1974 NCAA Division I football season

1974 NCAA Division I football season
Preseason AP #1	Oklahoma Sooners[1]
Regular season	September 7 – November 30, 1974
Number of bowls	11
Bowl games	December 16, 1974 – January 1, 1975
Champion	Oklahoma Sooners (AP) USC Trojans (Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
Heisman	Archie Griffin, Ohio State RB
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The 1974 NCAA Division I football season finished with two national champions. The Associated Press (AP) writers' poll ranked the University of Oklahoma, which was on probation and barred by the NCAA from postseason play, #1 at season's end. The United Press International (UPI) coaches' poll did not rank teams on probation, by unanimous agreement of the 25 member coaches' board.^[2] The UPI trophy went to the University of Southern California (USC).

During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams, later known as "Division I-A". The NCAA Football Guide, however, did note an "unofficial national champion" based on the top ranked teams in the "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The "writers' poll" by Associated Press (AP) was the most popular, followed by the "coaches' poll" by United Press International) (UPI). Starting in 1974, the UPI joined AP in issuing its final poll after the bowl games were completed. Both polls operated under a point system of 20 points for first place, 19 for second, etc., whereby the overall ranking was determined. The AP poll consisted of the votes of 60 writers, though not all voted in each poll, and the UPI poll was taken of a 25-member board.

Contents

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  1 Rule changes
  


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  2 Conference and program changes
  


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  3 September
  


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  4 October
  


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  5 November
  


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  6 Conference standings
  


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  7 Bowl games
  
  
  
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    7.1 Major bowls
    
  
  
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    7.2 Other bowls
    
  
  
  
  


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  8 Heisman Trophy
  


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  9 See also
  


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  10 References
  

Rule changes

• Blocking below the waist is prohibited on kickoffs, punts, or free kicks, and anywhere on the field except in a three-yard area around the line of scrimmage.


• Shoulder pads are required equipment for all players. Prior to this, kickers and wide receivers frequently played without shoulder pads.


• Penalty enforcement on running plays is from the end of the run except for fouls committed by the offense; those are penalized from the spot of the foul.


• Players who enter the field are required to remain for one play, and players who leave the field are required to stay on the bench for one play. This ended the practice of sending "messenger" players in to relay plays from the sideline, then leave the field without participating.


• Players leaving the bench to participate in touchdown celebrations will result in a five-yard penalty for the scoring team. If a coach joins in the celebration on the field, the penalty is 15 yards.


• Successful field goals now must travel between the uprights; previously a field goal was declared good if the ball went over an upright, the standard still used by the National Football League. This was a point of dispute in the 1974 Ohio State-Michigan game, as Michigan's game-winning field goal attempt was declared no good due to the ball going over the left upright. Michigan claimed the ball curled just inside the left upright.

Conference and program changes

School	1973 Conference	1974 Conference
Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles	PCAA (D-I)	CCAA (D-II)
Cal State Fullerton Titans	CCAA (D-II)	PCAA (D-I)
Xavier Musketeers	Independent	Dropped Program

September

In the preseason poll released on September 2, 1974, the AP ranked Oklahoma #1, followed by #2 Ohio State, #3 Notre Dame, #4 Alabama and #5 USC.

September 7 #3 Notre Dame, the defending national champion, beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 31-7, in a nationally-televised game on Monday night, September 9. Arizona State, UCLA and Houston were among the few other schools playing that weekend. Elsewhere, the scheduled Ole Miss-Tulane game in New Orleans was postponed until November 30 due to the threat of Hurricane Carmen. The poll was: 1.Oklahoma 2.Notre Dame 3.Alabama 4.Ohio State 5.USC

September 14 #1 Oklahoma beat Baylor, 28-11. #2 Notre Dame was idle. #3 Alabama won at #14 Maryland, 21-16. #4 Ohio State won at Minnesota, 34-19. #5 USC lost to Arkansas in Little Rock, 22-7. #7 Nebraska, which beat Oregon in its opener, 61-7, rose to fourth.
The poll was 1.Notre Dame 2.Ohio State 3.Oklahoma 4.Nebraska 5.Alabama

