1974 NBA Finals, Game 6
The second overtime was a furious nip-and-tuck affair, with the lead changing hands 11 times. After Bob Dandridge hit a pair of free throws, Havlicek, who had nine of his team's 11 points in the period, hit a short jumper from the baseline and was fouled by Dandridge. Havlicek hit the foul shot to put the Celtics up 93–92. Then, the frenzied exchange of baskets occurred with neither team leading by more than a point. Abdul-Jabbar hit a skyhook, then Havlicek hit a jumper. Oscar Robertson then scored the next two Bucks baskets, sandwiching a Jo Jo White jumper. Then, Havlicek scored again. On the next possession, Dave Cowens fouled Abdul-Jabbar in the lane, his sixth.


1974 NBA Finals, Game 6
Mickey Davis put the Bucks up 100-99 with a basket with 24 seconds left. With the shot clock turned off, the Celtics worked for a final shot. Coach Tom Heinsohn screamed for a timeout, but with seven seconds left, Havlicek lofted a baseline rainbow over Abdul-Jabbar for a 101–100 lead.


1974 NBA Finals, Game 6
The Bucks called for a timeout, and instead of setting up a play for Abdul-Jabbar, strangely decided to set up a play for a hobbled Jon McGlocklin where Abdul-Jabbar would set a pick from the high post. McGlocklin couldn't get free, however, and Davis was covered as he cut to the basket. Abdul-Jabbar, with the ball, moved to the right of the lane, dribbled to the baseline, and let fly a "sky-hook" from 17 feet which swished in with two seconds left. Jo Jo White put up a failed desperation heave, and that was it. The series was tied at three games apiece and going back to Milwaukee. Havlicek ended with a game-high 36 points and Abdul-Jabbar led the Bucks with 34 points, including the game-winner.


1974 NBA Finals, Game 7
Home court advantage apparently meant very little in this series. The Celtics decided to abandon man-to-man defense and double and triple team Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who still scored 26 points. This freed Dave Cowens more on the offensive end, as he hit 8 of 13 shots in the first half on his way to 28 points and 14 rebounds. John Havlicek added 16 as the Celtics cruised to an easy 102–87 win and their first title in the "post-Bill Russell era."


1974 NBA Finals, Aftermath
This was the Bucks' last appearance in the NBA Finals until 2021, winning their 2nd title and the first in 50 years. The Celtics returned to the finals two years later, winning their 13th title.


1974 NBA Finals, Television
This was the first of 17 consecutive NBA Finals to be televised by CBS. It was the only NBA Finals called by Pat Summerall, best known for his work on the Masters Tournament and the National Football League. His partners on color commentary were Rick Barry and Hot Rod Hundley.


1974 NBA draft
The 1974 NBA draft was the 28th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 28, 1974, before the 1974–75 season. In this draft, 18 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each conference, with the order determined by a coin flip. The Portland Trail Blazers won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Philadelphia 76ers were awarded the second pick.


1974 NBA draft
The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. Prior to the draft, the Capital Bullets were renamed the Washington Bullets. An expansion franchise, the New Orleans Jazz, took part in the NBA Draft for the first time and were assigned the tenth pick in each round. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated.


1974 NBA draft
Before the draft, 20 college underclassmen were declared eligible for selection under the "hardship" rule. These players had applied and gave evidence of financial hardship to the league, which granted them the right to start earning their living by starting their professional careers earlier. The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising the selection of 178 players.


1974 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Bill Walton, from the University of California Los Angeles, was selected first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers. Jamaal Wilkes, (then known as Keith Wilkes) from UCLA,   was selected 11th by the Golden State Warriors and went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Walton, Wilkes, and 40th pick George Gervin have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Both Walton and Gervin were also named to the list of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.


1974 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Walton won the NBA championship, along with the Finals Most Valuable Player Award, with the Blazers in 1977. Later in his career, he won another NBA title with the Boston Celtics in 1986. During that season, he also won the Sixth Man of the Year Award. Walton's other achievements include one Most Valuable Player Award in 1978, two All-NBA Team selections and five All-Star Game selections. Gervin had left college in 1972 to play professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Virginia Squires. He later joined the NBA in 1976 after both leagues merged. His achievements include two All-ABA Team selections, seven All-NBA Team selections, three ABA All-Star Game selections and nine NBA All-Star Game selections.


1974 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Jamaal Wilkes won four NBA championships, one with the Golden State Warriors and three with the Los Angeles Lakers, and was selected to three All-Star Games. Maurice Lucas, the 14th pick, was selected to one All-NBA Team and four All-Star Games. He also won the NBA championship in 1977 with the Trail Blazers. Truck Robinson, the 22nd pick, and Phil Smith, the 29th pick, were selected to one All-NBA Team and two All-Star Games each. Bobby Jones, the 5th pick, initially opted to play in the ABA.


1974 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
He played two seasons in the ABA before finally joined the NBA with the Denver Nuggets when both leagues merged. His achievements include an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1983, one All-ABA Team selection, one ABA All-Star Game selection, four NBA All-Star Game selections, nine NBA All-Defensive Team selections and one Sixth Man of The Year Award. Five other players from this draft, 6th pick Scott Wedman, 8th pick Campy Russell, 12th pick Brian Winters, 21st pick Billy Knight and 25th pick John Drew, were also selected to at least one All-Star Game. Two players drafted went on to have coaching careers in the NBA: Brian Winters and 45th pick Kim Hughes.


1974 NBA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.


1974 NBA draft, Early entrants, College underclassmen
On May 9, 1974, the NBA announced that 20 college undergraduates had successfully applied for an NBA hardship that enabled them to be selected in the 1974 draft.


1974 NBA draft, Notes
^ 1: Even though John Shumate was a senior, he had one extra year of college eligibility remaining after he missed his sophomore year due to an illness. However, he decided to pass up his final year to enter the draft. ^ 2: Keith Wilkes changed his name into Jamaal Abdul-Lateef prior to the start of the season. However, he retained his surname throughout his NBA career and is commonly known as Jamaal Wilkes.


1974 NBA expansion draft
The 1974 NBA Expansion Draft was the sixth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 20, 1974, so that the newly founded New Orleans Jazz could acquire players for the upcoming 1974–75 season. New Orleans had been awarded the expansion team on March 7, 1974. The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City in 1979 and are currently known as the Utah Jazz. In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league.


1974 NBA expansion draft
Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected. In this draft, each of the seventeen other NBA teams had protected seven players from their roster and the Jazz selected seventeen unprotected players, one from each team.


1974 NBA expansion draft
The Jazz were formed and owned by a group headed by Fred Rosenfeld and Sam Battistone. Former college basketball coach Scotty Robertson was hired as the franchise's first head coach and 11-time All-Star Elgin Baylor was named as one of the assistant coach. The Jazz's selections included five-time All-Star Walt Bellamy, three-time All-Star Bob Kauffman and one-time All-Star John Block. However, none of them had long careers with the Jazz; Bellamy, who was 35 years old, was waived after one game and both Kauffman and Block were traded.


1974 NBA expansion draft
Prior to the draft, the Jazz made a trade with the Atlanta Hawks which brought two-time All-Star Pete Maravich to the Jazz. In exchange for Maravich, the Jazz sent the first guard and forward chosen in the expansion draft, which turned out to be Bob Kauffman and Dean Meminger, along with future draft picks to the Hawks. Ten players from the expansion draft joined the Jazz for their inaugural season, but only three played more than one season for the team.


1974 NBA playoffs
The 1974 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1973-74 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. John Havlicek was named NBA Finals MVP.


