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.
The AP also conducted balloting for coach of the year (Jim Carlen, Texas Tech) and newcomer of the year (Larry Isaac, Texas Tech). 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).
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)