September 21 #1 Notre Dame won at Northwestern, 49-3. #2 Ohio State beat Oregon State 51-10. #3 Oklahoma was idle. #4 Nebraska lost at Wisconsin, 21-20. #5 Alabama beat Southern Mississippi at Alabama, 52-0. #6 Michigan, which beat Colorado, 31-0, rose to fifth.
The poll was 1.Notre Dame 2.Ohio State 3.Oklahoma 4.Alabama 5.Michigan

September 28 #1 Notre Dame was upset at home by Purdue, 31-20. #2 Ohio State defeated SMU, 28-9. #3 Oklahoma rolled over visiting Utah State, 72-3.#4 Alabama beat Vanderbilt 23-10.
#5 Michigan beat Navy, 52-0 #9 Texas A&M, which won at Washington 28-15, rose to fifth. The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Alabama 4.Michigan 5.Texas A & M

October

October 5 #1 Ohio State beat Washington State 42-7 in Seattle. #2 Oklahoma shut out Wake Forest 63-0. #3 Alabama beat Mississippi at Jackson, 35-21. #4 Michigan won at Stanford, 27-16. #5 Texas A&M lost at Kansas, 28-10. #6 Nebraska, which beat Minnesota 54-0, rose to fifth. The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Alabama 4.Michigan 5.Nebraska

October 12
#1 Ohio State beat visiting #13 Wisconsin 52-7.
#2 Oklahoma barely defeated #17 Texas in Dallas, 16-13.
#3 Alabama survived a game against winless (0-4-0)Florida State, winning 8-7
#4 Michigan beat Michigan State, 21-7.
#5 Nebraska lost to Missouri, 21-10.
#10 Auburn, which beat Kentucky 31-13, rose to fifth.
The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn

October 19 #1 Ohio State beat Indiana, 49-9
#2 Oklahoma won at Colorado, 49-14.
#3 Michigan won at Wisconsin, 24-20. #4 Alabama won at Tennessee, 28-6. #5 Auburn beat Georgia Tech 31-22. The poll was unchanged: 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn

October 26 #1 Ohio State won at Northwestern, 55-7. #2 Oklahoma beat Kansas State, 63-0. #3 Michigan beat Minnesota, 49-0. #4 Alabama beat TCU 41-3 at Birmingham. #5 Auburn beat Florida State 38-6.
The poll was unchanged 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn

November

November 2 #1 Ohio State defeated Illinois at home, 49-7. With a record of 8-0-0, the Buckeyes had outscored their opposition 360 to 75. #2 Oklahoma won at Iowa State, 28-10.
#3 Michigan won at Indiana, 21-7. #4 Alabama beat #17 Mississippi State 35-0, and thereby jumped over Michigan to #3. #5 Auburn lost at #11 Florida, 25-14.
#8 Texas A&M, which beat Arkansas 20-10, returned to the Top Five. The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Alabama 4.Michigan 5.Texas A & M

November 9 In East Lansing, Michigan, #1 Ohio State was upset by unranked (and 4-3-1) Michigan State, 16-13. #2 Oklahoma, which had beaten Missouri 37-0, took the first spot. #3 Alabama beat LSU in Birmingham, 30-0. #4 Michigan won at Illinois, 14-6. #5 Texas A&M lost at SMU, 18-14. #8 Notre Dame was idle, but rose to fifth place.
The AP poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Alabama 3.Michigan 4.Ohio State 5.Notre Dame while the UPI poll was 1.Alabama 2.Michigan 3.Ohio State 4.Notre Dame 5.USC

