1973 Army Cadets football team

1973 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–10
Head coach
Captains
  • Jim Ward
  • Skip Whitman
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –   11 – 0 – 0
No. 5 Penn State   –   12 – 0 – 0
No. 9 Houston   –   11 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 20 Tulane   –   9 – 3 – 0
Memphis State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Tampa   –   8 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 4 – 0
South Carolina   –   7 – 4 – 0
Utah State   –   7 – 4 – 0
Air Force   –   6 – 4 – 0
Southern Miss   –   6 – 4 – 1
Northern Illinois   –   6 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   6 – 5 – 0
West Virginia   –   6 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 5 – 0
Dayton   –   5 – 5 – 1
Xavier   –   5 – 5 – 1
Georgia Tech   –   5 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 6 – 0
Cincinnati   –   4 – 7 – 0
Marshall   –   4 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   4 – 7 – 0
Southern Illinois   –   3 – 7 – 1
Villanova   –   3 – 8 – 0
Syracuse   –   2 – 9 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   2 – 9 – 0
Army   –   0 – 10 – 0
Florida State   –   0 – 11 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their eighth and final year under head coach Tom Cahill, the Cadets compiled an 0–10 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 382 to 67. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 53 to 0 score and also lost to Notre Dame by a 62 to 3 score.[1]

No Army players were selected as first-team players on the 1973 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 222:00 p.m.No. 10 Tennessee
L 18–3739,942[2]
September 292:00 p.m.California
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 6–5140,982[3]
October 62:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech
L 10–1450,111[4]
October 131:30 p.m.at No. 7 Penn State
L 3–5458,194[5]
October 202:00 p.m.No. 11 Notre Dame
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY (rivalry)
L 3–6242,503[6]
October 272:00 p.m.Holy Cross
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 10–1742,257[7]
November 33:01 p.m.at Air Force
L 10–4341,542[8]
November 101:30 p.m.Miami (FL)
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 7–1941,047[9]
November 171:30 p.m.Pittsburgh
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 0–3433,264[10]
December 11:30 p.m.vs. Navy
L 0–5191,926[11]

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Game summaries

Penn State

See also: 1973 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Penn State defeated Army 54–3 on October 13, 1973, at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, before a crowd of 58,194.[13] The victory marked the Nittany Lions’ fifth win of the season and kept them undefeated and untied. Penn State scored 26 points in the first quarter. Bob Nagle opened the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown run, followed by a 66-yard touchdown pass from Tom Shuman to Jimmy Scott. Fullback Tom Donchez added two rushing touchdowns later in the opening period, one set up by an interception and another following a long completion to Dan Natale.

Army managed its only points of the game in the second quarter on a 46-yard field goal by Jim Barclay. Penn State continued to score throughout the remainder of the contest, even after substituting reserves into the lineup. Nagle scored his second touchdown of the game, and Walt Addie added a 64-yard scoring run. Backup quarterback Dick Barvinchak later connected with Jim Eaise on a 35-yard touchdown pass, and John Huttenberger scored the final touchdown for Penn State.

Although John Cappelletti did not score, he led the offense with 151 rushing yards on 17 carries and set up several early touchdowns. Penn State amassed a season-high 607 yards of total offense, including 441 rushing yards. The Nittany Lion defense limited Army to 53 rushing yards and pressured quarterback King Fink throughout the game, recording multiple sacks.

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Roster

1973 Army Cadets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR Barry Armstrong
OL Neil Begley
OL Bob Caslen
OL Ted Davis
QB Kinglsey Fink
RB Marcus Hardy
OL Ted Krawczyk
OL Pete Martin
TE Joe Miller
RB Dan Spangler
RB Willie Thigpen
TE Robbie Van Deusen
WR Jim Ward (C)
OL Bernie Wrezinski
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB Chuck Baker
DL Ernie Cachere
LB Jim Cisek
DL Sal Colatarci
DL Rick Conniff
LB Dave Duncavage
LB Greg Dyson
DB Scott Gillogly
DL Bob Johnson
DB Gary May
LB Dave Molten
DL Kerry Parker
DB Robby Richards
DB Al Staerkel
LB Jim Waechter
LB Skip Whitman (C)
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1973 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Vols march to 37–18 triumph over Cadets". The Atlanta Constitution. September 23, 1973. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "California's juggernaut drubs Army". Daily Press. September 30, 1973. Retrieved September 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ga. Tech holds off Cadets". The Miami Herald. October 7, 1973. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lions finish off military, 54–3". The Pittsburgh Press. October 14, 1973. Retrieved September 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Irish beat Army, 62–3; Biggest win in series". The Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1973. Retrieved September 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Ward, Gene (October 28, 1973). "Give-and-Take Army Bobbles to HC, 17-10". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 140 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Air Force wallops Cadets". The Arizona Daily Star. November 4, 1973. Retrieved September 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Hurricanes freeze Cadets, 19–7". The Orlando Sentinel & Star. November 11, 1973. Retrieved September 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Dorsett dances Pitt to Fiesta". The Patriot-News. November 18, 1973. Retrieved September 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Navy slams Cadets 51–0". The Tennessean. December 2, 1973. Retrieved September 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Schedule/Results (1973 Army)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  13. ^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 14, 1973). "Penn State Trounces Army, 54–3, for 5th Victory". The New York Times.
  14. ^ White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 14, 1973). "Penn State Trounces Army, 54–3, for 5th Victory". The New York Times.
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