Year: | 1973 |
Team: | Arizona State Sun Devils |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Western Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | WAC |
Coachrank: | 10 |
Aprank: | 9 |
Record: | 11–1 |
Conf Record: | 6–1 |
Head Coach: | Frank Kush |
Hc Year: | 16th |
Def Coach: | Larry Kentera |
Dc Year: | 3rd |
Captain: | Bob Breunig |
Captain2: | Danny White |
Stadium: | Sun Devil Stadium |
Champion: | WAC champion Fiesta Bowl champion |
Bowl: | Fiesta Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 28–7 vs. Pittsburgh |
The 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season and outscored its opponents 519 to 171. Led by 16th-year head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils stayed home and won the Fiesta Bowl to finish at and ninth in the final AP poll.
Arizona State clinches a share of WAC title and third straight trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Morris Owens went over 1,000 yards receiving for the season while both Woody Green and Benny Malone surpassed the same mark in rushing yardage.[2]
Four Sun Devils were selected in the 1974 NFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
1st | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs | ||
Running back | 47 | Miami Dolphins | ||
53 | Dallas Cowboys | |||
Monroe Eley ^ | Running back | 128 | Atlanta Falcons | |
^ Eley last played for ASU in 1971; he was in the Canadian Football League (1972–74) with the BC Lions.
HB Woody Green - Consensus - Football Coaches of America, Sporting News, Time, UPI (second), AP (second), Walter Camp, QB Danny White - Football Writers, Time, UPI (second), AP (second), NEA