1973 Baylor Bears football team

1973 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Bears finished in eighth place in the Southwestern Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15	No. 11 Oklahoma*	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 14–42	41,573
September 22	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	W 20–14	28,332
September 29	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	L 28–52	48,041
October 6	Florida State*	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 21–14	22,025
October 13	Arkansas	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 7–13	28,000
October 27	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, Texas	L 22–28	44,182
November 3	TCU	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 28–34	30,257
November 10	at No. 13 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	L 6–42	64,500
November 17	at No. 12 Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas	L 24–55	35,102
November 24	SMU	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 22–38	23,000
December 1	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas	L 0–27	14,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1973 Baylor Bears football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		Robert Armstrong
RB		Steve Beaird
QB		Randy Cavender
WR		Charles Dancer
OL		Cary Dorman
RB		Cleveland Franklin
OL		Gary Gregory
TE		Sam Harper
OL		Mike Hughes
WR		Alcy Jackson
QB		Neal Jeffrey
RB		Phillip Kent
RB		Brian Kilgore
RB		Gary Lacy
OL		Rich Mason
RB		Pat McNeil
OL		Tim Mills
OL		Allen Pittman
RB		Marcus Rogers
OL		Aubrey Schulz
WR		Ricky Thompson
OL		Rell Tipton
TE		Ken Townsend
RB		Godfrey White
RB		Billy Wilson

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL		Jim Arnold
DL		Mike Black
LB		Tim Black
LB		Don Bockhorn
DB		Don Drake
DB		Les Ealey
DB		Gary Green
DL		Joe Johnson
LB		Derrell Luce
DL		John Oliver
DL		Phil Perry
DB		Ken Queensberry
DB		Keith Stone
DB		Tom Turnipseede
DL		Coy Zunker

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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1973 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 Texas $	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Texas Tech	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Rice	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
SMU	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Texas A&M	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Baylor	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll