1973 Washington Huskies football team

The 1973 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In its 17th season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 2–9 record, (0–7 in the Pacific-8 Conference, last), and was outscored 376 to 218.^[1]

1973 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	2–9 (0–7 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jim Owens (17th season)
MVP	Dave Pear
Captains	Jim Andrilenas Butch Keenan Joe Tabor John Whitacre
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons ← 1972 1974 →

1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	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 Huskies dropped the Apple Cup for the second straight year.^[2][3][4] The 52–26 loss at Husky Stadium was Washington's worst home loss in the series until 2021; they rebounded and won the next eight, through 1981.

Junior defensive lineman Dave Pear was selected as the team's most valuable player.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Hawaii*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–10	52,500	[5]
September 22	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 21–23	22,500
September 29	Syracuse*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 21–7	54,500
October 6	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 49–54	28,000
October 13	Oregon State	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–31	55,000
October 20	Stanford	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 14–23	51,500
October 27	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	L 0–58	40,000
November 3	at No. 10 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13–62	30,000
November 10	Idaho*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 41–14	50,000
November 17	No. 9 USC	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 19–42	55,500
November 24	Washington State	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	L 26–52	56,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Washington State

See also: Apple Cup

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington St 14 28 0 10 52 Washington 0 6 20 0 26 Date: November 24 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game start: 1:30 pm PST Game attendance: 56,500 Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 WSU Jones 12 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 7–0 Q1 WSU Jones 1 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 14–0 Q2 WSU Johnson 42 yard pass from Peck (Danelo kick) WSU 21–0 Q2 WSU Grandberry 17 yard pass from Peck (Danelo kick) WSU 28–0 Q2 WASH Taggares 19 yard pass from Rowland (kick failed) WSU 28–6 Q2 WSU Jones 62 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 35–6 Q2 WSU Grandberry 1 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 42–6 Q3 14:32 WASH Conley 75 yard pass from Rowland (pass failed) WSU 42–12 Q3 WASH Oldes 29 yard pass from Rowland (pass failed) WSU 42–18 Q3 WASH Oldes 24 yard pass from Rowland (Earl pass from Rowland) WSU 42–26 Q4 WSU Chamberlain 2 yard run (Danelo kick) WSU 49–26 Q4 WSU Danelo 38 yard field goal WSU 52–26

• Chris Rowland 16/36, 354 yds

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Roster

1973 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 13 Chris Rowland So QB 14 Dennis Fitzpatrick Jr QB 15 James Anderson So SE 20 Ken Conley So FB 30 Pete Taggares Sr FB 32 Willie Hendricks Jr TB 35 Donald Waters Fr SE 47 Walter Oldes Sr C 53 Jim Andrilenas (C) Sr C 59 Ray Pinney So G 66 Charles Jackson Fr G 67 Lou Quinn So OT 68 Rick Hayes Sr OT 70 Carl Rose Sr OT 74 John Whitacre (C) Jr SE 91 Scott Phillips Fr TE 97 Nelse Petermann So TE 99 Robin Earl Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 4 Pedro Hawkins So DB 11 Hans Woldseth Sr WS 18 Al Burleson So SS 22 Steve Lipe So CB 23 Bob Boustead Jr CB 28 Frank Reed So LB 36 Dean Schlamp So CB 42 Roberto Jourdan So LB 48 Jim Kristof Jr LB 50 Dan Lloyd So DE 71 Murphy McFarland Sr DT 73 Mike Green So DT 80 Dave Pear Jr DE 92 Paul Strohmeier So LB 94 Joe Tabor (C) Sr DE 95 Bob Martin Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 3 Skip Boyd Jr K Gustavo Clark	Head coach Jim Owens (17th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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NFL draft selections

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1974 NFL draft, which lasted 17 rounds with 442 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame[7]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Rick Hayes	Tackle	11th	284	Los Angeles Rams

References

1. "Washington Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. Missildine, Harry (November 25, 1973). "Peck, Jones wield Cougars' weapons in 52-26 rout of Washington Huskies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
3. "Jones rushes for 139, WSU rolls by Huskies". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 25, 1973. p. 6D.
4. Brown, Bruce (November 26, 1973). "Sweeney pleased by year, future". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
5. "Huskies snatch loss from victory's jaw". Tacoma News Tribune. September 23, 1973. Retrieved January 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 27, 1973. p. 2B.
7. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.