1974 NCAA Division III football season

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]

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

Conference standings
1974 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Butler $ 6 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Evansville 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –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
1974 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
TeamW 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 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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]

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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