The 1973 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen, at each position, as the best players in the Southwest Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The selectors for the 1973 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI).

Texas running back Roosevelt Leaks set the conference single-season record with 1,415 rushing yards in 1973 and was selected as the player of the year by the AP and the offensive player of the year by the UPI.^[1][2]

The AP also conducted balloting for coach of the year (Jim Carlen, Texas Tech) and newcomer of the year (Larry Isaac, Texas Tech).^[1] And the UPI selected a defensive player of the year (linebacker Ed Simonini, Texas A&M) and a freshman player of the year (quarterback David Walker, Texas A&M).^[2]

All Southwest selections

Offense

Quarterbacks

• Joe Barnes, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Neal Jeffrey, Baylor (AP-2, UPI-2)

Running backs

• Roosevelt Leaks, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Dickey Morton, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Alvin Maxson, SMU (AP-1, UPI-2)
• Mike Luttrell, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1)
• Alvin Walker, Texas A&M (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Lawrence Williams, Texas Tech (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Gary Lacy, Baylor (UPI-2)

Tight ends

• Gary Butler, Rice (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Andre Tillman, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Oscar Roan, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)

Split ends

• Charles Dancer, Baylor (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Jack Ettinger, Arkansas (AP-2)

Offensive tackles

• Bob Simmons, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Tom Ferguson, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Sammy Johnson, Rice (AP-2)
• Kelly Arnold, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Richard Mason, Baylor (UPI-2)

Offensive guards

• Don Crosslin, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Dennis Allen, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Bruce Herbert, Texas (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Bruce Welch, Texas A&M (AP-2, UPI-2)

Centers

• Bill Wyman, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Ricky Seeker, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Kickers

• Don Grimes, Texas Tech (UPI-1)
• Mike Landrum, Rice (UPI-2)

Defense

Defensive ends

• Malcolm Minnick, Texas (AP-1, UPI-2)
• Ivan Jordan, Arkansas (AP-1)
• Jon Rhiddlehoover, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-1 [line])
• Charlie Davis, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1 [line])
• Bill Rutherford, Texas (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Charlie Adams, SMU (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

• Ecomet Burley, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
• Doug English, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1 [line])
• Joe Johnson, Baylor (UPI-2)

Nose guard

• David Knaus, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-2 [line])
• Cornelius Walker, Rice (AP-2, UPI-2)

Linebackers

• Ed Simonini, Texas A&M (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Danny Rhodes, Arkansas (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Dede Terveen, TCU (AP-2, UPI-1)
• David Johnston, Texas (AP-2)
• Wade Johnson, Texas (UPI-2)
• Glen Gaspard, Texas (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

• Bruce Henley, Rice (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Jay Arnold, Texas (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Danny Willis, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Kenneth Wallace, Texas Tech (AP-1, UPI-1)
• Gene Hernandez, TCU (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Rollen Smith, Arkansas (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Tim Gray, Texas A&M (AP-2)
• Andy Duvall, SMU (AP-2, UPI-2)
• Preston Anderson, Rice (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI