1973 All-Southwest Conference football team

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

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Tight ends

Split ends
  • Charles Dancer, Baylor (AP-1, UPI-1)

Tight ends
  • Andre Tillman, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)

Offensive tackles
  • Bob Simmons, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Tom Ferguson, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)

Offensive guards
  • Don Crosslin, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Dennis Allen, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI_1)

Centers
  • Bill Wyman, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)

Kickers
  • Don Grimes, Texas Tech (UPI-1)

Defensive ends
  • Malcolm Minnick, Texas (AP-1)
  • Ivan Jordan, Arkansas (AP-1)
  • Jon Rhiddlehoover, Arkansas (UP-1 [line])
  • Charlie Davis, TCU (UPI-1 [line])

Defensive tackles
  • Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
  • Doug English, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])

Nose guard
  • David Knaus, Texas Tech (AP-1)

Linebackers
  • Ed Simonini, Texas A&M (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Danny Rhodes, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Dede Terveen, TCU (UPI-1)

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)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

See also

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