1974 NBA playoffs
It was the Celtics' twelfth NBA title, and first accomplished in the post-Bill Russell era. It was the last Finals appearance for Milwaukee until 2021.


1974 NBA playoffs
Using the revised playoff format adopted in 1973, two third-place teams (Buffalo in the East, Detroit in the West) qualified for the playoffs, while the second-place finishers in the Central (Atlanta) and Pacific (Golden State) divisions did not. Also, since the top three Western qualifiers were in the Midwest Division, the two divisional champions in the Western Conference (Milwaukee and Los Angeles) played in the conference semifinals.


1974 NBA playoffs
With a 4–3 series victory over the Pistons in the first round, the Bulls earned their first playoff series victory. In their first eight years of existence, the Bulls made the playoffs seven times.


1974 NBA playoffs
As a matter of historical curiosity, 3 of the 4 teams in the 1974 Western Conference bracket (Milwaukee, Detroit and Chicago) now reside in the Eastern Conference.


1974 NBA playoffs
This was the only appearance of the Capital Bullets in the playoffs under that moniker; they assumed the "Capital" name for one year before changing to the Washington Bullets the next season. It was the playoff debut of the Buffalo Braves, who had joined the league in 1970.


1974 NBA playoffs
For the first time in BAA/NBA history (dating back to 1947), neither the Lakers (of Minnesota, then Los Angeles) or Warriors (of Philadelphia, then San Francisco and Golden State) participated in a conference (or division prior to 1971) finals series.


1974 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Buffalo Braves
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1974 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Capital Bullets
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Knicks winning four of the previous five meetings.


1974 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (4) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with both teams splitting the prior two meetings.


1974 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Detroit Pistons
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1974 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) New York Knicks
This was the 10th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Knicks winning five of the previous nine meetings.


1974 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (2) Chicago Bulls
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1974 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (W1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (E1) Boston Celtics
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1974 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1974 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The team's head coach was Lou Holtz. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1974 at Carter Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina.


1974 NCAA College Division football rankings
The 1974 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press poll of sportswriters and broadcasters. The 1974 NCAA Division II football season was the 17th year UPI published a Coaches Poll and it was the 15th year for the Associated Press. Both polls used the term "College Division" in 1974, but many of the referenced publications continued to use the "Small College" terminology.


1974 NCAA College Division football rankings
The final UPI poll was released before the Division II playoffs, and the final AP poll was released after the playoffs. The following season would be the last year AP & UPI would publish College Division / Small College rankings.


1974 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1974 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its twenty-eighth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals.


1974 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 28 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The twenty-eighth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was George Milke of Southern California.


1974 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Tournament
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and six teams. The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college basketball. It was the first tournament to be designated as a Division I championship—previously, NCAA member schools had been divided into the "University Division" and "College Division". The NCAA created its current three-division setup, effective with the 1973–74 academic year, by moving all of its University Division schools to Division I and splitting the College Division members into Division II (fewer scholarships) and Division III (no athletic scholarships allowed). Previous tournaments would retroactively be considered Division I championships.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The tournament began on March 9, 1974, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Greensboro, North Carolina. As of 2017, it is the last tournament in which neither school had previously appeared in any national championship game (5 years later Michigan State would defeat Indiana St in each school's inaugural Division I National Finals, but Indiana State had previously contested and lost finals in the NAIA National Championships and the NCAA Division II National Championships). A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
North Carolina State, coached by Norm Sloan, won the national title with a 76–64 victory in the final game over Marquette, coached by Al McGuire. This result ended UCLA's record streak of seven consecutive titles. David Thompson of North Carolina State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
This was the final year that only conference champions and independents could participate in the tournament. During the same time in 1974, the Collegiate Commissioners' Association held a tournament in St. Louis, Missouri. They invited the second-place teams from eight conferences to participate. In 1975, the NCAA would expand the field to include at-large bids for conference runners-up.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
The UCLA – North Carolina State semifinal game made USA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time at #13. UCLA star Bill Walton calls that game the most disappointing outcome of his entire basketball career, given how UCLA lost a 5-point lead late in regulation and a 7-point lead in the 2nd overtime, before NC State rallied to win, 80–77. The game, played in Greensboro, was like a home game for the Wolfpack; UCLA had defeated NC State by 18 points in a neutral site game in St. Louis (where UCLA defeated Memphis State the previous March to win its seventh consecutive national championship) earlier in the season.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
The Wolfpack became the fifth team in history to win the national championship playing in its home state. CCNY won the 1950 NCAA championship (as well as the NIT championship) at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Kentucky won the 1958 championship at Freedom Hall in Louisville, and UCLA won both the 1968 and 1972 championships at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. UCLA also would win the 1975 championship in its home state, at the San Diego Sports Arena. No team has accomplished the feat since then, although the Kansas Jayhawks won the 1988 championship in nearby Kansas City, Missouri, at Kemper Arena, which is closer to the KU campus in Lawrence, Kansas than Greensboro is to Raleigh.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
This was the last Sweet Sixteen appearance for Creighton and Oral Roberts  until the 2021 tournament, when both teams returned for the first time in 47 years.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Tournament notes
Thanks in large part to the reclassification of Division I, the 1974 tournament is the last tournament to include a team no longer in Division I. The Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles spent one year in the modern Division I, winning the Pacific Coast Athletic Association before dropping to Division II.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1974 tournament:


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
Regional Semifinals, 3rd Place Games, and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
National Semifinals, 3rd Place Game, and Championship (Final Four and Championship)


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The city of Greensboro, in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, became the 13th host city, and the Greensboro Memorial Coliseum became the 14th host venue, for the Final Four. For the third time ever, this marked the only Final Four for the venue, although it has continued to host another thirteen tournaments since. It also marked the eighth time that the Final Four venue made its overall debut in the tournament, a tradition that has mostly died out since. 1974 saw six new venues host tournament games, including Greensboro, three regional sites and two other sites.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
For the first time, the tournament came to the state of Alabama and the University of Alabama, with games played at the Memorial Coliseum, home of the Crimson Tide basketball teams. The tournament also came to the state of Arizona and the University of Arizona for the first time, with games being played in its brand new McKale Center. The city of Tulsa became the first outside the Oklahoma City area in the state of Oklahoma to host games, at the Mabee Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University.


1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
For the first time, the tournament came to the city of Denton, lying at the north edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, to the University of North Texas's Coliseum, nicknamed the "Super Pit." And for the first, and to date only, time, the tournament came to Indiana State University to be played at the brand-new Hulman Center. Besides the Hulman Center, the 1974 tournament saw the last games for two other venues, the WVU Coliseum and Alumni Hall on the campus of St. John's University. The tournament would not return to the NYC area until the opening of the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey in the 1980s, and wouldn't return to the city proper until the 2014 tournament. To date, the tournament has not returned to the state of West Virginia.


1974 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships were the 36th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 26, 1974, the meet was hosted by Indiana University at the IU Cross Country Course in Bloomington, Indiana. The distance for this race was 6 miles (9.7 kilometers).


1974 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
All Division I members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 28 teams and 250 individual runners contested this championship.


1974 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was retained by the Oregon Ducks, their third overall, and second consecutive, title. The individual championship was won by Nick Rose, from Western Kentucky, with a time of 29:22.00.


1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
The 1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was the 36th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the University Division level in the United States.


1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Carlton Oaks Country Club in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego.


1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Wake Forest won the team championship, the Demon Deacons' first NCAA title.


1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Curtis Strange, also from Wake Forest, won the individual title.


