Hardin–Simmons University (HSU) is a private Baptist university located in Abilene, Texas, United States.
The 2014 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 In 2014, the Huskies played their first official season of collegiate football (the seven game 2013 season was technically an exhibition season) led by second year head coach Vic Shealy.
 The 2014 season was also the Huskies' first official season in the Southland Conference for football.
 The Huskies were immediately eligible for the Southland Championship and for the FCS Playoffs.
 The season also marked the start of play in a new on-campus stadium, Husky Stadium on the Dunham Field.
 The first game in the new stadium was played on September 6, 2014 vs McMurry University.
 The Huskies finished the season 2–9, 1–7 in Southland play to finish in tenth place.
Houston Baptist University (HBU) is a private Baptist university founded in 1960.
 It is located in Sharpstown Section 3A, within the Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown) in Houston, Texas, near the Southwest Freeway.
The 2016 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 The Huskies were led by fourth-year head coach Vic Shealy.
 They played their home games at Husky Stadium and are members of the Southland Conference.
 They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in Southland play to finish in seventh place.
The 2015 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Vic Shealy.
 They played their home games at Husky Stadium and were members of the Southland Conference.
 They finished the season 2–9, 0–8 in Southland play to finish in last place.
The Houston Baptist Huskies football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Houston Baptist University located in Houston, Texas, United States.
 The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a full member of the Southland Conference.
 Houston Baptist's first football team was fielded in 2013 for a seven game developmental season.
 The Huskies finished 2013 with a 3-4 record.
 Since the 2013 games were played during a developmental season, records and statistics are considered unofficial.
 The team played most of its home games at Crusader Stadium in Houston, Texas that season with one home game being played at BBVA Compass Stadium.
The Baptist University of the Américas (BUA) is a private Baptist university in San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas.
 It was founded in 1947.
 It was previously known as the Mexican Baptist Training School, the Mexican Baptist Bible Institute, the Hispanic Baptist Theological Seminary and the Hispanic Baptist Theological School.
 The school is associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
The 1973 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.
 The Bears finished in eighth place in the Southwestern Conference.
The Ouachita Baptist Tigers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Ouachita Baptist University located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
 The team competes in NCAA Division II and are members of the Great American Conference.
 Ouachita Baptist's first football team was fielded in 1896.
 The team plays its home games at A.U. Williams Field in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
 The Tigers are coached by Todd Knight.
Baylor University (BU) is a private Baptist university in Waco, Texas.
 Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas, it is the oldest continuously-operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States.
 Located on the banks of the Brazos River next to I-35, between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Austin, the university's 1,000-acre campus is the largest Baptist university campus in the world.

Question: What place in the Southwestern Conference did the 1973 football team for the private Baptist university in Waco, Texas finish?
Answer: eighth place