1973 Washington State Cougars football team

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1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
No. 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 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the Cougars compiled a 5–6 record (4–3 against Pac-8 opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pac-8, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 290 to 250.

The team's statistical leaders included Chuck Peck with 1,023 passing yards, Andrew Jones with 1,059 rushing yards, and Tim Krause with 384 receiving yards.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 8–29	39,750
September 22	at No. 13 Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 9–20	51,252
September 29	Idaho*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 51–24	22,500
October 6	at No. 1 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 3–27	87,425
October 13	at No. 4 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 35–46	50,975
October 20	No. 13 UCLA	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 13–24	32,200
October 27	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 14–45	48,000
November 3	Oregon	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 21–14	19,800
November 10	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 13–7	17,336
November 17	California	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 31–28	13,082
November 24	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 52–26	56,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game