1973 Weber State Wildcats football team

1973 Weber State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record3–8 (2–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumWildcat Stadium
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boise State $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
Montana State 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Idaho 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northern Arizona 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Montana 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Weber State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Idaho State 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1973 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State College (now known as Weber State University) as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Dick Gwinn, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fifth in the Big Sky.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15Utah State*
L 3–1017,312[1]
September 22Northern Arizona
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
W 25–1311,146[2]
September 29Cal State Fullerton*
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
W 16–149,030[3][4]
October 6No. 8 Boise State
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
L 7–3411,586[5][6]
October 13at Montana State
L 0–339,837[7]
October 20at Idaho
L 13–1710,670[8]
October 27at Idaho State
W 38–239,000[9]
November 3at Southern Miss*
L 7–2810,100[10]
November 10Montana
  • Wildcat Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
L 0–107,389[11]
November 17at BYU*
L 14–4514,548[12]
November 22at Eastern Michigan*
L 7–442,500[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14]

References

  1. ^ "Utah State slips past Weber". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 16, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Wildcats move into victory column, down Lumberjacks". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. September 23, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Weber holds on for victory". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 30, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Long Beach State Still Without Win -- Ties North Texas St., 0-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 30, 1973. p. III-14. Retrieved February 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ "Boise State whips Weber". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. October 7, 1973. p. 21. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ Blodgett, Gary R. (October 8, 1973). "Awesome Broncos swamp Weber". Deseret News. p. D2. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "Bobcats bury Weber, 33–0". The Missoulian. October 14, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Henzel, Phil (October 21, 1973). "Vandals' late touchdown cuts down Weber 17–13". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 17. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ "Weber State wins". The Daily Herald. October 28, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wildcats can't handle Southern Mississippi". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 4, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Troxel gets lone TD as 'Tips trip Weber". Great Falls Tribune. November 11, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "BYU blasts Weber State". The Daily Herald. November 18, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Kloch paces EMU to 44–7 victory". The State Journal. November 23, 1973. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Final 1973 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Weber State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
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