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| NCAA Division II Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 15, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Hughes Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sacramento, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill Love | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1973 Camellia Bowl was the NCAA Division II Football Championship game following the 1973 season, between the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.[1]
Notable participants for Louisiana Tech include Fred Dean, Roger Carr, Pat Tilley, Roland Harper, Mike Barber, John Henry White, Billy Ryckman, Maxie Lambright, Mickey Slaughter, Pat Patterson, and Pat Collins.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 10 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| Hilltoppers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statistics | La. Tech | WKU |
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| First Downs | 17 | 7 |
| Total offense, yards | 336 | 76 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 58–186 | 27–(−12) |
| Passing yards (net) | 150 | 88 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 10–27–0 | 12–37–4 |
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| La. Tech | Passing | Denny Duron | 4/14, 78 yds, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Charles McDaniel | 21 car, 116 yds, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Pat Tilley | 7 rec, 106 yds, 1 TD | |
| WKU | Passing | Dennis Tomek | 10/32, 91 yds, 3 INT |
| Rushing | John Embree | 9 car, 38 yds | |
| Receiving | Porter Williams | 7 rec, 66 yds |
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