November 16 #1 Oklahoma won at Kansas, 45-14. #2 Alabama won in Florida over Miami, 28-7. The other Miami, Miami University, was ranked 12th with a record of 8-0-1. #3 Michigan beat Purdue, 51-0, to extend its record to 10-0-0. #4 Ohio State won at Iowa, 35-10. #5 Notre Dame beat #17 Pittsburgh, 14-10. The AP poll was unchanged: 1.Oklahoma 2.Alabama 3.Michigan 4.Ohio State 5.Notre Dame, while the UPI poll was 1.Alabama 2.Michigan 3.Ohio State 4.Notre Dame 5.USC

November 23 #1 Oklahoma beat #6 Nebraska, 28-14. #2 Alabama was idle as it prepared for its season ender with Auburn.
The game that determined the Big Ten championship took place in Columbus, Ohio, as #3 Michigan (10-0-0) met #4 Ohio State (10-1-0). OSU won, 12-10. #5 Notre Dame beat Air Force, 38-0. USC topped UCLA 34-9 for the Pac-8 title and Rose Bowl berth. The AP poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Alabama 3.Ohio State 4.Notre Dame 5.USC and the UPI poll was 1.Alabama 2.Ohio State 3.Notre Dame 4.USC 5.Michigan

The annual Alabama-Auburn game took place on a Friday night, played in Birmingham on November 29, with #2 Alabama winning 17-13 over #7 Auburn to close its season at 11-0-0. On November 30 #1 Oklahoma won its annual season ender against OK State, 44-13, to also close its season 11-0-0. Alabama would go to the Sugar Bowl, while Oklahoma would stay home due to NCAA probation. #4 Notre Dame met #5 USC in Los Angeles. USC won, 55-24 after trailing 24-0, and reached the Top four.

In other action, Tulane lost its final game at Tulane Stadium 26-10 to Ole Miss. The Green Wave played 38 of their next 39 seasons at the Superdome, except for 2005, when they were forced to play all of their games away from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Tulane returned to campus in 2014 when Yulman Stadium opened.

The AP poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Alabama 3.Ohio State 4.USC 5.Michigan and the UPI poll was 1.Alabama 2.Ohio State 3.USC 4.Michigan 5.Auburn.

Oklahoma and Alabama, both 11-0-0, were the only undefeated and untied teams at season's end. AP ranked Oklahoma first, and UPI ranked Alabama #1.

