1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1973 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 87th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1973 and ended on 23 September 1973.
Offaly were the defending champions but were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 23 September 1973, Cork won the championship following a 3–17 to 2–13 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first in 28 championship seasons.
Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1–25. Cork's Billy Morgan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results
[Connacht Senior Football Championship]
Quarter-finalSemi-finals
'''Final'''
[Leinster Senior Football Championship]
First roundSecond round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''
[Munster Senior Football Championship]
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
'''Final'''
[Ulster Senior Football Championship]
Preliminary roundQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''
[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]
Semi-finals'''Final'''
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Tyrone won their first Ulster title since 1957.
- Offaly win the Leinster title for the third year in succession. It is the first time in their history that they claim the coveted "three-in-a-row". It is the first time since Laois in 1938 that a team claimed three successive Leinster titles.
- The All Ireland semi-final between Cork and Tyrone was the first championship meeting between the teams.
- Cork end their second longest drought without the All Ireland title of 28 years.
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Tony McTague | Offaly | 1–25 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
| 2 | John Tobin | Galway | 0–21 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 3 | Billy Field | Cork | 2–14 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 3 | Jimmy Barrett | Cork | 4–8 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Patsy Hetherington | Tyrone | 0–18 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 5 | Ray Cummins | Cork | 0–18 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 7 | Seán O'Neill | Down | 1–14 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 8 | Mick O'Dwyer | Kerry | 1–12 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 9 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 5–1 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Damian Reid | Louth | 0–14 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
;Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Billy Field | Cork | 1–8 | 11 | Clare |
| 1 | Tony McTague | Offaly | 0–11 | 11 | Meath |
| 3 | Willie McGee | Mayo | 3–0 | 9 | Meath |
| 3 | Éamonn McPartland | Fermanagh | 3–0 | 9 | Antrim |
| 3 | Gerry McCann | Antrim | 3–0 | 9 | Fermanagh |
| 3 | Mick O'Dwyer | Kerry | 1–6 | 9 | Tipperary |
| 3 | Billy Field | Cork | 1–6 | 9 | Kerry |
| 8 | Tommy O'Malley | Mayo | 2–2 | 8 | Antrim |
| 8 | John Cooney | Offaly | 2–2 | 8 | Meath |
| 8 | Jimmy Barrett | Cork | 2–2 | 8 | Kerry |
| 8 | Larry Kerins | Armagh | 2–2 | 8 | Down |
| 8 | Tony McTague | Offaly | 0–8 | 8 | Kildare |
| 8 | John Tobin | Galway | 0–8 | 8 | Offaly |
| 8 | Ray Cummins | Cork | 0–8 | 8 | Galway |