1974 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Wake Forest staged the largest comeback in NCAA Championship history and Curtis Strange won the title with one of the greatest shots in championship golf history. The Demon Deacons erased a 33-shot deficit after the second round to go into the final round only three shots out of the lead. On the 72nd and final hole, Strange teed off on a par-5 with Wake Forest tied for the team lead. On his second shot, he hit a one-iron to within three feet and rolled in the putt for a championship-clinching eagle.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 27th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 14 and 16, 1974, and concluded with Minnesota defeating Michigan Tech 4-2. All games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
This is the last tournament to not have a team returning from the previous season's bracket. (as of 2016)


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the two WCHA tournament co-champions received automatic bids into the tournament. An at-large bid was offered to a second eastern team based upon both their ECAC tournament finish as well as their regular season record.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA co-champion with the better regular season record was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Boston Garden. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 4th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Eight NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament. The championship game was hosted by Rutgers University, and was played in front of 7,728 fans.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Johns Hopkins, in the national championship game for the third straight year, defeated defending champion and number one ranked Maryland 17 to 12 to win the 1974 Title. This game saw Johns Hopkins University, 12 and 2 for the season and led by legendary coach Bob Scott and Hall of Fame attackman Jack Thomas, defeat University of Maryland, led by Hall of Famer Frank Urso.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
This was the 7th Johns Hopkins team that Scott had directed to part or all of a national title dating back to prior to the start of NCAA participation in the lacrosse championship playoffs. Scott retired as head coach following this game to become Athletic Director. All American Franz Wittlesberger scored five goals in the final. Hopkins' senior defenseman Bob Barbera scored the only goal of his career in the championship game.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
This tournament is also notable for the Johns Hopkins versus Washington and Lee semifinal game won by Hopkins in a tight 11 to 10 matchup. Trailing 10 to 7 in the fourth quarter, Hopkins scored four straight goals, including the game winner with two minutes left, to overcome previously unbeaten Washington and Lee. Rich Kowalchuk scored on a feed from Tom Myrick for the game-winning goal with 1:50 to play in the fourth quarter.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Washington and Lee which finished the season 15 and 1, was coming off their second straight undefeated regular season and had defeated Navy twice, Princeton, Duke, North Carolina, and Virginia before losing to Hopkins. Jack Emmer, who had previously led Cortland State to a tournament appearance coached the Generals to six straight NCAA tournaments from 1973 to 1978.


1974 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 4−8 at the 52nd annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate University Division outdoor track and field events in the United States. This was the first championship after the NCAA rechristened the former University Division as Division I.


1974 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The inaugural Division III championship, contested in Charleston, Illinois and won by Ashland, was also held this year after the NCAA's decision to split the former College Division into Division II and Division III.


1974 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This year's meet was hosted by the University of Texas at Austin at Memorial Stadium in Austin.


1974 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Tennessee edged three-time defending champions UCLA in the team standings to take home their first team national title.


1974 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
The 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the sixteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Howard Bison won their second national title (their first title in 1971 was vacated by the NCAA) by defeating the two-time defending champion Saint Louis Billikens, 2–1, after four overtimes. The final match was played on December 7, 1974, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Busch Memorial Stadium.


1974 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1974 at the Belmont Plaza Pool at California State University, Long Beach in Long Beach, California at the 51st annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1974 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
This was the first championship after the NCAA renamed the former University Division to the present Division I.


1974 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
USC returned to the top the team standings (after having finished second to Indiana each of the previous four years), the Trojans' sixth overall title (and first since 1966).


1974 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The 1974 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 29th annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. This was the first year after the NCAA changed the name of the University Division to its present-day moniker, Division I.


1974 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
Defending champions Stanford once again captured the team championship, the Indians' second such title. Stanford finished five points ahead of USC in the final team standings (30–25).


1974 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, Host site
This year's tournaments were contested at the David X. Marks Tennis Stadium at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.


1974 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, Team scoring
Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.


1974 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
The 1974 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were the 44th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be held. Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa hosted the tournament at Hilton Coliseum.


1974 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Oklahoma took home the team championship with 69.5 points and two individual champions.


1974 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Floyd Hitchcock of Bloomsburg was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Jim Woods of Western Illinois received the Gorriaran Award.


1974 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following poll makes up the 1974 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1974 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1974 season is available.


1974 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1974 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1974. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1974 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twenty eighth time in 1974, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship for the fifth year in a row, the first team to claim five consecutive titles.


1974 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1974 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 15 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.


1974 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1974 season marked the twenty eighth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Southern California claiming their tenth championship, and fifth in a row, with a 7–3 win over Miami (FL) in the final.


1974 NCAA Division I football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1974 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1974 NCAA Division I football rankings, Final Coaches' poll
For the first time, the final UPI Coaches Poll was released after the bowl games, on January 2, 1975.USC received 27 of the 34 first-place votes; Michigan received four and Alabama three.


1974 NCAA Division I football rankings, Final Coaches' poll
In the preceding poll in early December, Alabama was first, followed by Ohio State, Michigan, USC, and Auburn; Notre Dame was eighth.


1974 NCAA Division I football season
The 1974 NCAA Division I football season finished with two national champions. The Associated Press (AP) writers' poll ranked the University of Oklahoma, which was on probation and barred by the NCAA from postseason play, No. 1 at season's end. The United Press International (UPI) coaches' poll did not rank teams on probation, by unanimous agreement of the 25 member coaches' board. The UPI trophy went to the University of Southern California (USC).


1974 NCAA Division I football season
During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams, later known as "Division I-A". The NCAA Football Guide, however, did note an "unofficial national champion" based on the top ranked teams in the "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The "writers' poll" by Associated Press (AP) was the most popular, followed by the "coaches' poll" by United Press International) (UPI). Starting in 1974, the UPI joined AP in issuing its final poll after the bowl games were completed. Both polls operated under a point system of 20 points for first place, 19 for second, etc., whereby the overall ranking was determined. The AP poll consisted of the votes of 60 writers, though not all voted in each poll, and the UPI poll was taken of a 25-member board.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, September
In the preseason poll released on September 2, 1974, the AP ranked Oklahoma No. 1, followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 USC.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, September
September 7 No. 3 Notre Dame, the defending national champion, beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 31–7, in a nationally televised game on Monday night, September 9. Arizona State, UCLA and Houston were among the few other schools playing that weekend. Elsewhere, the scheduled Ole Miss-Tulane game in New Orleans was postponed until November 30 due to the threat of Hurricane Carmen. The poll was: 1.Oklahoma 2.Notre Dame 3.Alabama 4.Ohio State 5.USC


1974 NCAA Division I football season, September
September 14 No. 1 Oklahoma beat Baylor, 28–11. No. 2 Notre Dame was idle. No. 3 Alabama won at No. 14 Maryland, 21–16. No. 4 Ohio State won at Minnesota, 34–19. No. 5 USC lost to Arkansas in Little Rock, 22–7. No. 7 Nebraska, which beat Oregon in its opener, 61–7, rose to fourth. The poll was 1.Notre Dame 2.Ohio State 3.Oklahoma 4.Nebraska 5.Alabama


1974 NCAA Division I football season, September
September 21 No. 1 Notre Dame won at Northwestern, 49–3. No. 2 Ohio State beat Oregon State 51–10. No. 3 Oklahoma was idle. No. 4 Nebraska lost at Wisconsin, 21–20. No. 5 Alabama beat Southern Mississippi at Alabama, 52–0. No. 6 Michigan, which beat Colorado, 31–0, rose to fifth. The poll was 1.Notre Dame 2.Ohio State 3.Oklahoma 4.Alabama 5.Michigan


1974 NCAA Division I football season, September
September 28  No. 1 Notre Dame was upset at home by Purdue, 31–20. No. 2 Ohio State defeated SMU, 28–9. No. 3 Oklahoma rolled over visiting Utah State, 72–3.No. 4 Alabama beat Vanderbilt 23–10. No. 5 Michigan beat Navy, 52–0 No. 9 Texas A&M, which won at Washington 28–15, rose to fifth. The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Alabama 4.Michigan 5.Texas A & M


1974 NCAA Division I football season, October
October 5 No. 1 Ohio State beat Washington State 42–7 in Seattle. No. 2 Oklahoma shut out Wake Forest 63–0. No. 3 Alabama beat Mississippi at Jackson, 35–21. No. 4 Michigan won at Stanford, 27–16. No. 5 Texas A&M lost at Kansas, 28–10. No. 6 Nebraska, which beat Minnesota 54–0, rose to fifth. The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Alabama 4.Michigan 5.Nebraska


1974 NCAA Division I football season, October
October 12 No. 1 Ohio State beat visiting No. 13 Wisconsin 52–7. No. 2 Oklahoma barely defeated No. 17 Texas in Dallas, 16–13. No. 3 Alabama survived a game against winless (0–4–0)Florida State, winning 8–7No. 4 Michigan beat Michigan State, 21–7. No. 5 Nebraska lost to Missouri, 21–10. No. 10 Auburn, which beat Kentucky 31–13, rose to fifth. The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn


1974 NCAA Division I football season, October
October 19 No. 1 Ohio State beat Indiana, 49–9No. 2 Oklahoma won at Colorado, 49–14. No. 3 Michigan won at Wisconsin, 24–20. No. 4 Alabama won at Tennessee, 28–6. No. 5 Auburn beat Georgia Tech 31–22. The poll was unchanged: 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn


1974 NCAA Division I football season, October
October 26 No. 1 Ohio State won at Northwestern, 55–7. No. 2 Oklahoma beat Kansas State, 63–0. No. 3 Michigan beat Minnesota, 49–0. No. 4 Alabama beat TCU 41–3 at Birmingham. No. 5 Auburn beat Florida State 38–6. The poll was unchanged 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Alabama 5.Auburn


1974 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 2 No. 1 Ohio State defeated Illinois at home, 49–7. With a record of 8–0–0, the Buckeyes had outscored their opposition 360 to 75. No. 2 Oklahoma won at Iowa State, 28–10. No. 3 Michigan won at Indiana, 21–7. No. 4 Alabama beat No. 17 Mississippi State 35–0, and thereby jumped over Michigan to No. 3 . No. 5 Auburn lost at No. 11 Florida, 25–14. No. 8 Texas A&M, which beat Arkansas 20–10, returned to the Top Five. The poll was 1.Ohio State 2.Oklahoma 3.Alabama 4.Michigan 5.Texas A & M


1974 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 9 In East Lansing, Michigan, No. 1 Ohio State was upset by unranked (and 4–3–1) Michigan State, 16–13. No. 2 Oklahoma, which had beaten Missouri 37–0, took the first spot. No. 3 Alabama beat LSU in Birmingham, 30–0. No. 4 Michigan won at Illinois, 14–6. No. 5 Texas A&M lost at SMU, 18–14. No. 8 Notre Dame was idle, but rose to fifth place. The AP poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Alabama 3.Michigan 4.Ohio State 5.Notre Dame while the UPI poll was 1.Alabama 2.Michigan 3.Ohio State 4.Notre Dame 5.USC


1974 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 16 No. 1 Oklahoma won at Kansas, 45–14. No. 2 Alabama won in Florida over Miami, 28–7. The other Miami, Miami University, was ranked 12th with a record of 8–0–1. No. 3 Michigan beat Purdue, 51–0, to extend its record to 10–0–0. No. 4 Ohio State won at Iowa, 35–10. No. 5 Notre Dame beat No. 17 Pittsburgh, 14–10. The AP poll was unchanged: 1.Oklahoma 2.Alabama 3.Michigan 4.Ohio State 5.Notre Dame, while the UPI poll was 1.Alabama 2.Michigan 3.Ohio State 4.Notre Dame 5.USC


1974 NCAA Division I football season, November
November 23 No. 1 Oklahoma beat No. 6 Nebraska, 28–14. No. 2 Alabama was idle as it prepared for its season ender with Auburn. The game that determined the Big Ten championship took place in Columbus, Ohio, as No. 3 Michigan (10–0–0) met No. 4 Ohio State (10–1–0). OSU won, 12–10. No. 5 Notre Dame beat Air Force, 38–0. USC topped UCLA 34–9 for the Pac-8 title and Rose Bowl berth. The AP poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Alabama 3.Ohio State 4.Notre Dame 5.USC and the UPI poll was 1.Alabama 2.Ohio State 3.Notre Dame 4.USC 5.Michigan


1974 NCAA Division I football season, November
The annual Alabama-Auburn game took place on a Friday night, played in Birmingham on November 29, with No. 2 Alabama winning 17–13 over No. 7 Auburn to close its season at 11–0–0. On November 30 No. 1 Oklahoma won its annual season ender against OK State, 44–13, to also close its season 11–0–0. Alabama would go to the Sugar Bowl, while Oklahoma would stay home due to NCAA probation. No. 4 Notre Dame met No. 5 USC in Los Angeles. USC won, 55–24 after trailing 24–0, and reached the Top four.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, November
In other action, Tulane lost its final game at Tulane Stadium 26–10 to Ole Miss. The Green Wave played 38 of their next 39 seasons at the Superdome, except for 2005, when they were forced to play all of their games away from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Tulane returned to campus in 2014 when Yulman Stadium opened.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, November
The AP poll was 1.Oklahoma 2.Alabama 3.Ohio State 4.USC 5.Michigan and the UPI poll was 1.Alabama 2.Ohio State 3.USC 4.Michigan 5.Auburn.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, November
Oklahoma and Alabama, both 11–0–0, were the only undefeated and untied teams at season's end. AP ranked Oklahoma first, and UPI ranked Alabama No. 1.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
Nebraska erased a 10-point deficit by defeating Florida in the Sugar Bowl played on New Year's Eve. The following afternoon, Penn State defeated the surprise SWC champion Baylor in the Cotton Bowl. Third-ranked Ohio State (led by Woody Hayes) and No. 5 USC (coached by John McKay) played in the Rose Bowl before a crowd of 106,721 in Pasadena. Ohio State led 7–3 after three quarters, and 17–10 in the closing minutes. With 2:03 left, Pat Haden fired a 38-yard pass to John McKay Jr. (son of USC's coach) to make the score 17–16.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
Coach McKay then passed up a chance for a tie over the favored Buckeyes, and ordered the Trojans to go for two. Shelton Diggs dove and caught Haden's low pass in the end zone to give USC an 18–17 lead. Ohio State could only get close enough for a desperation 62-yard field goal attempt that fell about 8 yards short as time expired.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
Alabama, coached by Bear Bryant was ranked No. 1 in the UPI poll, and No. 2 (behind on-probation Oklahoma) in the AP, as it went to the Orange Bowl, where it faced 9th ranked Notre Dame, playing its final game under Ara Parseghian. The Irish went out to a 13–0 lead early in the game, but Bama battled back with a field goal, a touchdown and a two-point run to close the score to 13–11 with three minutes left.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
After ruling out an onside kick attempt, the Tide force a Notre Dame punt and got the ball back with 1:37 left. Quarterback Richard Todd attempted to drive the team to field goal range, but he threw his 3rd interception of the game, and Notre Dame ran out the clock to preserve the upset win.


