1974 NCAA Division III football season

1974 NCAA Division III football season
Regular season	August – November 1974
Playoffs	November – December 1974
National championship	Garrett-Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL
Champion	Central (IA)
NCAA Division III football seasons

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.

Conference standings

1974 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Butler $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Evansville ^ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 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 ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant	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 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 Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   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 Team W   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 Team W   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.

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

• 1974 NAIA Division I football season
• 1974 NAIA Division II football season