1973 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team explained

The 1973 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-8 Conference teams for the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Mike Boryla, Stanford (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Jesse Freitas Jr., San Diego State (AP-1; UPI-2)

Running backs

• Anthony Davis, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Kermit Johnson, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Don Reynolds, Oregon (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Willard Harrell, Pacific (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Andrew Jones, Washington State (UPI-2)
• Chuck Muncie, California (UPI-2)

Wide receivers

• Lynn Swann, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Ike McBee, San Jose State (AP-1)
• Bill Singler, Stanford (Coaches-1)
• J. K. McKay, USC (AP-2)
• Keith Denson, San Diego State (AP-2)
• Bob Palm, Oregon (UPI-2)

Tight ends

• Russ Francis, Oregon (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Jim Obradovich, USC (UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Darold Nogle, San Diego State (AP-1)

Tackles

• Booker Brown, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Ed Kezirian, UCLA (AP-1; Coaches-1)
• Al Oliver, UCLA (UPI-1)
• Claudie Minor, San Diego State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Keith Rowen, Stanford (AP-2)
• Ron Hunt, Oregon (UPI-2)

Guards

• Steve Ostermann, Washington State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Steve Klosterman, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Willie Viney, Pacific (AP-1; UPI-2)
• Chris Mackie, California (AP-2)
• Ted Seifert, California (UPI-2)

Centers

• Greg Krpalek, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Geoff Reece, Washington State (AP-2; Coaches-1)
• Bob McCaffrey, USC (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Fred McNeill, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Pat Donovan, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Roger Stillwell, Stanford (AP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Cal Peterson, UCLA (AP-1)

Defensive tackles

• Reggie Lewis, Oregon (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Dave Pear, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Dave Wasick, San Jose State (AP-2)
• Dwayne Westphal, Fresno State (AP-2)
• Bob Swenson, California (UPI-2)

Middle guard

• Monte Doris, USC (AP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Larry Bailey, Pacific (AP-1)

Linebackers

• Richard Wood, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Jimmy Sims, USC (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Tom Poe, Washington State (AP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Fulton Kuykendall, UCLA (UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Gary Larsen, Washington State (UPI-1)
• Gordy Riegel, Stanford (UPI-1)
• Dan Lloyd, Washington (AP-2)
• Ivan Weiss, California (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

• Artimus Parker, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Randy Poltl, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Steve Donnelly, Oregon (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Jim Bright, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Jimmy Allen, UCLA (AP-1)
• John Nanoski, UCLA (UPI-1)
• Jimmy Johnson, UCLA (Coaches-1)
• Danny Reece, USC (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Greg Bailey, Long Beach State (AP-2)
• Eric Johnson, Washington State (AP-2)
• Dennis Downey, Oregon State (UPI-2)
• Jim Kaffen, Stanford (UPI-2)

Special teams

Placekicker

• Rod Garcia, Stanford (Coaches-1)

Punter

• Skip Boyd, Washington (Coaches-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2]

Coaches = selected by the Pac-8 head football coaches^{[3] [4] [5]}

See also

• 1973 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Trojans Place Nine Players On All-Coast Squad, UCLA 11. The Press-Courier. November 30, 1973. 23.
2. News: Johnson, Davis lead UPI all-coast football team. Ellensburg Daily Record. November 28, 1973.
3. News: Three Ducks on Pac-8 unit. Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . December 2, 1973 . 3B.
4. News: Three Cougars land on All-Pac-8 squad . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . December 3, 1973 . 17.
5. News: Five Cardinals All-Pac-8. The Times . (San Mateo, California). December 3, 1973. 16.