1974 NCAA Division I football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
In the final polls, USC was ranked first by UPI, followed by Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, and Notre Dame. The Trojans were second in the AP poll, where the Oklahoma Sooners were the first place choice for 51 of the 60 writers. The NCAA recognized both the Sooners and the Trojans as champions in its football guide.


1974 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
The 1974 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament involved 44 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1973–74 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Morgan State University and Morgan State's Marvin Webster was the Most Outstanding Player.


1974 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
This was the first tournament to be officially designated as a Division II basketball championship. The NCAA first split into competitive divisions for the 1956–57 school year, creating the top-level University Division and second-tier College Division. Effective with the 1973–74 school year, the NCAA adopted the three-division system that exists to this day. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split into Division II and the non-scholarship Division III.


1974 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
The 1974 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship was the first annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division II men's college lacrosse in the United States. That year's championship game was played at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex at SUNY Cortland in Cortland, New York.


1974 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
Three editions of the NCAA Division I Lacrosse Championship were contested before a separate championship was established for Division II programs. In addition, two USILA "small college" tournaments were held in 1972 and 1973.


1974 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
Towson State defeated Hobart in the final, 18−17 (in double overtime), to win their first national title.


1974 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship, Qualification
All Division II men's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship with a total of eight teams invited.


1974 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
The 1974 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the third annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.


1974 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
With the introduction of separate tournament for Division III programs this season, the Division II tournament field decreased from 25 to 16.


1974 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
Adelphi defeated Seattle Pacific in the final match, 3–2, to win their first national title. The final was played at the University of Missouri–St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri on December 8, 1973.


1974 NCAA Division II football season
The 1974 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in September and concluded with the Division II Championship on December 14 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.


1974 NCAA Division II football season
Central Michigan defeated Delaware 54–15 in the Camellia Bowl to win their only Division II national title. CMU moved up to Division I in 1975.


1974 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries
Big Sky Conference – Boise StateCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Norfolk StateFar Western Football Conference – UC DavisGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Ferris State and NorthwoodGulf South Conference – Jacksonville StateLone Star Conference – Texas A&IMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northwest Missouri StateNorth Central Conference – North Dakota State, North Dakota, and South DakotaNorthern Intercollegiate Conference – Michigan TechRocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western StateSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division II) – TuskegeeYankee Conference – Maine and Massachusetts


1974 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The 1974 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the second single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II college football.


1974 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The four quarterfinal games were played on campus and all four host teams advanced. The semifinals were the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The championship game was the Camellia Bowl, held at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California for the second consecutive year. The Central Michigan Chippewas defeated the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 54–14 to win their first national title. After opening with a home loss to Division I Kent State, CMU won twelve straight to finish as D-II champions.


1974 NCAA Division II football season, Rankings
In 1974, United Press International (UPI) and the Associated Press (AP) ranked teams in their College Division or "small college" polls – which had started in 1958 and 1960, respectively – for the final time. UPI published their final poll at the end of the regular season, while the AP waited until postseason games had been completed. UPI's number one selection was the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, who during the regular season were 10–0 while outscoring opponents 294–103. The Bulldogs later lost in the playoffs to the Central Michigan Chippewas, winners of the tournament. AP's number one selection was the Chippewas, who were 9–1 during the regular season and finished with an overall record of 12–1 while outscoring opponents 450–127.


1974 NCAA Division II football season, Rankings
Record includes NCAA Division II playoff games Record includes NCAA Division III playoff games Louisiana Tech final record actually 11–1 Western Carolina final record actually 9–2 Record includes NAIA Division I playoff games Record includes NAIA Division II playoff games Record includes Pelican Bowl win


1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, were the first year the Division II/III designation was recognized in NCAA track and field. Previously, it was called the College Division. The top 6 athletes scored in their perspective event.


1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Results, 100 Yard Dash
The event was wind aided. The 100 yd dash which is slightly shorter than a 100 meters, is 91.44 meters. All races at the time where hand timed.


1974 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Results, Javelin Throw
The Javelin thrown in 1973 was different from the current model. Therefore, results cannot be directly compared to today's results.


1974 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
The 1974 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the inaugural tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division III college soccer program in the United States.


1974 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
SUNY Brockport defeated Swarthmore in the championship match, 3–1, to win their first Division III national title. The semifinals and final were played in Wheaton, Illinois.


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.


1974 NCAA Division III football season, 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.


1974 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 1974 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested March 8−9, 1974 at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan at the 10th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States.


1974 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
UTEP topped the team standings, the Miners' first indoor team title.


1974 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
Unlike other NCAA-sponsored sports, there were not separate NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III championships for indoor track and field until 1985. As such, all athletes and programs from all three divisions were eligible to compete.


1974 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1974 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1974 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1974 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the fifth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Robertson Gymnasium in Santa Barbara, California. The previous tournament format of round robin play for seeding followed by a single-elimination tournament was dropped in favor of going directly to a single-elimination bracket. The tournament field remained fixed at 4 teams.


1974 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1974 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Tournament play
The 1974 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was held on the UC Santa Barbara campus, and UC Santa Barbara was the heavy favorite to win it. UCLA made it to the NCAA tournament by upsetting Southern Cal in their district playoffs. The previous final four tournament format of round robin play for seeding followed by a single-elimination playoff was dropped in 1974 in favor of going directly to a single-elimination playoff. The tournament field remained limited to four teams. In the semi-finals UCLA defeated Ball State in straight sets while UCSB defeated Springfield in straight sets, setting up a championship final between perennial power UCLA against top ranked UCSB.


1974 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Tournament play
The championship match was a back and forth affair, with UCSB beating the Bruins in Games 1 and 3, while UCLA took games 2 and 4. Many of the Bruin kills were coming from a high tempo inside attack, with UCLA's Bob Leonard taking quick sets off of setter Jim Menges. In the game five clincher the Gauchos were up 6-1 before the Bruins rallied back with six straight points to lead 7-6. The two teams kept exchanging kills, with UCLA maintaining a slim lead to take the championship by the margin: 10-15, 15-8, 10-15, 15-11, 15-12. Leonard, Menges and Mike Normand were named to the All-Tournament team. UCLA ended the season 30-5. It was the fourth championship in five years for the Bruins. Menges earned All-American honors in his senior year at UCLA.


1974 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Tournament play
With the win UCLA had gained its fourth national title.


1974 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Tournament play
UCLA's Bob Leonard was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1974 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1974 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the sixth annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1974.


1974 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
California defeated UC Irvine in the final, 7–6, to win their second national title. This was a rematch of the previous year's final, also won by California.


1974 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament was Jon Svendsen from California (9 goals). Doug Healy, also from California, was named the Most Outstanding Player. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of three players, was also named.


1974 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1974 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1974 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the 21st annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.


1974 NCAA Skiing Championships
Two-time defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their fifth national championship, finishing six points ahead of runner-up Wyoming in the team standings.


1974 NCAA Skiing Championships
Repeat champions were Denver's Peik Christensen (alpine) and Steiner Hybertsen (cross country) of Wyoming.


1974 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's NCAA championships were held March 7–9 in Wyoming at Jackson Hole. The 21st edition, these were the first in Wyoming.


