1973 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1973 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the Cougars compiled a 5–6 record (4–3 in Pac-8, fourth), and were outscored 290 to 250.^[1][2]

1973 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	5–6 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jim Sweeney (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Tiller (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ray Braun (2nd season)
Captains	Greg Craighead Tom Poe
Home stadium	Martin Stadium, Joe Albi 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 team's statistical leaders included Chuck Peck with 1,023 passing yards, Andrew Jones with 1,059 rushing yards, and Tim Krause with 384 receiving yards.^[3]

The Cougars won their last four games, all in conference, which included a sweep of the three Northwest teams; the season concluded with a second consecutive win in the Apple Cup over Washington, this time a 52–26 rout on the road in Seattle.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15		at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 8–29	39,687–39,750
September 22		at No. 13 Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 9–20	51,252	[4]
September 29		Idaho*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 51–24	22,500	[5]
October 6		at No. 1 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 3–27	87,425
October 13		at No. 4 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 35–46	50,975
October 20		No. 13 UCLA	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 13–24	32,200
October 27	1:35 p.m.	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 14–45	48,000
November 3		Oregon	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 21–14	19,800
November 10		at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 13–7	17,336
November 17	1:31 p.m.	California	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 31–28	13,082
November 24		at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 52–26	56,500	[6][7][8]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

At Kansas

At Arizona State

Idaho

At Ohio State

Washington State Cougars (1–2) at #1 Ohio State Buckeyes (2–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	0	3	0	0	3
Ohio State	0	14	13	0	27

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: October 6
• Game weather: Sunny, 65 °F (18 °C)
• Game attendance: 87425
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter No scoring Second quarter OSU – Bruce Elia 17-yard run (kick failed), 7:14. Ohio State 6–0. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards. OSU – Archie Griffin 6-yard pass from Cornelius Greene (pass good), 3:20. Ohio State 14–0. Drive: 9 plays, 77 yards. WSU – Joe Danelo 41-yard field goal, 0:22. Ohio State 14–3. Drive: 40 yards. Third quarter OSU – Archie Griffin 26-yard run (kick blocked), 9:21. Ohio State 20–3. Drive: 12 plays, 84 yards. OSU – Bruce Elia 9-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 5:13. Ohio State 27–3. Drive: 3 plays, 33 yards. Fourth quarter No scoring Top passers WSU – Wally Bennett – 7/11, 50 yards, int OSU – Cornelius Greene – 3/6, 62 yards, TD, int Top rushers WSU – Andrew Jones – 17 rushes, 64 yards OSU – Archie Griffin – 15 rushes, 128 yards, TD Top receivers WSU – Fritz Brayton – 6 receptions, 45 yards OSU – Dave Hazel – 1 reception, 49 yards

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At USC

UCLA

At Stanford

Oregon

At Oregon State

California

At Washington

See also: Apple Cup

Team	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

• Chuck Peck 9/17, 249 yds
• Andrew Jones 139 rush Yds
• Most points ever scored against Washington

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Roster

1973 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 69 Bob Aldrich Jr RB Charles Anderson QB Wally Bennett WR 49 Fritz Brayton Sr FB 30 Vern Chamberlain So RB Ron Cheatham G 61 Bob Drinkwalter Sr TE Bob Engel RB 44 Ken Grandberry Sr OT 51 Mike Hill Sr QB John Hopkins WR 40 Greg Johnson Sr FB 39 Andrew Jones Jr TE 86 Tim Krause Sr RB Jim Lewis OL Wilbur McKinney TE Lloyd Minor QB 10 Mike Mitchell Jr OL Steve Morton G 62 Steve Ostermann Jr WR Dennis Pearson QB 13 Chuck Peck Jr C 65 Geoff Reece Jr WR 47 Rick Riegle Jr OT 75 Tom Wickert Sr WR Gordon Yeomans	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Rod Anderson S 36 Mike Carter Jr DB Dennis Clancy DT 71 Greg Craighead (C) Sr DE 79 Joe Daniels Jr DE 90 Mark Husfloen So S 37 Eric Johnson Sr CB 22 Basil Kimbrew Jr LB 66 Gary Larsen Jr CB 21 Morris Noble Sr DE 85 Don Olsen Sr DB Woodrow Perkins LB 58 Tom Poe (C) Sr LB Steve Roberts CB 24 Robin Sinclair Sr LB 67 Clyde Warehime Sr DL Lee Weatherford DT 77 Daryl Zanck Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Joe Danelo Jr P 40 Greg Johnson Sr	Head coach Jim Sweeney (6th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Ray Braun – (DC,LB) Joe Tiller – (OC,OL) Bob Simpson – (WR) Walt Cubley – (DE) Jack Elway – (QB,RB) Larry Donovan – (DT) Bill Cords – (TE,JV) Ron Mims – (DB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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All-conference

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

Three Washington State players were named to the All-Pac-8 team: senior linebacker Tom Poe, junior guard Steve Ostermann, and junior center Geoff Reece.^[15][16] Ostermann was a repeat selection; he and Reece returned to the first team the next year.^[17]

NFL draft

Three Cougars were selected in the 1974 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Robin Sinclair	DB	6	152	Cincinnati Bengals
Ken Grandberry	RB	8	190	Chicago Bears
Tom Wickert	G	9	212	Miami Dolphins

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