American college football season
1973 Stanford Cardinals football Conference Pacific-8 1973 record 7–4 (5–2 Pac-8) Head coach Defensive coordinator Norb Hecker Captains
Home stadium Stanford Stadium Seasons
1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 8 USC $
7
–
0
–
0
9
–
2
–
1
No. 12 UCLA
6
–
1
–
0
9
–
2
–
0
Stanford
5
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Washington State
4
–
3
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
California
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Oregon
2
–
5
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
Oregon State
2
–
5
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
Washington
0
–
7
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1973 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-8 Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season . Led by second-year head coach Jack Christiansen , the Cardinals were 7–4 overall (5–2 in Pac-8, third) and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California . The Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season.
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result September 15 No. 7 Penn State * L 6–20
September 22 at No. 5 Michigan * L 10–47
September 29 San Jose State * Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry ) W 23–12
October 6 at Illinois * W 24–0
October 13 No. 15 UCLA Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA L 13–59
October 20 at Washington W 23–14
October 27 Washington State Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 45–14
November 3 at Oregon State W 24–23
November 10 at No. 8 USC L 26–27
November 17 Oregon Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 24–7
November 24 California Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (76th Big Game ) W 26–17
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source: [1]
Roster [ ]
1973 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
14
Rod Garcia
Sr
P
19
Dave Ottmar
Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Source: [2]
Game summaries [ ]
Penn State [ ]
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Michigan [ ]
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San Jose State [ ]
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UCLA [ ]
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Washington [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Stanford
6
7 3 7
23
Washington
0
0 0 14
14
Scoring summary 1 STAN Garcia 37-yard field goal Stanford 3–0
1 STAN Garcia 38-yard field goal Stanford 6–0
2 STAN Test 10-yard pass from Boryla (Garcia kick) Stanford 13–0
3 STAN Garcia 47-yard field goal Stanford 16–0
4 WASH Phillips 46-yard pass from Rowland (Boyd kick) Stanford 16–7
4 WASH Rowland 1-yard run (Boyd kick) Stanford 16–14
4 STAN Laidlaw 8-yard run (Garcia kick) Stanford 23–14
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Washington State [ ]
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Oregon State [ ]
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USC [ ]
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Oregon [ ]
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California [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
California
3
0 7 7
17
• Stanford
0
3 10 13
26
Scoring summary 1 CAL VanderMeer 41-yard field goal CAL 3-0
2 STAN Garcia 36-yard field goal Tied 3-3
3 CAL Muncie 15-yard run (VanderMeer kick) CAL 10-3
3 STAN Jena 8-yard run (Garcia kick) Tied 10-10
3 STAN Garcia 37-yard field goal STAN 13-10
4 CAL Ferragamo 1-yard run (VanderMeer kick) CAL 17-13
4 STAN Inge 3-yard run (kick failed) STAN 19-17
4 STAN Laidlaw 10-yard run (Garcia kick) STAN 26-17
Junior running back Scott Laidlaw gained 132 yards on 23 carries while Rod Garcia finished his career with 42 field goals, and NCAA record, and 18 for the season, which tied the NCAA record. Stanford played most of the second half without starting quarterback Mike Boryla , who left the game with a bruised throwing arm.[4]
All-conference [ ]
Five Stanford players were named to the All-Pac-8 team: quarterback Mike Boryla , wide receiver Bill Singler, defensive tackle Roger Stillwell , safety Randy Poltl , and kicker Rod Garcia; Singler and Stillwell were juniors.[5] [6]
NFL Draft [ ]
Six Stanford seniors were selected in the 1974 NFL Draft .
References [ ]
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