1974 NCAA Division III football season

1974 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions;

1974 College Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1974 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1974
Playoffs	November – December 1974
National; championship	Garrett-Harrison Stadium; Phenix City, AL
Champion	Central (IA)
	NCAA Division III football seasons
	NCAA Division III football seasons

The 1974 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1974, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1974 at 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 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 Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Central (IA) $^	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
William Penn	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	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

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 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Concordia–Moorhead +	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
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.

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 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
Redlands $	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
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

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 NCAA Division III independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Albany		–		9	–	0	–	0
Colorado College		–		8	–	1	–	0
Georgetown		–		6	–	2	–	0
Norwich		–		6	–	3	–	0
Bridgeport		–		6	–	4	–	0
Salisbury State		–		4	–	4	–	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

Conference champions

Conference champions
College Athletic Conference – Rose–Hulman College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Illinois Wesleyan and 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 and Saint John's (MN) New England Football Conference – Boston State and Nichols New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Glassboro State Northwest Conference – Linfield Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division III) – Clark Atlanta Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Redlands Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–La Crosse, Wisconsin–Platteville, and 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 NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at 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

References

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

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[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.

NCAA football seasons
Pre-divisional	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
NCAA University Division	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
NCAA Division I	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021
NCAA College Division	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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