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1973 Texas A&M

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Emory Bellard.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1973, game by game: won vs. Wichita State 48–0; lost at No. 11 LSU 23–28; lost vs. Boston College 24–32; won at Clemson 30–15; lost at Texas Tech 16–28; won at TCU 35–16; won vs. Baylor 28–22; lost at Arkansas 10–14; won vs. SMU 45–10; lost at Rice 20–24; lost vs. No. 11 Texas 13–42+48−29Won 48–0 vs. Wichita State+48Wichita StateLost 23–28 at No. 11 LSU-5No. 11 LSULost 24–32 vs. Boston College-8Boston CollegeWon 30–15 at Clemson+15ClemsonLost 16–28 at Texas Tech-12Texas TechWon 35–16 at TCU+19TCUWon 28–22 vs. Baylor+6BaylorLost 10–14 at Arkansas-4ArkansasWon 45–10 vs. SMU+35SMULost 20–24 at Rice-4RiceLost 13–42 vs. No. 11 Texas-29No. 11 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsWichita StateW 48–⁠065%
Sep 22at11LSUL 23–⁠2821%
Sep 29vsBoston CollegeL 24–⁠3256%
Oct 6atClemsonW 30–⁠1546%
Oct 13atTexas TechL 16–⁠2829%
Oct 20atTCUW 35–⁠1641%
Oct 27vsBaylorW 28–⁠2265%
Nov 3atArkansasL 10–⁠1440%
Nov 10vsSMUW 45–⁠1054%
Nov 17atRiceL 20–⁠2457%
Nov 22vs11TexasL 13–⁠4230%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 42–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

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.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
292–⁠231
Coach
Emory Bellard
Elo
1492 +42 this season
SP+ rating
8.9 No. 41 of 123; offense No. 26, defense No. 68
SRS
10.2 No. 30 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ben Hurt
Defensive coordinator
Melvin Robertson
Offense
Wishbone

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Alvin WalkerRBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Bruce WelchOGAP-2; UPI-2
  • Ricky SeekerCAP-2
  • Tim GrayDBAP-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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠08–⁠314
Texas Tech6–⁠111–⁠111
Rice4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU1–⁠63–⁠8
Baylor0–⁠72–⁠9

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