Conference standings

1974 ACC football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 13 Maryland $ 6 – 0 – 0     8 – 4 – 0 No. 11 NC State 4 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 1 Clemson 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 North Carolina 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 5 – 0 Duke 2 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Virginia 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Wake Forest 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll[3]	1974 Big 8 football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 1 Oklahoma $ 7 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0 No. 9 Nebraska 5 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 Missouri 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Oklahoma State 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0 Colorado 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Iowa State 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Kansas 1 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Kansas State 1 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1974 Big Ten football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 4 Ohio State + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 2 – 0 No. 3 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0 No. 12 Michigan State 6 – 1 – 1     7 – 3 – 1 Wisconsin 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Illinois 4 – 3 – 1     6 – 4 – 1 Purdue 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 1 Minnesota 2 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Iowa 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 Northwestern 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 Indiana 1 – 7 – 0     1 – 10 – 0 + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll
1974 Ivy League football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Harvard + 6 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0 Yale + 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 1 – 0 Penn 4 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 1 Brown 4 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Dartmouth 3 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 Princeton 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 1 Cornell 1 – 5 – 1     3 – 5 – 1 Columbia 0 – 7 – 0     1 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll	1974 Mid-American Conference football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 10 Miami $ 5 – 0 – 0     10 – 0 – 1 Ohio 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Toledo 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Kent State 2 – 3 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Bowling Green 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 1 Western Michigan 0 – 5 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1974 Missouri Valley Conference football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Tulsa $ 6 – 0 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 Louisville 3 – 2 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 West Texas State 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Drake 2 – 3 – 1     3 – 7 – 1 New Mexico State 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 North Texas State 1 – 3 – 2     2 – 7 – 2 Wichita State 1 – 4 – 1     1 – 9 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1974 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T San Diego State $ 4 – 0 – 0     8 – 2 – 1 San Jose State 2 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 1 Pacific (CA) 2 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Long Beach State 1 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Fresno State 1 – 3 – 0     5 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1974 Pacific-8 football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 2 USC $ 6 – 0 – 1     10 – 1 – 1 Stanford 5 – 1 – 1     5 – 4 – 2 California 4 – 2 – 1     7 – 3 – 1 UCLA 4 – 2 – 1     6 – 3 – 2 Washington 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 Oregon State 3 – 4 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 Washington State 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 9 – 0 Oregon 0 – 7 – 0     2 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1974 SEC football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 5 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0 No. 8 Auburn 4 – 2 – 0     10 – 2 – 0 Georgia 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 6 – 0 No. 17 Mississippi State 3 – 3 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 No. 15 Florida 3 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0 Kentucky 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 No. 20 Tennessee 2 – 3 – 1     7 – 3 – 2 Vanderbilt 2 – 3 – 1     7 – 3 – 2 LSU 2 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 1 Ole Miss 0 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll
1974 Southern Conference football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   VMI $   5 – 1         7 – 4   Appalachian State   4 – 1         6 – 5   East Carolina   3 – 3         7 – 4   Richmond   3 – 3         5 – 5   The Citadel   3 – 4         4 – 7   William & Mary   2 – 3         4 – 7   Furman   2 – 4         5 – 6   Davidson   0 – 3         2 – 7   $ – Conference champion	1974 Southwest Conference football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 14 Baylor $ 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 4 – 0 No. 16 Texas A&M 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 No. 17 Texas 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0 Arkansas 3 – 3 – 1     6 – 4 – 1 SMU 3 – 3 – 1     6 – 4 – 1 Texas Tech 3 – 4 – 0     6 – 4 – 2 Rice 2 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 1 TCU 0 – 7 – 0     1 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll	1974 WAC football standings v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T BYU $ 6 – 0 – 1     7 – 4 – 1 Arizona 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0 Arizona State 4 – 3 – 0     7 – 5 – 0 New Mexico Lobos 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 1 UTEP 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Colorado State 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 6 – 1 Utah 1 – 5 – 0     1 – 10 – 0 Wyoming 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll
1974 NCAA Division I Independents football records v t e Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T No. 6 Notre Dame   –       10 – 2 – 0 No. 7 Penn State   –       10 – 2 – 0 Temple   –       8 – 2 – 0 Boston College   –       8 – 3 – 0 Utah State   –       8 – 3 – 0 No. 19 Houston   –       8 – 3 – 1 Rutgers   –       7 – 3 – 1 Cincinnati   –       7 – 4 – 0 Memphis State   –       7 – 4 – 0 Pittsburgh   –       7 – 4 – 0 Georgia Tech   –       6 – 5 – 0 Hawaii   –       6 – 5 – 0 Miami (FL)   –       6 – 5 – 0 Southern Miss   –       6 – 5 – 0 Holy Cross   –       5 – 5 – 1 Tulane   –       5 – 6 – 0 Colgate   –       4 – 6 – 0 Northern Illinois   –       4 – 7 – 0 Navy   –       4 – 7 – 0 South Carolina   –       4 – 7 – 0 Virginia Tech   –       4 – 7 – 0 West Virginia   –       4 – 7 – 0 Army   –       3 – 8 – 0 Dayton   –       3 – 8 – 0 Villanova   –       3 – 8 – 0 Air Force   –       2 – 9 – 0 Syracuse   –       2 – 9 – 0 Florida State   –       1 – 10 – 0 Rankings from AP Poll

