| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Tyrone (3rd win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kildare |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kildare |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Mayo |
The 1973 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Tyrone.
On 23 September 1973, Tyrone won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-6 defeat of Kildare in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in 25 championship seasons.[1]
Quarter-Final
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Galway | 1-10 - 1-06 | Sligo | Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry |
Semi-Finals
| 1973 Semi-Final | Mayo | 2-10 - 0-02 | Leitrim | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon |
| 1973 Semi-Final | Roscommon | 1-06 - 1-12 | Galway | McHale Park, Castlebar |
Finals
'Home'
| 8 July 1973 Final | Mayo | 3-07 - 0-03 | Galway | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam |
'England'
| 29 July 1973 Final | Mayo | 2-14 - 0-02 | Herefordshire | McHale Park, Castlebar |
Quarter-Finals
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Clare | 3–07 – 1–08 | Waterford | Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary |
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Tipperary | 3–07 – 2–07 | Limerick | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
Semi-Finals
| 1973 Semi-Final | Cork | 3–11 – 1–04 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
| 1973 Semi-Final | Tipperary | 2–07 – 0–13 | Kerry | Ned Hall Park, Clonmel |
| 1973 Semi-Final Replay | Tipperary | 0–05 – 1–14 | Kerry | Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel |
Final
| 15 July 1973 Final | Cork | 1–13 – 3–05 | Kerry | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork |
Preliminary round
| 1973 Preliminary round | Down | 2-06 - 0-06 | Monaghan | Carrickmacross |
Quarter-Finals
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Cavan | 3-08 - 2-04 | Armagh | Breffni Park, Cavan |
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Derry | 6-10 - 0-07 | Fermanagh | St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown |
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Antrim | 1-06 - 1-07 | Tyrone | The Playing Fields, Lurgan |
Semi-Finals
| 1973 Semi-Final | Cavan | 0-05 - 0-09 | Down | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
| 1973 Semi-Final | Tyrone | 2-07 - 1-07 | Derry | The Playing Fields, Lurgan |
Final
| 29 July 1973 Final | Tyrone | 1-13 - 0-09 | Down | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
First round
| 1973 First Round | Kilkenny | 1-10 - 0-07 | Carlow | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
| 1973 First Round | Louth | 2-09 - 1-06 | Dublin | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
Second round
Quarter-Finals
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Wexford | 1-11 - 1-11 | Dublin | Wexford Park, Wexford |
| 1973 Quarter-Final Replay | Wexford | 0-17 - 0-09 | Dublin | Parnell Park, Dublin |
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Westmeath | 1-09 - 1-08 | Meath | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Laois | 4-08 - 2-03 | Wicklow | Aughrim Park, Aughrim |
| 1973 Quarter-Final | Offaly | 1-04 - 2-13 | Louth | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
Semi-Finals
| 1973 Semi-Final | Kildare | 1-11 - 2-06 | Louth | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
| 1973 Semi-Final | Laois | 1-03 - 3-13 | Westmeath | St Conleth's Park, Newbridge |
Final
| 22 July 1973 Final | Laois | 0-10 - 4-11 | Kildare | Croke Park, Dublin |
Semi-Finals
| 12 August 1973 Semi-Final | Mayo | 0-08 - 0-09 | Kildare | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 19 August 1973 Semi-Final | Tyrone | 1-07 - 0-10 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 26 August 1973 Semi-Final Replay | Tyrone | 3-10 - 1-10 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
| 23 September 1973 Final | Tyrone | 2-11 - 1-06 | Kildare | Croke Park, Dublin |