1973 NCAA Division II football season

1973 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	September – November 1973
Playoffs	December 1–15
National Championship	Camellia Bowl Hughes Stadium Sacramento, California
Champion	Louisiana Tech
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1973 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boise State $^	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Montana State	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Idaho	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Montana	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Weber State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Idaho State	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1973 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cal Poly $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
UC Riverside	3	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Cal State Fullerton	1	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Cal State Northridge	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1973 Far Western Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UC Davis +	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Chico State +	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
San Francisco State	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Cal State Hayward	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Humboldt State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	2
Sacramento State	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

1973 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
SE Missouri State $	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
NW Missouri State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Lincoln (MO)	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
SW Missouri State	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Missouri-Rolla	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	2
NE Missouri State	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	7	–	2
Central Missouri State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1973 OVC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Western Kentucky $^	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
Murray State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Eastern Kentucky	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Morehead State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Middle Tennessee	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Tennessee Tech	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Austin Peay	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1973 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Louisiana Tech $^	5	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
Arkansas State	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Lamar	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
McNeese State	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Texas–Arlington	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
SW Louisiana	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1973 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Connecticut $	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Rhode Island	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	2
UMass	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Boston University	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Maine	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Vermont	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AP Poll

1973 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams	8
Finals Site	Hughes Stadium Sacramento, California
Champions	Louisiana Tech 1st title 1st championship game 1 tournaments
Runner-Up	Western Kentucky 1st championship game 1 tournaments
Semifinalists	Grambling 1 tournaments Boise State 1 tournaments
Winning Coach	Maxie Lambright 1st championship

The 1973 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level. The season began in September and concluded with the Division II Championship on December 15 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. This was the first season for Division II (and Division III) football, which were formerly in the College Division in 1972 and prior.

Louisiana Tech won their first Division II championship, defeating Western Kentucky 34–0 in the Camellia Bowl championship game.

Big Sky Conference – Boise State
Far Western Football Conference – UC Davis and Cal State Chico
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Northwood
Gulf South Conference – Troy State
Lone Star Conference – Abilene Christian
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina Central
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Southeast Missouri State
North Central Conference – North Dakota State and South Dakota
Ohio Valley Conference – Western Kentucky
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota State–Moorhead
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division II) – Bethune-Cookman
Southland Conference – Louisiana Tech
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling and Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Connecticut

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