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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]

Conference standings

Conference champions

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

Coaching changes

This list includes all head coaching changes announced during or after the season.

  1. ^ Initially announced his resignation on October 17, 1974, but did not take effect until the end of the season. He was subsequently hired as the head coach for Simpson in January 1975.[5]
  2. ^ Forced to retire due to Hofstra's mandatory retirement age of 65, but he continued to coach elsewhere.
  3. ^ Also served as Wisconsin–Superior athletic director since 1954.

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.
  3. ^ "Boston St. Coach". The Ithaca Journal. June 28, 1975. p. 16. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Boston State has acting grid coach". Record Searchlight. July 10, 1975. p. 20. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Waugh to Simpson". The Courier-Gazette. January 10, 1975. p. 8. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Waugh Resigns Dubuque Job". Des Moines Tribune. October 17, 1974. p. 30. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "Pohlman new Dubuque coach". The Courier. January 17, 1975. p. 21. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "Dean Loucks Fired As Fordham Coach". Hartford Courant. December 19, 1974. p. 77. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "WesConn's Rice Takes Grid Job at Fordham". Hartford Courant. February 13, 1975. p. 67. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  10. ^ Summers, Steve (June 6, 1975). "Curtis to Coach Bucknell Football". Intelligencer Journal. p. 1. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "Tom Gilburg Named Grid Coach At F&M". The Evening Sun. June 28, 1975. p. 9. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  12. ^ Calabria, Pat (November 27, 1974). "Hofstra vs. Post: It's the Force of Habit". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). p. 189. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "Bill Leete Named Hofstra Coach". The Burlington Free Press. November 27, 1974. p. 17. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "Bakker to return as Kean cage coach". The Courier-News. September 8, 1975. p. 25. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  15. ^ "Allen Named Football Coach at Kean College". The News. August 12, 1975. p. 22. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  16. ^ Kyle, Forrest R. (November 12, 1975). "North Central Co-Coached By Brothers Hank, Ron Guenther". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 14. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  17. ^ "North Park grid coach is quitting". Chicago Tribune. May 7, 1975. p. 66. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  18. ^ "Gene Mitz Named Coach By North Park College". Estherville Daily News. May 28, 1975. p. 6. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  19. ^ Bream, Don D. (March 13, 1975). "Joe Sabol Is Named Head Football Coach For Bullets; Piloted Norwich For 10 Years". The Gettysburg Times. p. 12. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  20. ^ "Mynter to Succeed NU's Sabol, Hershey Named Assistant AD". Rutland Daily Herald. April 2, 1975. p. 14. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  21. ^ "Bob Agler To Retire". News Journal. November 6, 1974. p. 38. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  22. ^ "Seils named at Otterbein". The Delaware Gazette. November 5, 1974. p. 8. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  23. ^ "Coach Retiring At Swarthmore". The News Journal. April 19, 1975. p. 14. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  24. ^ "Swarthmore picks Lapinski". Delaware County Daily Times. June 19, 1975. p. 19. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  25. ^ "Ex-East Coach Curl Accepts Rutgers Post". Courier-Post. April 26, 1975. p. 41. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  26. ^ "Carmen Piccone To Trenton State". The Ithaca Journal. June 9, 1975. p. 14. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  27. ^ "Trocolor Quits WPC". The News. January 25, 1975. p. 25. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  28. ^ "It's 'Official': Stephans Gets WPC Grid Job". The News. June 2, 1975. p. 28. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  29. ^ "Mortorelli back as Superior grid head". Stevens Point Journal. April 15, 1975. p. 13. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  30. ^ Breckenridge, Larry (January 30, 1975). "No Way Wooster Coach Could Win". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 29. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  31. ^ "Wooster names Don Hunsinger new grid coach". The Delaware Gazette. February 3, 1975. p. 8. Retrieved June 20, 2024.