1974 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

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1974 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
MEAC champion
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (5–1 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumState College Stadium
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →
1974 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 South Carolina State $ 5 1 0 8 4 0
Howard 4 1 1 8 2 1
North Carolina Central 4 1 1 7 2 2
Morgan State 4 2 0 5 5 0
North Carolina A&T 2 4 0 5 6 0
Maryland Eastern Shore
1 5 0 2 6 0
Delaware State 0 6 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

The 1974 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State College (now known as South Carolina State University) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Willie Jeffries, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 8–4, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as MEAC champion.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14Bethune–Cookman*W 12–87,200[1]
September 21at North Carolina A&TW 8–011,280[2]
September 27at HowardW 6–013,356[3]
October 5Alcorn State*
  • State College Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
L 12–812,000[4]
October 12
Johnson C. Smith*
  • State College Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
W 36–07,500[5]
October 19at Morgan StateL 17–235,121[6]
November 2North Carolina Central
  • State College Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
W 21–34,031[7]
November 9
Maryland–Eastern Shoredagger
  • State College Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
W 10–612,543[8]
November 16at Alabama A&M*W 31–142,985[9]
November 17at Delaware StateW 16–71,000[10]
November 30at Wofford*
L 0–206,442[11]
December 7vs. No. 7 Grambling State*L 7–2830,120[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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