1973 All-Southwest Conference football team
The 1973 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen, at each position, as the best players in the Southwest Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1973 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI).
Texas running back Roosevelt Leaks set the conference single-season record with 1,415 rushing yards in 1973 and was selected as the player of the year by the AP and the offensive player of the year by the UPI.[1][2]
The AP also conducted balloting for coach of the year (Jim Carlen, Texas Tech) and newcomer of the year (Larry Isaac, Texas Tech).[1] And the UPI selected a defensive player of the year (linebacker Ed Simonini, Texas A&M) and a freshman player of the year (quarterback David Walker, Texas A&M).[2]
All Southwest selections[]
Offense[]
Quarterbacks[]
- Joe Barnes, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
Running backs[]
- Roosevelt Leaks, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Dickey Morton, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Alvin Maxson, SMU (AP-1)
- Mike Luttrell, TCU (UPI-1)
Tight ends[]
- Gary Butler, Rice (AP-1, UPI-1)
Split ends[]
- Charles Dancer, Baylor (AP-1, UPI-1)
Tight ends[]
- Andre Tillman, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
Offensive tackles[]
- Bob Simmons, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Tom Ferguson, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
Offensive guards[]
- Don Crosslin, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Dennis Allen, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI_1)
Centers[]
- Bill Wyman, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
Kickers[]
- Don Grimes, Texas Tech (UPI-1)
Defense[]
Defensive ends[]
- Malcolm Minnick, Texas (AP-1)
- Ivan Jordan, Arkansas (AP-1)
- Jon Rhiddlehoover, Arkansas (UP-1 [line])
- Charlie Davis, TCU (UPI-1 [line])
Defensive tackles[]
- Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
- Doug English, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
Nose guard[]
- David Knaus, Texas Tech (AP-1)
Linebackers[]
- Ed Simonini, Texas A&M (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Danny Rhodes, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Dede Terveen, TCU (UPI-1)
Defensive backs[]
- Bruce Henley, Rice (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Jay Arnold, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Danny Willis, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Kenneth Wallace, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
Key[]
AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Longhorns Head All-SWC Picks". The Marshall News Messenger. November 25, 1973. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Leaks, Morton Head SWC Grid Team". The Longview Daily News. December 4, 1973. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- 1973 Southwest Conference football season
- All-Southwest Conference football teams