1974 NFL Draft
The 1974 NFL draft took place at the Americana Hotel in New York City, New York, on January 29–30, 1974. Each of the 26 NFL teams were granted 17 selections for a total of 442 picks.


1974 NFL Draft
Many experts consider the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers to have had the best draft class in NFL history as they selected four players later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, and Mike Webster). A fifth player, Donnie Shell, was signed by Pittsburgh after going unselected in the 1974 NFL Draft; he too was later enshrined in the Hall of Fame. The closest any other team has come to this success in a draft is the Dallas Cowboys’ 1964 draft, when three Hall of Famers were taken. The Green Bay Packers' also selected three Hall of Famers in 1958 draft (Jim Taylor, Ray Nitschke and Jerry Kramer).


1974 NFL Draft
The Houston Oilers had the first pick in the 1974 draft based on their one-win record in 1973, but they traded the first overall pick—as well as the first pick of the third round, #53 overall—to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for defensive end Tody Smith and wide receiver Billy Parks. Dallas used the two picks to select two future Pro Bowlers, defensive end Ed "Too Tall" Jones and quarterback Danny White.


1974 NFL Draft
This was the first NFL draft since 1938 to not have any quarterbacks taken in the first round, and one of only five. Along with 1988, it is the only draft where no quarterback was taken in the first two rounds, and 1974 is generally regarded as one of the worst quarterback draft classes of all time, with only Danny White (the first quarterback taken, with the first pick in the third round) and fourth round pick Mike Boryla reaching the Pro Bowl, and even Boryla was out of the NFL by 1978.


1974 NFL season
The 1974 NFL season was the 55th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl IX when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings. Players held a strike from July 1 until August 10, prior to the regular season beginning; only one preseason game (that year's College All-Star Game) was canceled, and the preseason contests were held with all-rookie rosters.


1974 NFL season, Draft
The 1974 NFL Draft was held from January 29 to 30, 1974 at New York City's Americana Hotel. With the first pick, the Dallas Cowboys selected defensive end Ed "Too Tall" Jones from the Tennessee State University.


1974 NFL season, New officials
There were two new referees in 1974, Cal Lepore and Gordon McCarter. Lepore replaced the retired John McDonough, the referee for Super Bowl IV and the NFL's longest game, the 1971 Christmas Day playoff between the Dolphins and Chiefs which lasted 82 minutes, 40 seconds. McCarter succeeded Jack Reader, who left the field to become chief lieutenant to NFL Director of Officiating Art McNally at league headquarters in New York.


1974 NFL season, Major rule changes
The following changes were adopted to add tempo and action to the game  and to help counter the proposed changes announced by the World Football League to their games:


1974 NFL season, Major rule changes
In addition to the on-field rule changes, the league eliminated the "future list" of players a team could sign without placing them on an active roster. The future list had been formalized by the league in 1965 and had informally existed for over a decade before that. The concept would return in 1977, renamed the practice squad.


1974 NFL season, Division races
From 1970 to 2001, there were three divisions (Eastern, Central and Western) in each conference. The winners of each division, and a fourth “wild card” team based on the best non-division winner, qualified for the playoffs. The tiebreaker rules were changed to start with head-to-head competition, followed by division records, records against common opponents, and records in conference play.


1974 NHL Amateur Draft
The 1974 NHL Amateur Draft was the 12th NHL Entry Draft. It was held via conference call at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. In an effort to prevent the WHA from poaching players, the draft was conducted early and in secret. This failed to prevent tampering as information leaked out via agents and other sources over the three days of the draft. As a statement of frustration at the slow, secret conference call format, Buffalo General Manager Punch Imlach claimed "Taro Tsujimoto" of the "Tokyo Katanas" of Japan using the 183rd overall pick. NHL officials immediately validated the selection, but weeks later Imlach admitted that Tsujimoto was a fabrication. The selection was ruled invalid by the NHL and removed from their records.


1974 NHL Amateur Draft
This also marked the first year the NHL allowed underage players to be signed, a move made in response to the WHA's similar practice the previous year.


1974 NHL Amateur Draft, Selections by round
Below are listed the selections in the 1974 NHL amateur draft.


1974 NHL Expansion Draft
The 1974 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 12, 1974. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1974–75 season, the Kansas City Scouts and the Washington Capitals.


1974 NME Critics End of Year Poll
This is the list of the best albums voted by the NME critics at the end of 1974. This was the first year the list was published. A ranked singles list was not compiled this year.


1974 NPSL First Division
The 1974 National Professional Soccer League season was the fourth season of the National Professional Soccer League, a South African soccer league. It was won by Kaizer Chiefs.


1974 NPSL First Division
At the time, due to the country's apartheid policies, the competition was only open to black South African teams, and it ran in parallel with the FPL and the NFL


1974 NSWRFL season
The 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 67th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six of 1908's foundation clubs and another six from across Sydney, competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a grand final match for the WD & HO Wills Cup between the Eastern Suburbs and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs. This season NSWRFL teams also competed for the inaugural Amco Cup.


1974 NSWRFL season, Season summary
The preseason saw Eastern Suburbs defeat South Sydney 43-0 in the final of the preseason competition at the Sydney Sports Ground, while Parramatta beat Cronulla 20-8 in the playoff for third at Belmore Oval.


1974 NSWRFL season, Season summary
This season the NSWRFL made the financial commitment to bring suburban football grounds up to a higher standard in order to take more games to the fans on a home-and-away basis.


1974 NSWRFL season, Season summary
Twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March until August, resulting in a top five of Eastern Suburbs, Manly-Warringah, Canterbury-Bankstown, Western Suburbs and Souths who battled it out in the finals. This season would mark the first time since 1950 where St. George failed to make the finals and the first time since 1911 that Balmain would finish last and take out the wooden spoon.


1974 NSWRFL season, Season summary
The 1974 Rothmans Medal was awarded to Manly-Warringah's fullback Graham Eadie. Rugby League Week awarded their player of the year award to Eastern Suburbs' forward Arthur Beetson.


1974 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
67th seasonGround(s): Leichhardt Oval &Lidcombe OvalCoach: Alan MasonCaptain: John Spencer


1974 NSWRFL season, Season summary, Teams
67th seasonGround(s): Lidcombe Oval &Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Don ParishCaptain: Tommy Raudonikis


1974 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
“Master coach” Jack Gibson’s first title – and the Roosters’ first for twenty-nine years – was won by one of the most talented club teams in the Australian game’s history. In rugby union convert Russell Fairfax and giant threequarters Mark Harris and Bill Mullins, Easts had three attacking players who dominated Canterbury with their brilliance.


1974 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Eastern Suburbs 19 (Tries: Beetson, Harris, Mullins. Goals: Peard 3, Brass 2.)


1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly were held in February 1974 to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Nagaland, India. United Democratic Front won the most number of seats and Vizol Koso was appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland.


1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
After the previous election in 1969, the number of constituencies in Nagaland were increased from 40 to 60, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.


