1974 NAIA Division II football season

1974 NAIA Division II football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1974
PostseasonNovember–December 1974
National ChampionshipSeguin, TX
ChampionsTexas Lutheran

The 1974 NAIA Division II football season was the 19th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA and the fifth season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1974 and culminated in the 1974 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played on December 14, 1974 on the campus of Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas.[1]

Texas Lutheran defeated Missouri Valley in the championship game, 42–0, to win their first NAIA national title.

Conference standings

1974 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Illinois Wesleyan + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 11 Millikin + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Carroll (WI) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Augustana (IL) 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Carthage 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Wheaton (IL) 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
North Park 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Elmhurst 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
North Central (IL) 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Frontier Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carroll (MT) $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Montana Tech 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Western Montana 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Rocky Mountain 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Eastern Montana 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 Gateway Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northland + 2 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – 0
Lakeland + 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Milton 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern (WI) 1 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1974 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northwood + 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Ferris State + 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
No. T–17 Grand Valley State 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Hillsdale 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Missouri Valley $^ 5 – 0 – 1 10 – 1 – 1
Central Methodist 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
William Jewell 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Graceland 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Ottawa 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Tarkio 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
Baker 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Hanover $^ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Bluffton 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Wilmington (OH) 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Defiance 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Taylor 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Anderson (IN) 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Findlay 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Manchester (IN) 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Earlham 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central (IA) $^ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 8 William Penn 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 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 (IA) 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
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Friends $ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Bethany (KS) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
St. Mary of the Plains 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Bethel (KS) 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Tabor 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
McPherson 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Sterling 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Concordia–Moorhead + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 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.
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1974 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Midland $ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
Doane 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Hastings 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Concordia (NE) 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Nebraska Wesleyan 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Dana 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Minot State $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Dickinson State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Valley City State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Mayville State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Jamestown 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wahpeton Science 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Linfield $^ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Pacific Lutheran 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Willamette 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Whitworth 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
College of Idaho 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Lewis & Clark 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Whitman 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Pacific (OR) 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    Lewis & Clark forfeited two unplayed conference games, to Whitworth and Willamette.
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 South Dakota Tech $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Black Hills State 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Dakota State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Dakota Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Huron 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
South Dakota–Springfield 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Redlands $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. T–17 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
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 Tri-State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Northwestern (IA) $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Yankton 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bethel (MN) 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Sioux Falls 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Westmar 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Concordia (MN) 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1974 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Division
Fairmont State xy$ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 15 Salem 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
West Liberty State 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Shepherd 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
West Virginia Wesleyan 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Southern Division
Concord xy 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Bluefield State 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Glenville State 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
West Virginia Tech 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
West Virginia State 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Championship: Fairmont State 30, Concord 6
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Conference standings based on power ratings
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1974 NAIA Division II independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Texas Lutheran ^   –   11 – 0 – 0
No. 5 Cal Lutheran   –   9 – 1 – 0
Georgetown (KY)   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Westminster (PA)   –   7 – 2 – 0
Missouri Southern   –   6 – 3 – 0
Waynesburg   –   6 – 3 – 0
Simon Fraser   –   4 – 4 – 0
Franklin (IN)   –   4 – 6 – 0
Azusa Pacific   –   3 – 6 – 0
Eureka   –   3 – 6 – 0
Missouri Western   –   3 – 7 – 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State   –   3 – 8 – 0
Austin   –   2 – 6 – 1
Benedictine (KS)   –   2 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 8 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan   –   0 – 9 – 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

Postseason

Semifinals
Campus sites 		Championship
December 14, 1974
Seguin, TX
      
  Texas Lutheran* 52
  Linfield 8
  Texas Lutheran* 42
  Missouri Valley 0
  Missouri Valley 37
  Hanover* 29

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.