1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


The 1973 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 87th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1973 and ended on 23 September 1973.
Offaly were the defending champions but were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 23 September 1973, Cork won the championship following a 3-17 to 2-13 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first in 28 championship seasons.
Offaly's Tony McTague was the championship's top scorer with 1-25. Cork's Billy Morgan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Results

[Connacht [Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

[Leinster Senior [Football Championship]]

First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[Munster Senior Football Championship]

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[Ulster Senior Football Championship]

Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]

Semi-finals
Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

;Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Tony McTagueOffaly1-252847.00
2John TobinGalway0-212145.25
3Billy FieldCork2-142036.66
3Jimmy BarrettCork4-82045.00
5Patsy HetheringtonTyrone0-181844.50
5Ray CumminsCork0-181844.50
7Seán O'NeillDown1-141735.66
8Mick O'DwyerKerry1-121527.50
9Jimmy Barry-MurphyCork5-11535.00
10Damian ReidLouth0-141443.50

;Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Billy FieldCork1-811Clare
1Tony McTagueOffaly0-1111Meath
3Willie McGeeMayo3-09Meath
3Éamonn McPartlandFermanagh3-09Antrim
3Gerry McCannAntrim3-09Fermanagh
3Mick O'DwyerKerry1-69Tipperary
3Billy FieldCork1-69Kerry
8Tommy O'MalleyMayo2-28Antrim
8John CooneyOffaly2-28Meath
8Jimmy BarrettCork2-28Kerry
8Larry KerinsArmagh2-28Down
8Tony McTagueOffaly0-88Kildare
8John TobinGalway0-88Offaly
8Ray CumminsCork0-88Galway