1974 Nahariya attack
The 1974 Nahariya attack was a raid by three Palestinian militants, belonging to the Fatah militant organization, which took place during the night between 24 and 25 June 1974. The Palestinian militant squad infiltrated the coastal city of Nahariya in Israel by sea from Lebanon. Three civilians and one Israeli soldier were killed during the event. The attack was the first time in which militants infiltrated into Israel from Lebanon by sea.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack
Shortly after 23:00 on 24 June 1974, three Palestinian militants, belonging to the Fatah militant organization, reached the coast of the Israeli city of Nahariya, using an engine run Zodiac inflatable boat. It is believed that their target was the Ga'aton cinema, where they would perform a mass attack at the end of a film screening. The militant squad headed eastward straight into Nahariya. After crossing Balfour Street, they tried to cross a hedge. The noise they made caught the attention of a teenager who lived on the first floor of a nearby apartment building.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack
He looked out of the window, spotted them in the light of streetlights, and shouted out: "terrorists!". As a result, two patrolling officers of the Nahariya Civil Guard who were nearby rushed to the area. When the militants spotted them they threw a hand grenade and fired at them. The officers returned fire while taking cover. The time was 23:10.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack
The sound of gunfire alerted Israeli security forces in Nahariya. In addition, an Israeli army officer who lived nearby, Major Yitzhak Israel, called the police, then barricaded himself at the entrance to prevent the militants from entering his building. Local police, as well as reserve army officers and soldiers who were in Nahariya soon began arriving at the site. At 23:15, a jeep driven by police superintendent Meir Almagor appeared on the scene, and was immediately shot at by the militants.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack
Almagor then exited the jeep and ran into the nearby municipal court building, where he called the army's Northern Command and established a permanent telephone contact. The militants were forced into the parking lot of an apartment building, and one broke into the building. Israeli security forces, who were arriving in growing numbers, surrounded the area to prevent their escape, and also took up positions on the roof of the municipal court building and on a nearby school.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack
Residents of the apartment building, who understood they were being attacked by militants, locked themselves in their apartments, piled furniture near the doors and took shelter in the inner rooms. One resident of a nearby apartment building, journalist Yehuda Arieli, spotted the two militants in the parking lot and shot at them with his pistol. They returned fire and lobbed a grenade in his direction.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack
Mordechai Zarnekin, who lived on the first floor of the building, feared that the militants would break into his apartment and had his wife Irka, son Gilad, and daughter Ronit escape the apartment from the bedroom window on a rope woven from sheets. After reaching ground, they began running toward the street, but were spotted by the militants, who shot at them and threw a grenade, killing all three of them. Zarnekin, who thought that he had saved his family, tried to escape the apartment as well, but was accidentally shot by Israeli security forces. Wounded, he returned to his apartment, where he hid until found by soldiers.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack
Colonel Shai Tamari of the Oded Brigade initially took command of the security forces on the scene when he arrived; he passed command over to Major-General Rafael Eitan, head of the Northern Command. Eitan arrived together with Captain Mordechai Ben-Shach, commander of the Golani Brigade's Sayeret Golani unit.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack
Soldiers from Battalion 12 of the Golani Brigade, based at Camp Shraga, near Nahariya, were called to the scene; the first Golani unit, commanded by Lieutenant Eldad Ronny, arrived at 23:50. The unit arrived at the eastern perimeter of the building, and was spotted by the militants in the parking lot, who were hiding behind cars. The militants opened fire at them and threw grenades. The soldiers returned fire, and Golani soldiers positioned on the roof of a nearby school also opened fire, possibly wounding the two militants. Shrapnel from a grenade injured one soldier.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack, Takeover operation
After the contractor that constructed the building provided a detailed explanation of its structure to the army, a plan for a takeover operation was formed. The operation began at 2:10 am, when Israeli soldiers stormed the house. At 2:25 while attempting to open a door, several shots were fired and three grenades were thrown out of the room by a militant. The shots and the shrapnel from the grenades killed an Israeli soldier, First Sergeant Dan Szenes, and wounded five.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack, Takeover operation
The militant, who was also seriously injured, attempted to crawl out onto the roof, and was identified by the commander of the commando unit in charge of the takeover. The commander charged at him and killed him. Afterwards, soldiers swept through the building, hunting for additional militants. During their search, they broke into Mordechai Zarnekin's apartment, where they found him lying wounded. He was treated on the scene and evacuated. Meanwhile, soldiers searching the parking lot found and killed the two other militants. The operation ended officially at 03:20 am.


1974 Nahariya attack, Details of the attack, Takeover operation
Three civilians and one Israeli soldier were killed during the event, while seven soldiers and one civilian were injured.


1974 Nahariya attack, Aftermath
Two weeks after the raid, Israeli gunboats bombarded three Lebanese ports in retaliation, reportedly after Israel received indications that another seaborne attack was planned. The Israeli government claimed the attack was a warning, and that efforts were made to avoid casualties. The Lebanese government reported that one civilian was wounded, and that 21 fishing boats were sunk. Palestinian guerrillas claimed that the Israeli navy also shelled two small fishing villages. Leaflets were dropped in the ports that were attacked, explaining the raid and warning fishermen against helping guerrillas to launch attacks. Following the raid, several rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon, and Israeli troops exchanged fire with gunmen across the Lebanese border throughout the night, with no casualties reported.


1974 Nahariya attack, Aftermath
Israel recognized its vulnerability to seaborne terrorism, and increased security measures. Permanent naval patrols along Israel's Mediterranean coast were set up, along with radar stations and coastal lookouts. Maritime security zones were set up in the northern coastal area, where boating, civilian shipping, and swimming was prohibited. This almost completely stopped maritime terrorism; the last successful attack, which also took place in Nahariya, occurred in 1979.


1974 Nahariya attack, Aftermath
The attack also resulted in the establishment of the Civil Guard. Until then, individual Israeli cities and towns had maintained their own civil guards. Following the attack, enrollment in the Nahariya Civil Guard skyrocketed, and within two days of the attack, it had about 900 members. On 10 July 1974, a national Civil Guard was established as a part of the Israel Police.


1974 National 500
The 1974 National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on October 6, 1974, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.


1974 National 500
This race was the 28th out of the 30 races that year. Weather for this race was forecast from Charlotte/Douglas International Airport; located in nearby Charlotte.


1974 National 500, Race report
Three hundred and thirty four laps were completed on the paved track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km). The race lasted four hours, ten minutes, and forty-one seconds. Nine cautions slowed the race for seventy-nine laps. Dan Daughtry would score his best career NASCAR Winston Cup Series finish at this event.


1974 National 500, Race report
Notable speeds were: 119.912 miles per hour (192.980 km/h) for the average speed and 158.749 miles per hour (255.482 km/h) for the pole speed. David Pearson defeated Richard Petty by 1.5 seconds with an attendance of 56,000 people.


1974 National 500, Race report
The race saw several hard crashes. Before the fifth lap was completed a ten-car crash erupted past the start/finish line and involved Buddy Baker, who'd started 40th after he spun in practice and blew his tires, necessitating the change from the tires on which he'd qualified; NASCAR rules at the time required teams to start the race on the tires on which they'd qualified. In an effort to avoid the stalled car of Richard Childress, Marty Robbins intentionally turned his car away from Childress' disabled machine and hit the outside wall so hard that he required 37 stitches in his face.


1974 National 500, Race report
Other incidents occurred following the lengthy cleanup. During the yellow for a spinout by rookie Richie Panch ABC Sports, which filmed the race for air later that year, recorded and aired radio conversation between Petty and crew chief Dale Inman about the incident; this caused commentator Chris Economaki to quip that "I don't drive stock cars and I wish Richard Petty wouldn't do expert commentary."


1974 National 500, Race report
Late in the race Grant Adcox spun out and was hit in the driver side by Ramo Stott in Turn Four. During the yellow for this wreck, a fire erupted in Richard Petty's pit but there were no injuries.


