1973 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1973 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1973 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
1973 record	6–5
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (4th season);
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field
	Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. It was the Mountaineers' 81st overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden, in his fourthyear, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 6–5.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	W 20–13	35,112
September 22	Virginia Tech		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 24–10	33,000	^[1]
September 29	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 17–10	48,107
October 6	Indiana	No. 20	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 14–28	37,000
October 13	Pittsburgh		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	L 7–35	37,000
October 20	at Richmond		City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 17–38	21,172
October 27	at No. 5 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 14–62	59,138
November 2	at Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	W 20–14	24,890
November 10	Boston College		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 13–25	22,500
November 17	Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 42–17	26,000
November 24	at Syracuse		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	W 24–14	12,917
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

1973 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
		Danny Buggs

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "W. Virginia beats Virginia Tech". Sunday News. September 23, 1973. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl (first college football game to be radio broadcasted) 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		11	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Penn State		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 9 Houston		–		11	–	1	–	0
Temple		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Tulane		–		9	–	3	–	0
Memphis State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Tampa		–		8	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		7	–	4	–	0
Utah State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Air Force		–		6	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	4	–	1
Northern Illinois		–		6	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		6	–	5	–	0
West Virginia		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		6	–	5	–	1
Colgate		–		5	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	5	–	1
Xavier		–		5	–	5	–	1
Georgia Tech		–		5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		5	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		5	–	6	–	0
Cincinnati		–		4	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	1
Villanova		–		3	–	8	–	0
Syracuse		–		2	–	9	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		2	–	9	–	0
Army		–		0	–	10	–	0
Florida State		–		0	–	11	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll