1973 Washington State Cougars football team

1973 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1973 record	5–6 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jim Sweeney (6th season)
Home stadium	Martin Stadium, Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane, WA)

1973 Pacific-8 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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the Cougars compiled a 5–6 record (4–3 against Pac-8 opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pac-8, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 290 to 250.^[1]^[2]

The team's statistical leaders included Chuck Peck with 1,023 passing yards, Andrew Jones with 1,059 rushing yards, and Tim Krause with 384 receiving yards.^[3]

Schedule

S. 15 Kansas 8-29 L 39,750 A
S. 22 Arizona State (13) 9-20 L 51,252 A
S. 29 Idaho 51-24 W 22,500 H
O. 6 Ohio State (1) 3-27 L 87,425 A
O. 13 USC (4) 35-46 L 50,975 A
O. 20 UCLA (13) 13-24 L 32,200 S
O. 27 Stanford 14-45 L 48,000 A
N. 3 Oregon 21-14 W 19,800 H
N. 10 Oregon State 13-7 W 17,336 A
N. 17 California 31-28 W 13,082 H
N. 24 Washington 52-26 W 56,500 A

References

↑ "1973 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
↑ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 76. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
↑ "1973 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

Washington State Cougars football
Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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

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