1973 All-Southwest Conference football team

American college football all-star team

The 1973 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen, at each position, as the best players in the Southwest Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1973 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI).

Texas running back Roosevelt Leaks set the conference single-season record with 1,415 rushing yards in 1973 and was selected as the player of the year by the AP and the offensive player of the year by the UPI.[1][2]

The AP also conducted balloting for coach of the year (Jim Carlen, Texas Tech) and newcomer of the year (Larry Isaac, Texas Tech).[1] And the UPI selected a defensive player of the year (linebacker Ed Simonini, Texas A&M) and a freshman player of the year (quarterback David Walker, Texas A&M).[2]

## All Southwest selections

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### Offense

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#### Quarterbacks

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* Joe Barnes, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Neal Jeffrey, Baylor (AP-2, UPI-2)

#### Running backs

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* Roosevelt Leaks, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Dickey Morton, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Alvin Maxson, SMU (AP-1, UPI-2)
* Mike Luttrell, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1)
* Alvin Walker, Texas A&M (AP-2, UPI-2)
* Lawrence Williams, Texas Tech (AP-2, UPI-2)
* Gary Lacy, Baylor (UPI-2)

#### Tight ends

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* Gary Butler, Rice (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Andre Tillman, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Oscar Roan, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)

#### Split ends

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* Charles Dancer, Baylor (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Jack Ettinger, Arkansas (AP-2)

#### Offensive tackles

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* Bob Simmons, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Tom Ferguson, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Sammy Johnson, Rice (AP-2)
* Kelly Arnold, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)
* Richard Mason, Baylor (UPI-2)

#### Offensive guards

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* Don Crosslin, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Dennis Allen, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Bruce Herbert, Texas (AP-2, UPI-2)
* Bruce Welch, Texas A&M (AP-2, UPI-2)

#### Centers

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* Bill Wyman, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Ricky Seeker, Texas A&M (AP-2)

#### Kickers

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* Don Grimes, Texas Tech (UPI-1)
* Mike Landrum, Rice (UPI-2)

### Defense

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#### Defensive ends

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* Malcolm Minnick, Texas (AP-1, UPI-2)
* Ivan Jordan, Arkansas (AP-1)
* Jon Rhiddlehoover, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-1 [line])
* Charlie Davis, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1 [line])
* Bill Rutherford, Texas (AP-2, UPI-2)
* Charlie Adams, SMU (AP-2)

#### Defensive tackles

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* Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
* Doug English, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
* Joe Johnson, Baylor (UPI-2)

#### Nose guard

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* David Knaus, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-2 [line])
* Cornelius Walker, Rice (AP-2, UPI-2)

#### Linebackers

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* Ed Simonini, Texas A&M (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Danny Rhodes, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Dede Terveen, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1)
* David Johnston, Texas (AP-2)
* Wade Johnson, Texas (UPI-2)
* Glen Gaspard, Texas (UPI-2)

#### Defensive backs

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* Bruce Henley, Rice (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Jay Arnold, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Danny Willis, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Kenneth Wallace, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
* Gene Hernandez, TCU (AP-2, UPI-2)
* Rollen Smith, Arkansas (AP-2, UPI-2)
* Tim Gray, Texas A&M (AP-2)
* Andy Duvall, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)
* Preston Anderson, Rice (UPI-2)

## Key

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AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI

## See also

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* 1973 College Football All-America Team

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Longhorns Head All-SWC Picks". The Marshall News Messenger. November 25, 1973. p. 5B - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ a b c "Leaks, Morton Head SWC Grid Team". The Longview Daily News. December 4, 1973. p. 3B - via Newspapers.com.

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