Bowl games

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Major bowls

BOWL
COTTON	#7 Penn State Nittany Lions	41	#12 Baylor Bears	20
SUGAR	#8 Nebraska Cornhuskers	13	#18 Florida Gators	10
ROSE	#4 USC Trojans	18	#3 Ohio State Buckeyes	17
ORANGE	#9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish	13	#2 Alabama Crimson Tide	11

Nebraska erased a 10-point deficit by defeating Florida in the Sugar Bowl played on New Year's Eve. The following afternoon, Penn State defeated the surprise SWC champion Baylor in the Cotton Bowl. Third-ranked Ohio State (led by Woody Hayes) and #4 USC (coached by John McKay) played in the Rose Bowl before a crowd of 106,721 in Pasadena. Ohio State led 7-3 after three quarters, and 17-10 in the closing minutes. With 2:03 left, Pat Haden fired a 38-yard pass to John McKay Jr. (son of USC's coach) to make the score 17-16. Coach McKay then passed up a chance for a tie over the favored Buckeyes, and ordered the Trojans to go for two. Shelton Diggs dove and caught Haden's low pass in the end zone to give USC an 18-17 lead. Ohio State could only get close enough for a desperation 62-yard field goal attempt that fell about 8 yards short as time expired.^[4]

Alabama, coached by Bear Bryant was ranked #1 in the UPI poll, and #2 (behind on-probation Oklahoma) in the AP, as it went to the Orange Bowl, where it faced 9th ranked Notre Dame, playing its final game under Ara Parseghian. The Irish went out to a 13-0 lead early in the game, but Bama battled back with a field goal, a touchdown and a two-point run to close the score to 13-11 with three minutes left. After ruling out an onside kick attempt, the Tide force a Notre Dame punt and got the ball back with 1:37 left. Quarterback Richard Todd attempted to drive the team to field goal range, but he threw his 3rd interception of the game, and Notre Dame ran out the clock to preserve the upset win.

In the final polls, USC was ranked first by UPI, followed by Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, and Notre Dame. The Trojans were second in the AP poll, where the Oklahoma Sooners were the first place choice for 51 of the 60 writers. The NCAA recognized both the Sooners and the Trojans as champions in its football guide.

Other bowls

BOWL	City	State	Date	Winner	Score	Runner-up
SUN	El Paso	Texas	December 28	Mississippi State	26–24	North Carolina
GATOR	Jacksonville	Florida	December 30	#6 Auburn	27–3	#11 Texas
TANGERINE	Orlando	Florida	December 21	#15 Miami (Ohio)	21–10	Georgia
ASTRO-BLUEBONNET	Houston	Texas	December 23	Houston (tie)	31–31	#13 N.C. State (tie)
LIBERTY	Memphis	Tennessee	December 16	Tennessee	7–3	#10 Maryland
PEACH	Atlanta	Georgia	December 28	Texas Tech (tie)	6–6	Vanderbilt (tie)
FIESTA	Tempe	Arizona	December 28	Oklahoma State	16–6	#17 BYU

Heisman Trophy

1. 
   Archie Griffin, RB - Ohio State, 1,920 points


2. 
   Anthony Davis, RB - USC, 819


3. 
   Joe Washington, RB - Oklahoma, 661


4. 
   Tom Clements, QB - Notre Dame, 244


5. 
   David Humm, QB - Nebraska, 210


6. 
   Dennis Franklin, QB - Michigan, 100


7. 
   Rod Shoate, LB -Oklahoma, 97


8. 
   Gary Sheide, QB - BYU, 90


9. 
   Randy White, DT - Maryland, 85


10. 
    Steve Bartkowski, QB - California, 74

• Griffin and Washington were juniors

Source:^[5][6]

See also

• 1974 NCAA Division I football rankings


• 1974 College Football All-America Team


• 1974 NCAA Division II football season


• 1974 NCAA Division III football season

References

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   ^ "The Great Gamble Pays Off In Trojan Win," Star-News (Pasadena), January 2, 1975, p B-1
   


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   ^ "Archie Griffin". Heisman Trophy. 1974. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
   


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