The 1973 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen, at each position, as the best players in the Southwest Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1973 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI).
Texas running back Roosevelt Leaks set the conference single-season record with 1,415 rushing yards in 1973 and was selected as the player of the year by the AP and the offensive player of the year by the UPI.[1][2]
The AP also conducted balloting for coach of the year (Jim Carlen, Texas Tech) and newcomer of the year (Larry Isaac, Texas Tech).[1] And the UPI selected a defensive player of the year (linebacker Ed Simonini, Texas A&M) and a freshman player of the year (quarterback David Walker, Texas A&M).[2]
All Southwest selections
Offense
Quarterbacks
- Joe Barnes, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Neal Jeffrey, Baylor (AP-2, UPI-2)
Running backs
- Roosevelt Leaks, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Dickey Morton, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Alvin Maxson, SMU (AP-1, UPI-2)
- Mike Luttrell, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1)
- Alvin Walker, Texas A&M (AP-2, UPI-2)
- Lawrence Williams, Texas Tech (AP-2, UPI-2)
- Gary Lacy, Baylor (UPI-2)
Tight ends
- Gary Butler, Rice (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Andre Tillman, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Oscar Roan, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)
Split ends
- Charles Dancer, Baylor (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Jack Ettinger, Arkansas (AP-2)
Offensive tackles
- Bob Simmons, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Tom Ferguson, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Sammy Johnson, Rice (AP-2)
- Kelly Arnold, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)
- Richard Mason, Baylor (UPI-2)
Offensive guards
- Don Crosslin, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Dennis Allen, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Bruce Herbert, Texas (AP-2, UPI-2)
- Bruce Welch, Texas A&M (AP-2, UPI-2)
Centers
- Bill Wyman, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Ricky Seeker, Texas A&M (AP-2)
Kickers
- Don Grimes, Texas Tech (UPI-1)
- Mike Landrum, Rice (UPI-2)
Defense
Defensive ends
- Malcolm Minnick, Texas (AP-1, UPI-2)
- Ivan Jordan, Arkansas (AP-1)
- Jon Rhiddlehoover, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-1 [line])
- Charlie Davis, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1 [line])
- Bill Rutherford, Texas (AP-2, UPI-2)
- Charlie Adams, SMU (AP-2)
Defensive tackles
- Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
- Doug English, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
- Joe Johnson, Baylor (UPI-2)
Nose guard
- David Knaus, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-2 [line])
- Cornelius Walker, Rice (AP-2, UPI-2)
Linebackers
- Ed Simonini, Texas A&M (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Danny Rhodes, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Dede Terveen, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1)
- David Johnston, Texas (AP-2)
- Wade Johnson, Texas (UPI-2)
- Glen Gaspard, Texas (UPI-2)
Defensive backs
- Bruce Henley, Rice (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Jay Arnold, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Danny Willis, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Kenneth Wallace, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
- Gene Hernandez, TCU (AP-2, UPI-2)
- Rollen Smith, Arkansas (AP-2, UPI-2)
- Tim Gray, Texas A&M (AP-2)
- Andy Duvall, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)
- Preston Anderson, Rice (UPI-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Longhorns Head All-SWC Picks". The Marshall News Messenger. November 25, 1973. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Leaks, Morton Head SWC Grid Team". The Longview Daily News. December 4, 1973. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
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