| 1973 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1973 NCAA Division I football season |
| 1971 1972 ← → 1974 1975 |
The 1973 College Football All-America 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 (NCAA) recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1973 season. They are:[1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) which selected its team for Kodak based on a vote of the nation's coaches;[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[3] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;[4] (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) selected based on the votes of sports writers at NEA newspapers;[5] (5) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;[6] and (6) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).
Five players are recognized by the NCAA as unanimous All-America selections. They are: (1) running back and 1973 Heisman Trophy winner John CappellettiofPenn State; (2) offensive tackle John HicksofOhio State; (3) defensive end John DuttonofNebraska; (4) middle guard Lucious SelmonofOklahoma; and (5) linebacker Randy Gradishar of Ohio State.
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[7] | Official | Other |
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| 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 | Notre Dame | 5/3/8 | AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC | FN, Time, TSN |
| Lynn Swann | Wide receiver | 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 | Texas | 6/1/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC | FN |
| Dave Gallagher | Defensive end | 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 | 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 | Arizona State | 2/1/3 | AFCA, WC | TSN |
| Kermit Johnson | Running back | UCLA | 2/1/3 | FWAA, NEA | FN |
| Tony Cristiani | Middle guard | Miami (FL) | 2/0/2 | FWAA, WC | -- |
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