The 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the

1973 NCAA Division I football season The 1973 NCAA Division I football season was the first for the NCAA's current three-division structure. Effective with the 1973–74 academic year, schools formerly in the NCAA "University Division" were classified as Division I (later subdiv ...

and outscored its opponents 519 to 171. Led by 16th-year head coach

Frank Kush Frank Joseph Kush (January 20, 1929 – June 22, 2017) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Arizona State University from 1958 to 1979, compiling a record of 176–54–1. Kush was also the head coach of th ...

, the Sun Devils stayed home and won the

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to finish at and ninth in the final AP poll.

Schedule

Roster

Season summary

Arizona

Arizona State clinches a share of WAC title and third straight trip to the

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went over 1,000 yards receiving for the season while both Woody Green and

Benny Malone Benjamin Malone, Jr. (February 3, 1952 – March 19, 2020) was an American football running back. He played in college at Arizona State University. He was drafted in the second-round (47th overall selection) in the 1974 NFL draft by the Miami Dol ...

surpassed the same mark in rushing yardage.

NFL draft

Four Sun Devils were selected in the

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, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections). :^ Eley last played for ASU in 1971; he was in the

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(1972–74) with the

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. :

Awards and honors

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: HB Woody Green - Consensus - Football Coaches of America, Sporting News, Time, UPI (second), AP (second), Walter Camp, QB

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- Football Writers, Time, UPI (second), AP (second), NEA *All-WAC: OT Steve Gunther, OG John Houser, QB/P Danny White, HB Woody Green, DE Sam Johnson, DE Larry Shorty, LB Bob Breunig, DB Mike Haynes, K Danny Kush (honorable mention), DB Bo Warren (honorable mention), DB Kory Schuknecht (honorable mention), RS

(honorable mention), C Ed Kindig (honorable mention), DT Deke Ballard (honorable mention), DT Neal Skarin (honorable mention), MG Sal Olivo (honorable mention), LB James Baker (honorable mention) :2012 Arizona State football media guide.

References

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