1974 NCAA Division III football season

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1974 NCAA Division III football season
Regular seasonAugust – November 1974
PlayoffsNovember – December 1974
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
ChampionCentral (IA)
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The 1974 NCAA Division III football season, part of

Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Central Dutch won their first Division III championship, defeating the Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 10−8.[1]

Conference standings

1974 College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rose–Hulman
$ 		3 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Southwestern (TN)
 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 3 – 3
Centre 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Principia
 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9
Illinois Wesleyan
+ 		7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 11
Millikin
+ 		7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Carroll (WI)
 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Augustana (IL) 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Carthage
 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Wheaton (IL)
 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
North Park
 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Elmhurst
 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
North Central (IL)
 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Eastern Football Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Connecticut State
$ 		3 – 0 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Glassboro State
 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Montclair State
 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Southern Connecticut State
 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ithaca $^ 3 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Hobart
 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
St. Lawrence
 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Alfred
 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
RIT
 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
RPI
 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1974 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Evansville
^ 		5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
DePauw 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Indiana Central
 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Wabash 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Valparaiso
 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN)
 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
1974 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central (IA) $^ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 8
William Penn
 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Buena Vista 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Upper Iowa
 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Luther 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Simpson
 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Dubuque 1 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wartburg 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Towson State
$ 		4 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Randolph–Macon 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Hampden–Sydney
 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Salisbury State
 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Bridgewater
 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Western Maryland
 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Gallaudet 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Johns Hopkins 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
C. W. Post
$ 		4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Merchant Marine
 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Seton Hall
 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wagner 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Fordham 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Hofstra
 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 9 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Olivet $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Hope
 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Alma
 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Albion
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Kalamazoo 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Adrian
 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern
Wilkes
x 		6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Juniata
 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Albright
 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Susquehanna
 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Delaware Valley
 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Lycoming
 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Upsala
 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
Southern
Franklin & Marshall x 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Widener
 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Lebanon Valley
 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Moravian
 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Johns Hopkins 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Dickinson 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Muhlenberg 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Ursinus
 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Western Maryland
 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Swarthmore 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
1974 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Coe $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Lawrence
 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ripon
 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Cornell (IA)
 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Carleton 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Grinnell 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Beloit
 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Knox
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Monmouth (IL)
   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest   –   2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Games against and Lake Forest Monmouth (IL) were not counted in the conference standings.
1974 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Concordia–Moorhead
+ 		5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Saint John's (MN) + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Minnesota–Duluth
 4 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Hamline 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
St. Thomas (MN) 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Gustavus Adolphus
 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Augsburg
 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
St. Olaf
 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Macalester
 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • Macalester's win over Gustavus Adolphus counted in the conference standings for Macalester, but not for Gustavus Adolphus.
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1974 New England Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nichols $ 6 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Plymouth State 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Boston State
 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Curry
 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Framingham State 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Bridgewater State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts Maritime 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Maine Maritime 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
New Haven
 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Glassboro State
$ 		4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Kean
 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Trenton State
 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Montclair State
 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
William Paterson
 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Jersey City State
 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Blue Division
Wittenberg xy$ 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
Mount Union 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Capital
 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan
 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Denison
 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Red Division
Baldwin–Wallace
xy 		5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Otterbein
 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Marietta
 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Muskingum
 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Heidelberg
 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Wooster
 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Not competing for championship
Oberlin   –   5 – 4 – 0
Kenyon
   –   2 – 6 – 1
Ohio Northern
   –   2 – 7 – 0
Championship: Wittenberg 17, Baldwin–Wallace 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
1974 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Division
West Chester
xy 		5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 6
Millersville
 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
East Stroudsburg
 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kutztown
 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Cheyney
 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Mansfield
 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Bloomsburg
 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
West Division
No. 13
Slippery Rock
xy$^ 		5 – 0 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
Clarion
 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Indiana (PA)
 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Shippensburg
 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Edinboro
 2 – 2 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
California (PA) 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Lock Haven 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Championship: Slippery Rock 20, West Chester 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from AP small college poll for Slippery Rock and NAIA Division I poll for Millersville
1974 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Allegheny
+ 		6 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
John Carroll + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bethany (WV)
 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Hiram
 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Thiel
 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Carnegie Mellon 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Case Western Reserve 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Washington & Jefferson 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1974 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13
Redlands
$ 		5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. T–17
Whittier
 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
La Verne
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Claremont-Mudd
 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Occidental
 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Pomona-Pitzer
 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Virginia College Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Virginia Union 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Randolph–Macon 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Hampden–Sydney
 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Virginia State
 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Madison 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Hampton 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Bridgewater
 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Washington and Lee 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
Emory & Henry
 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA)
 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
1974 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Wisconsin–Platteville + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Wisconsin–Whitewater + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 16
Wisconsin–La Crosse
+ 		7 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin–River Falls 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin–Stout 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Wisconsin–Superior
 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • Wisconsin–La Crosse forfeited one non-conference game.
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1974 NCAA Division III independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Albany   –   9 – 0 – 0
Colorado College   –   8 – 1 – 0
St. Norbert   –   8 – 2 – 0
Georgetown   –   6 – 2 – 0
Norwich
   –   6 – 3 – 0
Millsaps   –   5 – 3 – 0
Grove City
   –   5 – 3 – 1
Bridgeport
   –   6 – 4 – 0
Ashland
   –   5 – 5 – 0
Salisbury State
   –   4 – 4 – 1
Trinity (TX)
   –   5 – 5 – 1
Rochester (NY)
   –   3 – 6 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   3 – 6 – 0
Saint Peter's   –   3 – 6 – 0
Cortland   –   2 – 6 – 1
Maryville (TN)   –   2 – 6 – 1
San Diego   –   3 – 8 – 0
Brockport   –   2 – 6 – 0
Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham
   –   0 – 5 – 0
Chicago   –   0 – 8 – 0

Conference champions

Conference Champion(s)
College Athletic Conference
Rose–Hulman
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Millikin
Independent College Athletic Conference Ithaca
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Central (IA)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Olivet
Middle Atlantic Conference
Wilkes (North)
Franklin & Marshall
(South)
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Coe
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Concordia–Moorhead
Saint John's (MN)
New England Football Conference Boston State
Nichols
New Jersey State Athletic Conference
Glassboro State
Northwest Conference
Linfield
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Clark Atlanta
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Redlands
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin–La Crosse
Wisconsin–Platteville
Wisconsin–Whitewater

Postseason

The 1974 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the second annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's

Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. Like the 1973 championship, this year's bracket featured only four teams.[2]

Playoff bracket

Semifinals
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
Garrett-Harrison Stadium
Phenix City, AL
      
Central (IA) 17
Evansville
16
Central (IA) 10
Ithaca 8
Ithaca 27
Slippery Rock
14

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Division III Football Championship Records" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 4–15. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "1974 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
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