1973 All-America college football team

The 1973 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1973. The National Collegiate Athletic Association recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1973 season. They are: the American Football Coaches Association which selected its team for Kodak based on a vote of the nation's coaches; the Associated Press selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; the Football Writers Association of America selected by the nation's football writers; the Newspaper Enterprise Association selected based on the votes of sports writers at NEA newspapers; the United Press International selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers; and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
Five players are recognized by the NCAA as unanimous All-America selections. They are: running back and 1973 Heisman Trophy winner John Cappelletti of [1973 1973 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]; offensive tackle John Hicks of [1973 1973 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]; defensive end John Dutton of [1973 1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]; middle guard Lucious Selmon of [1973 1973 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]; and linebacker Randy Gradishar of Ohio State.

Consensus All-Americans

The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1973 and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name	Position	School	Number	Official	Other
John Cappelletti	Running back	Penn State	6/3/9	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC	FN, Time, TSN
John Dutton	Defensive end	Nebraska	6/3/9	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC	FN, Time, TSN
Randy Gradishar	Linebacker	Ohio State	6/3/9	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC	FN, Time, TSN
John Hicks	Offensive guard	Ohio State	6/3/9	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC	FN, Time, TSN
Mike Townsend	Defensive back	[1973 1973 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team\|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team\|Notre Dame]	5/3/8	AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC	FN, Time, TSN
Lynn Swann	Wide receiver	[1973 1973 USC Trojans football team\|USC Trojans football team\|USC]	5/3/8	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI	FN, Time, TSN
Lucious Selmon	Middle guard	Oklahoma	6/1/7	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC	FN
Bill Wyman	Center	[1973 1973 Texas Longhorns football team\|Texas Longhorns football team\|Texas]	6/1/7	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC	FN
Dave Gallagher	Defensive end	[1973 1973 Michigan Wolverines football team\|Michigan Wolverines football team\|Michigan]	5/2/7	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, WC	Time, TSN
David Jaynes	Quarterback	Kansas	4/3/7	AFCA, AP, UPI, WC	FN, Time, TSN
Roosevelt Leaks	Running back	Texas	5/1/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC	FN
Booker Brown	Offensive guard	USC	3/3/6	AFCA, FWAA, NEA	FN, Time, TSN
Dave Casper	Tight end	Notre Dame	5/0/5	AFCA, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC	--
Richard Wood	Linebacker	USC	4/1/5	AFCA, AP, UPI, WC	FN
Bill Yoest	Offensive tackle	NC State	4/1/5	AP, FWAA, UPI, WC	FN
Buddy Brown	Offensive tackle	[1973 1973 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\|Alabama Crimson Tide football team\|Alabama]	4/0/4	AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI	--
Rod Shoate	Linebacker	Oklahoma	3/1/4	AFCA, AP, NEA	FN
Artimus Parker	Defensive back	USC	3/1/4	AP, UPI, WC	Time
Dave Brown	Defensive back	Michigan	3/0/3	AFCA, FWAA, UPI	--
Randy Rhino	Defensive back	Georgia Tech	3/0/3	AFCA, UPI, WC	--
Woody Green	Running back	[1973 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils football team\|Arizona State Sun Devils football team\|Arizona State]	2/1/3	AFCA, WC	TSN
Kermit Johnson	Running back	[1973 1973 UCLA Bruins football team\|UCLA Bruins football team\|UCLA]	2/1/3	FWAA, NEA	FN
Tony Cristiani	Middle guard	Miami (FL)	2/0/2	FWAA, WC	--

Offense

Receivers

Lynn Swann, USC

Wayne Wheeler, Alabama
Danny Buggs, West Virginia
John Holland, Tennessee State
Hank Cook, New Mexico State
Pat McInally, Harvard

Tight ends

Dave Casper, Notre Dame

Tackles

John Hicks, Ohio St. Booker Brown, USC

Daryl White, Nebraska
Steve Riley, USC
Al Oliver, UCLA
Henry Lawrence, Florida A. & M
Eddie Foster, Oklahoma
Charlie Getty, Penn State
Jim O'Connor, Arizona

Guards

Buddy Brown, Alabama Bill Yoest, N.C. State

Tyler Lafauci, LSU
Mark Markovich, Penn State
Dave Manning, Utah State
Frank Pomarico, Notre Dame
Dave Lapham, Syracuse
Willie Viney, Pacific

Centers

Bill Wyman, Texas

Scott Anderson, Missouri
Steve Corbett, Boston College
Steve Taylor, Auburn

Quarterbacks

David Jaynes, Kansas

Danny White, Arizona State
Jesse Freitas, San Diego State

Running backs

John Cappelletti, Penn St. Roosevelt Leaks, Texas Woody Green, Arizona St. Kermit Johnson, UCLA

Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh
Bo Matthews, Colorado
Archie Griffin, Ohio State
Sonny Collins, Kentucky
Dickey Morton, Arkansas
Barty Smith, Richmond
Joe Washington, Oklahoma

Defense

Defensive ends

John Dutton, Nebraska Dave Gallagher, Michigan

Van DeCree, Ohio State
Roger Stillwell, Stanford
Pat Donovan, Stanford
Randy White, Maryland
Fred McNeill, UCLA

Defensive tackles

Ed Jones, Tennessee State
Randy Crowder, Penn State
Bill Kollar, Montana State
Paul Vellano, Maryland
Charlie Hall, Tulane

Middle guards

Lucious Selmon, Oklahoma Tony Cristiani, Miami

Linebackers

Randy Gradishar, Ohio St. Richard Wood, USC Rod Shoate, Oklahoma

Defensive backs

Mike Townsend, Notre Dame Artimus Parker, USC Dave Brown, Michigan Randy Rhino, Georgia Tech

Jimmy Allen, UCLA
Jeris White, Hawaii
Matt Blair, Iowa St.
John Moseley Missouri
Bill Simpson, Michigan State
Carl Capria, Purdue
Kenith Pope, Oklahoma
Harry Harrison, Mississippi
Eddie Brown, Tennessee
Alvin Brown, Oklahoma State