1974 Wayne State Tartars football team

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1974
Wayne State Tartars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDick Tressel (1st season)
CaptainVirgil Seal, Doug Webber
Home stadiumWayne State Stadium
Seasons
← 1973
 →
1974 NCAA Division II independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Central Michigan ^     12 1 0
No. 6 UNLV ^     12 1 0
No. 4 Delaware ^     12 2 0
No. 8 Western Carolina ^     9 2 0
No. 9 Tennessee State     8 2 0
No. 12 Youngstown State ^     8 2 0
Santa Clara     7 3 0
Wayne State (MI)     7 3 0
Kentucky State     6 4 0
Northeastern     6 4 0
Central State (OH)
    6 5 0
Akron     5 5 0
Indiana State     5 5 0
Nevada     5 6 0
Portland State     5 6 0
American International     4 5 0
Eastern Michigan     4 6 1
Milwaukee     4 6 0
Northeast Louisiana     4 6 0
Eastern Illinois     3 6 1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff     3 5 0
Chattanooga     4 7 0
Nebraska–Omaha     3 7 0
Bucknell     2 8 0
Northern Michigan     0 10 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1974 Wayne State Tartars football team represented Wayne State University as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. In their first year under head coach Dick Lowry, the Tartars compiled a 7–3 record.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14at ButlerIndianapolis, INL 14–214,654[2]
September 21
Saint Joseph's (IN)
W 8–62,874[3]
September 28at
Illinois Benedictine
Lisle, ILW 34–322,000[4]
October 5at
Valparaiso
W 26–213,053[5]
October 12
Northeast Missouri Statedagger
  • Wayne State Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 21–05,253[6]
October 19at
Hillsdale
Hillsdale, MIL 3–143,000[7]
October 26at Youngstown StateYoungstown, OHL 7–564,230[8]
November 2Milwaukee
  • Wayne State Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 22–202,500[9]
November 9
Ferris State
  • Wayne State Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 30–83,232[10]
November 16Kentucky State
  • Wayne State Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 21–205,000[11]
  • daggerHomecoming

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See also

References

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 115. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
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  12. ^ "Final 1974 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 22, 2022.