1973 West Texas State Buffaloes football team
American college football season
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The 1973 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State University (now known as West Texas A&M University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their third year under head coach Gene Mayfield, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished tied for sixth in the MVC, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 115 to 310. West Texas played home games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in Canyon, Texas.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record2–9 (1–5 MVC)
Headcoach
- Gene Mayfield (3rd season)
HomestadiumKimbrough Memorial Stadium
| 1973 West Texas State Buffaloes football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (1–5 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | 7:30 p.m. | Drake | W 13–10 | 19,100 | [1] | |
| September 15 | 7:30 p.m. | at Tulsa | L 3–48 | 27,000 | [2] | |
| September 22 | 7:30 p.m. | at North Texas State | L 15–32 | 11,432 | [3] | |
| September 29 | 7:30 p.m. | Northern Illinois* |
| L 14–21 | 13,300–13,800 | [4] |
| October 6 | at Lamar* | W 13–0 | 9,796 | [5] | ||
| October 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Utah State* |
| L 14–36 | 13,800 | [6] |
| October 27 | 1:30 p.m. | at Wichita State | L 14–30 | 9,326 | [7] | |
| November 3 | 8:31 p.m. | at New Mexico State | L 14–56 | 6,723 | [8] | |
| November 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Tampa* |
| L 6–28 | 6,650 | [9] |
| November 17 | 7:32 p.m. | Southern Miss* |
| L 0–28 | 5,800 | [10] |
| November 24 | 1:30 p.m. | Louisville |
| L 9–21 | 4,200 | [11] |
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