1973 Utah Utes football team

The 1973 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Bill Meek, the Utes compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 4–2 against conference opponents, placing third in the WAC. Home games were played on campus at Robert Rice Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Five weeks after the season ended, in early 1974, Meek resigned.^[1] Defensive line coach Tom Lovat, a 35-year-old alumnus from Bingham, was retained for the interim for recruiting continuation and was promoted later that month.^[2][3][4][5]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at No. 20 Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 22–29	38,554	[6]
September 22	UTEP	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 82–6	27,103	[7]
September 29	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 35–17	31,500	[8]
October 6	at No. 16 UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 16–66	32,697	[9]
October 13	Wyoming	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 50–16	30,244	[10]
October 20	at San Jose State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	W 28–21	12,100	[11]
October 27	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 21–42	34,219	[12]
November 3	No. 8 Arizona State	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 36–31	22,135	[13]
November 10	at New Mexico	University Stadium [Albuquerque, NM	W 36–35	10,757	[14]
November 17	Utah State*	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 31–28	27,842	[15]
November 24	BYU	Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 22–46	18,243	[16]
December 1	at No. 11 (small) Hawaii*	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 6–7	15,662	[17]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Four Utes were selected in the 1974 NFL draft, which lasted 17 rounds (442 selections).

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