1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
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The 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University
in the 1973 college football season
. The offense scored 519 points while the defense allowed 171 points. Led by head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils won the Fiesta Bowl
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Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
in the 1973 college football season
1973 college football season
The 1973 college 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...
. The offense scored 519 points while the defense allowed 171 points. Led by head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils won the Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Frito-Lay and named with their Tostitos brand, is a United States college football bowl game played annually at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Between its origination in 1971 and 2006, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil...
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Schedule
The Sun Devils finished the season with a 10-1 record.| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Sun Devils points | Opponents | Record |
| 1 | Sept. 15 | @ Oregon | Win | 26 | 20 | 1-0-0 |
| 2 | Sept. 22 | Washington State | Win | 20 | 9 | 2-0-0 |
| 3 | Sept. 29 | Colorado Colorado State Rams football The Colorado State Rams football program, established in 1893, represents Colorado State University and is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Mountain West Conference under head coach Steve Fairchild... |
Win | 67 | 14 | 3-0-0 |
| 4 | Oct. 6 | @ New Mexico | Win | 67 | 24 | 4-0-0 |
| 5 | Oct. 13 | San Jose State | Win | 28 | 3 | 5-0-0 |
| 6 | Oct. 20 | Brigham Young | Win | 52 | 12 | 6-0-0 |
| 7 | Oct. 27 | @ Oregon State Oregon State Beavers football The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I-A college football. The team first fielded an organized football team in 1893 and is currently a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The head coach is Mike Riley, with Danny Langsdorf as the offensive... |
Win | 44 | 14 | 7-0-0 |
| 8 | Nov. 3 | @ Utah | Loss | 31 | 36 | 7-1-0 |
| 9 | Nov. 10 | Wyoming | Win | 47 | 0 | 8-1-0 |
| 10 | Nov. 17 | @ Texas El-Paso | Win | 54 | 13 | 9-1-0 |
| 11 | Nov. 25 | @ Arizona | Win | 55 | 19 | 10-1-0 |
1973 team players in the NFL
The following players were claimed in the 1974 NFL Draft1974 NFL Draft
The 1974 National Football League Draft took place at the Americana Hotel in New York City on January 29–30, 1974. Each of the 26 NFL teams was granted 17 selections for a total of 442 picks....
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| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Woody Green Woody Green Woodrow Green, Jr. is a former American football running back who played for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Green was drafted by the Chiefs in the first round of the 1974 NFL Draft. He is an alumnus of, set many rushing records, and was a first-team AP all-American while... |
Running Back | 1 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs 1974 Kansas City Chiefs season The 1974 Kansas City Chiefs season ended with a 5–9 record and third place finish in the AFC West, effectively costing head coach Hank Stram his job.... |
| Benny Malone Benny Malone Benjamin Malone Jr. is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins. He played college football at Arizona State and was drafted in the second round of the 1974 NFL Draft... |
Running Back | 2 | 47 | Miami Dolphins 1974 Miami Dolphins season -NFL Draft:-Schedule:- Standings :-AFC: Oakland Raiders 28, Miami Dolphins 26:-Notes and references:**... |
| Danny White Danny White Wilford Daniel "Danny" White is a former quarterback and punter for the Dallas Cowboys, an American football coach in the Arena Football League and also occasionally appears as an analyst on broadcasts of college football games. He was named the head coach of the Arena Football League expansion... |
Quarterback | 3 | 53 | Dallas Cowboys 1974 Dallas Cowboys season The 1974 Dallas Cowboys season was their 15th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 10–4, winning only eight games... |
| Monroe Eley Monroe Eley Monroe Eley is a former running back who played in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League.Having played his college football with Arizona State University, Eley was not drafted by the NFL, so he headed north to play with the British Columbia Lions. In his first year, 1972, he... |
Running Back | 5 | 128 | Atlanta Falcons 1974 Atlanta Falcons season The 1974 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons ninth season.-NFL Draft:Ron Simmons214 U of Minnesota MorrisDBBorn 2/20/1952-Schedule:-Standings:-Milestones:... |