| 1973 Buena Vista Beavers football | |
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Iowa Conference champion | |
| Conference | Iowa Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (7–0 Iowa) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Al Lewis (11th season) |
| Home stadium | Bradford Field |
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| No. 9 Buena Vista $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central (IA) | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wartburg | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubuque | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Penn | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luther | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simpson (IA) | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upper Iowa | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1973 Buena Vista Beavers football team was an American football team that represented Buena Vista College as a member of the Iowa Conference (now known as the American Rivers Conference) during the 1973 NAIA Division II football season. In their fourth year under head coach Jim Hershberger, the Beavers compiled an 8–1 record (7–0 in conference games), won the Iowa Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 208 to 106. [1] [2] The team's only loss was to the eventual NAIA Division II national champion Northwestern Red Raiders. [3] It was Buena Vista's first outright conference championship since 1952. [4]
Guard Joe Kotal was selected as a first-team All-American. Quarterback Charlie Mullligan was selected as the Iowa Conference Most Valuable Player, and Hershberger received the conference's Coach of the Year award.
The team played its home games at Bradford Field in Storm Lake, Iowa.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | at Westmar * | Le Mars, IA | W 48–0 | [5] | |||
| September 22 | Northwestern (IA) * |
| L 15–28 | 4,500 | [3] | ||
| September 29 | at Wartburg |
| W 21–12 | [6] | |||
| October 6 | Dubuque |
| W 20–16 | [7] | |||
| October 13 | at Central (IA) | Pella, IA | W 8–2 | [8] | |||
| October 20 | at Luther | W 21–7 | [9] | ||||
| October 27 | Simpson (IA)  |
| W 33–21 | [10] | |||
| November 3 | at Upper Iowa | Fayette, IA | W 27–13 | [11] | |||
| November 10 | William Penn |
| W 17–7 | [12] | |||
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Buena Vista personnel received multiple honors at the end of the 1973 season, including the following:
In addition to Mulligan and Kotval, six other Buena Vista players were selected as first-team players on the 1973 All-Iowa Conference football team: tight end Steve McPherson; interior offensive lineman Lyle Karsten; defensive linemen Tom Rouse and Kent Livermore; linebacker Tom McGrain; and defensive back Mike Pertzborn. [15] [16]
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