pass from Peck (Danelo kick) WSU 28–0 Q2 WASH Taggares 19 yard pass from Rowland (kick failed) WSU 28–6 Q2 WSU Jones 62 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 35–6 Q2 WSU Grandberry 1 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 42–6 Q3 14:32 WASH Conley 75 yard pass from Rowland (pass failed) WSU 42–12 Q3 WASH Oldes 29 yard pass from Rowland (pass failed) WSU 42–18 Q3 WASH Oldes 24 yard pass from Rowland (Earl pass from Rowland) WSU 42–26 Q4 WSU Chamberlain 2 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 49–26 Q4 WSU Danelo 38 yard field goal WSU 52–26
Chris Rowland 16/36, 354 yds [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
1973 Washington Huskies football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 13 Chris Rowland So QB 14 Dennis Fitzpatrick Jr QB 15 James Anderson So SE 20 Ken Conley So FB 30 Pete Taggares Sr FB 32 Willie Hendricks Jr TB 35 Donald Waters Fr SE 47 Walter Oldes Sr C 53 Jim Andrilenas (C) Sr C 59 Ray Pinney So G 66 Charles Jackson Fr G 67 Lou Quinn So OT 68 Rick Hayes Sr OT 70 Carl Rose Sr OT 74 John Whitacre (C) Jr SE 91 Scott Phillips Fr TE 97 Nelse Petermann So TE 99 Robin Earl Fr
Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 3 Skip Boyd Jr K Gustavo Clark
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
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NFL draft selections [ edit ] One University of Washington Husky was selected in the1974 NFL draft , which lasted 17 rounds with 442 selections.
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