1973 Stanford Cardinals football team

1973 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference	Pacific-8
1973 record	7–4 (5–2 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jack Christiansen (2nd year)
Captain	Mike Boryla
Captain	Randy Poltl
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium

1973 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 USC $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
#12 UCLA	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Stanford	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Washington	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 15	No. 7 Penn State*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 6–20
September 22	at No. 5 Michigan*		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 10–47
September 29	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	W 23–12
October 6	at Illinois*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 24–0
October 13	No. 15 UCLA		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 13–59
October 20	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 23–14
October 27	Washington State		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 45–14
November 3	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	W 24–23
November 10	at No. 8 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	L 26–27
November 17	Oregon		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 24–7
November 24	California		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (76th Big Game)	W 26–17
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game notes

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total • Stanford 6 7 3 7 23 Washington 0 0 0 14 14 Date: October 20 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington

Scoring summary 1 STAN Garcia 37-yard field goal Stanford 3–0 1 STAN Garcia 38-yard field goal Stanford 6–0 2 STAN Test 10-yard pass from Boryla (Garcia kick) Stanford 13–0 3 STAN Garcia 47-yard field goal Stanford 16–0 4 WASH Phillips 46-yard pass from Rowland (Boyd kick) Stanford 16–7 4 WASH Rowland 1-yard run (Boyd kick) Stanford 16–14 4 STAN Laidlaw 8-yard run (Garcia kick) Stanford 23–14

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California

1 2 3 4 Total California 3 0 7 7 17 • Stanford 0 3 10 13 26 Date: November 24 Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA Game attendance: 67,000

Scoring summary 1 CAL VanderMeer 41-yard field goal CAL 3-0 2 STAN Garcia 36-yard field goal Tied 3-3 3 CAL Muncie 15-yard run CAL 10-3 3 STAN Jena 8-yard run (Garcia kick) Tied 10-10 3 STAN Garcia 37-yard field goal STAN 13-10 4 CAL Ferragamo 1-yard run (VanderMeer kick) CAL 17-13 4 STAN Inge 3-yard run (kick failed) STAN 19-17 4 STAN Laidlaw 10-yard run (Garcia kick) STAN 26-17

Junior running back Scott Laidlaw gained 132 yards on 23 carries while Rod Garcia finished his career with 42 field goals, and NCAA record, and 18 for the season, which tied the NCAA record. Stanford played most of the second half without starting quarterback Mike Boryla, who left the game with a bruised throwing arm.^[3]

References

1. 2011 Stanford football media guide.
2. "Garcia kick helps Cards whip Huskies." Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.
3. "Cards rally behind Laidlaw." Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Nov 25.