1973 Camellia Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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NCAA Division II Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 15, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Hughes Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Sacramento, California | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Bill Love | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 12,016 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1973 Camellia Bowl was the NCAA Division II Football Championship game following the 1973 season, between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.[1]
Notable participants for Louisiana Tech include Fred Dean, Roger Carr, Pat Tilley, Roland Harper, Mike Barber, John Henry White, Billy Ryckman, Maxie Lambright, Mickey Slaughter, Pat Patterson, and Pat Collins.
Scoring summary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 10 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
Hilltoppers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics | La. Tech | WKU |
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First Downs | 17 | 7 |
Total offense, yards | 336 | 76 |
Rushes-yards (net) | 58–186 | 27–(−12) |
Passing yards (net) | 150 | 88 |
Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 10–27–0 | 12–37–4 |
Time of Possession |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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La. Tech | Passing | Denny Duron | 4/14, 78 yds, 1 TD |
Rushing | Charles McDaniel | 21 car, 116 yds, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Pat Tilley | 7 rec, 106 yds, 1 TD | |
WKU | Passing | Dennis Tomek | 10/32, 91 yds, 3 INT |
Rushing | John Embree | 9 car, 38 yds | |
Receiving | Porter Williams | 7 rec, 66 yds |