American college football season
The 1973 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season . In his sixth and final season as head coach, Bill Meek led the Utes to a 4–2 mark in the WAC and 7–5 overall.
Five weeks after the season ended, Meek resigned in early January 1974 .[1] Defensive line coach Tom Lovat , a 35-year-old alumnus from Bingham , was retained for the interim for recruiting continuation,[2] and was promoted later that month.[3] [4] [5]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result September 15 at No. 20 Texas Tech * L 22–29
September 22 UTEP Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah W 82–6
September 29 at Oregon * W 35–17
October 6 at No. 16 UCLA * L 16–66
October 13 Wyoming Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah W 50–16
October 20 at San Jose State * W 28–21
October 27 at Arizona L 21–42
November 3 No. 8 Arizona State Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah W 36–31
November 10 at New Mexico W 36–35
November 17 Utah State * Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah (rivalry ) W 31–28
November 24 BYU Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, Utah (rivalry ) L 22–46
December 1 at Hawaii * L 6–7
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll
Source: [6] [7]
Roster [ ]
1973 Utah Utes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Source: [1] [8]
NFL draft [ ]
Four Utes were selected in the 1974 NFL Draft , which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).
Source: [9] [10]
References [ ]
^ a b Miller, Hack (January 5, 1974). "Search on for U. coach" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 6A.
^ "Ute brass braced for applications" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). January 7, 1974. p. B9.
^ Ferguson, George (January 25, 1974). "Lovat, Riehlman top Ute list" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
^ "Lovat gets Utah's grid post" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). January 26, 1974. p. 6A.
^ Rock, Brad (January 24, 1997). "Lovat, like U. football, moved to better days" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF) . University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21 .
^ "1973 record" . College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2009-10-14 .
^ "Oregon-Utah lineups" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). September 29, 1973. p. 4B.
^ "Odom goes in 5th round" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 30, 1974. p. D1.
^ "Several area stars taken in grid draft" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. January 31, 1974. p. 2D.
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