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1973 Oklahoma

10–⁠0–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Big Eight), coached by Barry Switzer, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1973, game by game: won at Baylor 42–14; tied at No. 1 USC 7–7; won vs. No. 17 Miami 24–20; won vs. No. 13 Texas 52–13; won vs. No. 16 Colorado 34–7; won at Kansas State 56–14; won vs. Iowa State 34–17; won at No. 10 Missouri 31–3; won vs. No. 18 Kansas 48–20; won vs. No. 10 Nebraska 27–0; won at Oklahoma State 45–18+42Won 42–14 at Baylor+28BaylorTied 7–7 at No. 1 USC0No. 1 USCWon 24–20 vs. No. 17 Miami+4No. 17 MiamiWon 52–13 vs. No. 13 Texas+39No. 13 TexasWon 34–7 vs. No. 16 Colorado+27No. 16 ColoradoWon 56–14 at Kansas State+42Kansas StateWon 34–17 vs. Iowa State+17Iowa StateWon 31–3 at No. 10 Missouri+28No. 10 MissouriWon 48–20 vs. No. 18 Kansas+28No. 18 KansasWon 27–0 vs. No. 10 Nebraska+27No. 10 NebraskaWon 45–18 at Oklahoma State+27Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atBaylorW 42–⁠1477%
Sep 29at1USCT 7–⁠741%
Oct 6vs17MiamiW 24–⁠2082%
Oct 13vs13TexasW 52–⁠1361%
Oct 20vs16ColoradoW 34–⁠773%
Oct 27atKansas StateW 56–⁠1479%
Nov 3vsIowa StateW 34–⁠1788%
Nov 10at10MissouriW 31–⁠369%
Nov 17vs18KansasW 48–⁠2084%
Nov 23vs10NebraskaW 27–⁠066%
Dec 1atOklahoma StateW 45–⁠1879%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 45–⁠18; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 8
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 6
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 3
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Wk 10: 3
  11. Wk 11: 3
  12. Wk 12: 3
  13. Wk 13: 2
  14. Wk 14: 2
  15. Final: 3

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1973.

Big Eight champions7–⁠0 in the conference

2 consensus All-AmericansLucious Selmon, MG; Rod Shoate, LB

Record
10–⁠0–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 2
Points
400–⁠133
Coach
Barry Switzer
Elo
1872 +149 this season
SP+ rating
36.3 No. 1 of 123; offense No. 2, defense No. 6
SRS
37.8 No. 1 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Galen Hall
Defensive coordinator
Larry Lacewell
Captains
Gary Baccus, Eddie Foster, Lucious Selmon and Tim Welch
Offense
Wishbone

Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 4Durwood Keeton DBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 5Gary Baccus LBNew York Jets
Rd 5Clyde Powers DBNew York Giants

All-Big Eight

7 first team, 8 second team

First team

Second team

  • Terry WebbOGUPI-2
  • Steve DavisQBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Waymon ClarkBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Mike StruckDEAP-2
  • Dewey SelmonDTAP-2; UPI-2
  • David SmithLBUPI-2
  • Kenith PopeDBAP-2
  • Clyde PowersDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠0–⁠13
Nebraska4–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠17
Kansas4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠118
Missouri3–⁠48–⁠417
Oklahoma State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Colorado2–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.