1974 Alcorn State Braves football team
| 1974 Alcorn State Braves football | |
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Black college football national co-champion SWAC co-champion | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–2 (5–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Henderson Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Grambling State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Alcorn State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Jackson State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Southern | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 Alcorn A&M Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn State University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during 1974 NCAA Division II football season. In their 11th season under head coach Marino Casem, Alcorn compiled an 9–2 record (5–1 against conference opponents), won the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 282 to 161.[1]
Alcorn A&M was also recognized as the black college national champion and was ranked No. 14 in the final Associated Press 1974 NCAA College Division rankings.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 14 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | W 24–12 | ||||||
| September 21 | at No. 5 Grambling State | W 19–14 | ||||||
| September 28 | North Carolina Central* |
| W 14–12 | |||||
| October 5 | at South Carolina State* | Orangeburg, SC | W 14–0 | |||||
| October 12 | Texas Southern |
| W 37–34 | |||||
| October 26 | Southern | No. 12 |
| W 23–14 | ||||
| November 2 | Bishop* | No. 10 |
| W 38–0 | ||||
| November 9 | at Mississippi Valley State | No. 9 | Itta Bena, MS | W 30–21 | ||||
| November 16 | at Prairie View A&M | No. 9 | Prairie View, TX | W 48–0 | ||||
| November 23 | Jackson State | No. 8 |
| L 13–19 | [2] | |||
| November 30 | at UNLV* | No. 12 | Las Vegas, NV (Division II quarterfinal) | L 22–35 | 37,631 | [3] | ||
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References
- ^ "Alcorn State Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Jackson St stuns Alcorn". Hattiesburg American. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Associated Press. November 24, 1974. p. 22. Retrieved May 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Grambling Downs Rattlers, 28 to 25". The Pensacola News-Journal. December 3, 1974. p. 4D – via Newspapers.com.
