1973 Xavier Musketeers football team
Date Opponent Site Result
September 8 at Temple Temple Stadium Philadelphia , PA L 7-49
September 15 at Cincinnati Nippert Stadium Cincinnati , OH L 7-40
September 21 at Tampa Tampa Stadium Tampa , FL L 7-34
September 29 at Marshall Fairfield Stadium Huntington , WV W 30-28
October 6 at Southwestern Louisiana Cajun Field Lafayette , LA W 17-14
October 13 at Southern Illinois McAndrew Stadium Carbondale , IL L 7-73
October 20 at Arkansas State Little Rock , AR L 0-37
November 3 Dayton Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati , OH T 28-28
November 10 Northern Illinois Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati , OH W 40-36
November 17 Villanova Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati , OH W 13-6
November 24 Toledo Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati , OH W 35-31
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The 1973 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In its second season under head coach Tom Cecchini, the team compiled a 5-5-1 record and was outscored by a total of 376 to 191. On December 19, 1973, the Xavier University Board of Trustees voted 15 to 3 to discontinue the school's intercollegiate football program, effective immediately. The university's president, Rev. Robert W. Mulligan, attributed the decision to the spiraling costs of intercollegiate football which had led to a $200,000 deficit in 1973 despite the team having its most successful season in five years.