1973 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

The 1973 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Abilene Christian College (ACC) during the 1973 NAIA Division I football season. In their sixth season under head coach Wally Bullington, and their first season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC), the Wildcats compiled an 11–1 record (9–0 against conference opponents), won the LSC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 466 to 206. They advanced to the NAIA playoff, defeating Langston (34–6) in the semifinals and Elon (42–14) in the Champion Bowl to win the 1973 NAIA Division I football national championship.

1973 Abilene Christian Wildcats football
NAIA Division I national champion
LSC champion
Champion Bowl, W 42–14 vs. Elon
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record11–1 (9–0 LSC)
Head coach
  • Wally Bullington (6th season)
MVPClint Longley, Wilbert Montgomery
Captains
Home stadiumShotwell Stadium
1973 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1/7 Abilene Christian $^ 9 0 011 1 0
No. 8 Howard Payne 8 1 08 3 0
Stephen F. Austin 6 3 09 3 0
East Texas State 6 3 07 4 0
Angelo State 5 4 05 4 2
Southwest Texas State 3 6 04 6 0
Sul Ross 3 6 03 7 0
Sam Houston State 2 7 02 8 0
Texas A&I 2 7 02 8 0
Tarleton State 1 8 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll and AP small college poll

Freshman tailback Wilbert Montgomery set a new college football scoring record with 37 touchdowns and 222 points scored in 11 games, including two post-season games. Junior quarterback Clint Longley also set multiple school records, including 2,719 regular-season passing yards (3,167 including two post-season games) and 23 touchdown passes. Both received Little All-America honors.

The team played home games at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene, Texas.

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