1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 12 UCLA 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Stanford 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Washington State 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
California 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Oregon State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Washington 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-8 Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Led by second-year head coach Jack Christiansen, the Cardinals were 7–4 overall (5–2 in Pac-8, third) and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. The Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 15No. 7 Penn State*
ABCL 6–2057,000
September 22at No. 5 Michigan*
L 10–4780,177[1]
September 29San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 23–12
October 6at Illinois*
W 24–045,383
October 13No. 15 UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 13–5955,000
October 20at Washington
W 23–1451,500
October 27Washington State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 45–1448,000
November 3at Oregon State
W 24–2317,025
November 10at No. 8 USC
L 26–2763,806
November 17Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–721,000
November 24California
W 26–1767,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Penn State

Michigan

San Jose State

Illinois

UCLA

Washington

1 234Total
• Stanford 6 737 23
Washington 0 0014 14
Source:[2]

Washington State

Oregon State

USC

Oregon

California

1 234Total
California 3 077 17
• Stanford 0 31013 26

Junior running back Scott Laidlaw gained 132 yards on 23 carries while Rod Garcia finished his career with 42 field goals, and NCAA record, and 18 for the season, which tied the NCAA record. Stanford played most of the second half without starting quarterback Mike Boryla, who left the game with a bruised throwing arm.[3]

Roster

1973 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 12 Mike Boryla (C) Sr
WR 47 Tony Hill Fr
RB 33 Scott Laidlaw Jr
QB 19 Dave Ottmar Sr
WR 21 Bill Singler Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 83 Pat Donovan Jr
SS 36 Randy Poltl (C) Sr
DT 91 Roger Stillwell Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 14 Rod Garcia Sr
P 19 Dave Ottmar Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

[4]

All-conference

Main article: 1973 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

Five Stanford players were named to the All-Pac-8 team: quarterback Mike Boryla, wide receiver Bill Singler, defensive tackle Roger Stillwell, safety Randy Poltl, and kicker Rod Garcia; Singler and Stillwell were juniors.[5][6]

NFL draft

Six Stanford seniors were selected in the 1974 NFL draft.

References

  1. ^ Curt Sylvester (September 23, 1973). "Sweet Revenge! U-M Rips Stanford; 6-TD Parade, 47–10". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E, 9E. Retrieved June 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Garcia kick helps Cards whip Huskies". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 21, 1973. p. 2B.
  3. ^ "Cards rally behind Laidlaw". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 25, 1973. p. 6D.
  4. ^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 3, 1973. p. 2B.
  5. ^ "Three Ducks on Pac-8 unit". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 2, 1973. p. 3B.
  6. ^ "Three Cougars land on All-Pac-8 squad". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). December 3, 1973. p. 17.
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