1973 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1973 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1973 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1973 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1973 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1973 season PPG = Average of points scored per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold PAG = Average of points allowed per game; conference leader's average displayed in bold MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1 (tie)	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	#2	#1	10–0–1	7–0–1	37.5	5.8	Archie Griffin

1 (tie)	Michigan	Bo Schembechler	#6	#4	10–0–1	7–0–1	30.0	6.2	Paul Seal

3	Minnesota	Cal Stoll	NR	NR	7–4	6–2	23.6	26.8	Steve Neils

4 (tie)	Illinois	Bob Blackman	NR	NR	5–6	4–4	14.9	14.3	Octavus Morgan

4 (tie)	Michigan State	Denny Stolz	NR	NR	5–6	4–4	10.4	14.9	Ray Nester

4 (tie)	Purdue	Alex Agase	NR	NR	6–5	6–2	18.2	19.4	Bo Bobrowski

4 (tie)	Northwestern	John Pont	NR	NR	4–7	4–4	17.1	27.2	Stan Kay

8	Wisconsin	John Jardine	NR	NR	4–7	3–5	19.6	21.5	Mike Webster

9 (tie)	Indiana	Lee Corso	NR	NR	2–9	0–8	13.7	24.6	Chuck Sukurs

9 (tie)	Iowa	Frank Lauterbur	NR	NR	0–11	0–8	12.7	36.5	Brian Rollins

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