American college football season
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 11–1 and ninth in the final AP poll.
Season summary
Arizona
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Arizona |
6 |
13 | 0 | 0 |
19 |
• Arizona St |
16 |
12 | 13 | 14 |
55 |
- Date: November 24
- Location: Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona
- Game attendance: 51,383
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | ASU | Hudson 15-yard pass from White (Kush kick) | Arizona St 7-0 |
| 1 | | ASU | Kush 24-yard field goal | Arizona St 10-0 |
| 1 | | ARIZ | Upchurch 2-yard run (kick failed) | Arizona St 10-6 |
| 1 | | ASU | Owens 8-yard pass from White (kick failed) | Arizona St 16-6 |
| 2 | | ARIZ | Upchurch 1-yard run (Gorham kick) | Arizona St 16-13 |
| 2 | | ASU | Owens 14-yard pass from White (kick failed) | Arizona St 22-13 |
| 2 | | ARIZ | Hamilton 4-yard pass from Hill (kick failed) | Arizona St 22-20 |
| 2 | | ASU | Owens 58-yard pass from White (kick failed) | Arizona St 28-20 |
| 3 | | ASU | Green 11-yard run (run failed) | Arizona St 34-20 |
| 3 | | ASU | Owens 6-yard run (Kush kick) | Arizona St 41-20 |
| 4 | | ASU | Malone 9-yard run (Kush kick) | Arizona St 48-20 |
| 4 | | ASU | Hudson recovered fumble in end zone (Kush kick) | Arizona St 55-20 |
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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]
NFL draft
Four Sun Devils were selected in the 1974 NFL Draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).
- ^ Eley last played for ASU in 1971; he was in the Canadian Football League (1972–74) with the BC Lions.
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