1973 All-Southwest Conference football team

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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).

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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

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

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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Longhorns Head All-SWC Picks". The Marshall News Messenger. November 25, 1973. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "Leaks, Morton Head SWC Grid Team". The Longview Daily News. December 4, 1973. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
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