1973 Carroll Fighting Saints football | |
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Frontier champion | |
Conference | Frontier Conference |
Record | 7–0 (4–0 Frontier) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Jim Kelly, Dick Canty, Dan Rambo, Armando Barragan |
Home stadium | Vigilante Stadium |
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No. 8 Carroll (MT) $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana Tech | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Montana | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rocky Mountain | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Montana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1973 Carroll Fighting Saints football team represented Carroll College as a member of the Frontier Conference during the 1973 NAIA Division II football season. In their third season under head coach Bob Petrino Sr., the Fighting Saints compiled a 7–0 record (4–0 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 186 to 93, and won the Frontier Conference championship. The team was ranked No. 8 in the final NAIA Division II poll.[1]
The 1973 season was the second perfect season in Carroll College football history, a feat also accomplished by the 1931, 2003, 2005, and 2007 teams.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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September 8 | Ricks College* |
| W 26–6 | [2][3] | ||
September 15 | at Minot State* | Minot, ND | W 13–6 | [4] | ||
September 29 | at Eastern Montana | Billings, MT | W 20–19 | [5] | ||
October 6 | Rocky Mountain |
| W 48–35 | [6] | ||
October 13 | Dickinson State* |
| W 12–7 | [7] | ||
October 20 | at Montana Tech | Butte, MT | W 28–14 | [8] | ||
October 27 | Western Montana |
| W 39–6 | [9] | ||
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Eleven Carroll players were selected as first-team players on the 1973 all-Frontier Conference football team. The honorees were:
The team had four captains: senior linebacker Jim Kelly; senior defensive end Dick Canty; junior running back Dan Rambo; and junior guard Armando Barragan.[11]