1974 National 500, Race report
Forty-one American drivers competed; with Earl Ross (from Canada). Fifteen drivers failed to qualify for this race. This list would include 1974 Indianapolis 500 champion Johnny Rutherford, Joe Frasson, and David Sisco. Most of them did end up qualifying after a "second chance qualifying session" on October 3. Rutherford, the 1974 Indianapolis 500 champion, was driving a third Chevrolet fielded by Junior Johnson, as teammate to Yarborough and Earl Ross.


1974 National 500, Race report
Other notable names competing in the race were: Darrell Waltrip, Dick Trickle, Ron Keselowski, J.D. McDuffie, Cale Yarborough, and Neil Castles. Bobby Isaac drove a Harry Hyde-prepared Dodge as a teammate to Dave Marcis; it was Bobby Issac's final start for Nord Krauskopf. The driver/owner combination that earned the 1970 Winston Cup title reunited for the final time here as Nord fielded a second K & K Insurance Dodge for Bobby, this was their only race together for after parting ways with a few races left in the 1972 season.


1974 National 500, Race report
Despite finishing second, Petty clinched the Winston Cup Grand National championship as Yarborough fell out with engine failure.


1974 National 500, Race report
The day before this race, Dale Earnhardt made his first appearance at Charlotte/Lowe's in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race (the predecessor to the Nationwide Series) and finished 13th. This would be the last race for owner Ray Fox, his #3 Dodge Charger finished 29th after a blown engine with Wally Dallenbach Sr. as the driver (also making his last NASCAR start). Darrell Waltrip finished on the lead lap of a Winston Cup race for the first time; it was his sixth top-five finish of the season.


1974 National 500, Race report
The winner of the race received $22,575 in race winnings ($118,465.44 in when adjusted for inflation) while the last place finisher received $649 in race winnings ($3,405.72 when adjusted for inflation). The lead changed hands 47 times among 11 drivers and was the most competitive Charlotte race in the track's history to that point (the track completed its 15th season of racing).


1974 National 500, Race report
Notable crew chiefs in attendance  were Tim Brewer, Jake Elder, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Tom Vandiver, and Bud Moore.


1974 National 500, Race report
Even though this race was considered a classic during the 1970s, sparse television coverage has caused it to be lost through the years; a filmed package of the event was aired in late October 1974 on Wide World of Sports. Information about this race has been found in NASCAR's archives and were "unearthed" following David Pearson's induction to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.


1974 National 500, Finishing order
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased * Driver failed to finish race


1974 National Challenge Cup
The 1974 National Challenge Cup was the 61st edition of the United States Soccer Football Association's annual open soccer championship. Teams from the North American Soccer League declined to participate. The Greek American AA of New York City defeated the Croatian SC of Chicago in the final game. The match was held on June 2.


1974 National Invitation Tournament
The 1974 National Invitation Tournament was the 1974 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.


1974 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.


1974 National League Championship Series
The 1974 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that matched the East Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the sixth NLCS in all. The Dodgers won the Series three games to one and lost the 1974 World Series to the Oakland Athletics.


1974 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Dodgers had been winless in six games played at Pittsburgh during the regular season but they remedied that situation in postseason play. In the opening game, Don Sutton of the Dodgers was opposed to Jerry Reuss. The Pirate lefty yielded just one run in seven innings (on a bases-loaded walk to Davey Lopes in the second), but left the game in favor of an ineffectual pinch-hitter. Dave Giusti came on in the eighth inning and gave up two insurance runs in the ninth on Jim Wynn's RBI double with one on, followed by Joe Ferguson's RBI single. Meanwhile, Sutton set the Pittsburgh club down on four hits and no runs.


1974 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Dodgers struck first in Game 2 on Steve Garvey's RBI single in the first with two on off of Jim Rooker. Ron Cey's leadoff home run in the fourth extended their lead to 2–0. The Pittsburgh string of scoreless innings was extended to 15 before the Pirates finally got on the board in the seventh inning off of Andy Messersmith. After two leadoff singles and sacrifice bunt, one run came in on a Richie Hebner groundout and the other on an Al Oliver high bouncer that escaped third baseman Cey's glove and was scored on a single.


1974 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
With the game tied going into the eighth inning, it was a battle between ace relievers Mike Marshall, of Los Angeles, and Dave Giusti. Giusti could not retire even one batter. After a leadoff double and subsequent single, back-to-back RBI singles by Willie Crawford and Manny Mota aided by an error by catcher Manny Sanguillén put the Dodgers back in front 4–2. Davey Lopes's RBI single off of Larry Demery extended their lead to 5–2 while Marshall retired six straight batters in the last two innings to give the Dodgers a 2–0 series lead heading to Los Angeles.


1974 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
A record crowd for Dodger Stadium (55,953) showed up for Game 3 with the home team one win away from the World Series, but the Pirates hammered starter Doug Rau in the top of the first. After a leadoff single and one-out walk, Willie Stargell's three-run home run put the Pirates up 3–0. One out later, an error, the first of five the Dodgers committed in the game, allowed Bob Robertson to reach base before Richie Hebner's two-run home run extended the lead to 5–0.


1974 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the fourth, back-to-back two-out RBI singles by Hebner and Mario Mendoza with two on off of Charlie Hough made it 7–0 Pirates. Bruce Kison gave up only two hits in the 6 2⁄3 innings he worked and his reliever Ramón Hernández, slammed the door on the Dodgers the rest of the way as the Pirates staved off elimination.


1974 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Don Sutton and Jerry Reuss, as in the opener, were the opposing pitchers in the fourth game. Sutton was just as good as he ever was, permitting but one run (on Willie Stargell's home run in the seventh) and three hits and striking out seven in eight innings of work before allowing the ubiquitous Mike Marshall to close.


1974 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Reuss and three relievers, on the other hand, were hammered. Davey Lopes walked to lead off the first, stole second and scored on Jim Wynn's double. In the third, Steve Garvey's home run after a walk made it 3–0. In the fifth, Garvey's second home run of the game, also after a walk off of Ken Brett, extended the lead to 5–0.


1974 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Next inning, Steve Yeager drew a leadoff walk off of Larry Demery, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a triple by Davey Lopes, who himself scored on second baseman Rennie Stennett's errant throw to third. Next inning, after a leadoff single and walk, Dave Giusti relieved Demery and allowed RBI singles to Bill Russell and Don Sutton to extend the Dodgers' lead to 9–1. In the eighth, Giusti allowed a one-out single and walk before Joe Ferguson's RBI single made it 10–1 Dodgers. After an intentional walk loaded the bases, Russell's two-run single capped the game's scoring at 12–1 as the Dodgers advanced to the 1974 World Series with the largest margin of victory in a championship series game.


1974 National Soccer League season
The 1974 National Soccer League season was the fifty-first season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in April and concluded in late October with Toronto Croatia defeating Toronto Homer for the NSL Championship. The regular season title was clinched by the Serbian White Eagles, and as a result faced the Challenge Trophy champions Calgary Springer Kickers for the Canadian Open Cup and successfully claimed the title. The NSL Cup was won by Toronto Italia after defeating Toronto First Portuguese.


1974 National Soccer League season
The league experienced a further increase in match attendance, and contributed an instrumental role in the construction of Lamport Stadium. Toronto Croatia became involved with the Toronto Metros to form Toronto Metros-Croatia to compete in the 1975 North American Soccer League season.


1974 National Soccer League season, Overview
The membership in the league increased to 19 members with the additions of Toronto Macedonia, and the Quebec Selects. The Selects were a developmental team sponsored by the Quebec government, and Macedonia was another ethnic associated club that represented the Macedonian diaspora in Toronto. The previous time the Macedonian community participated in the NSL was in the 1962 season. The increase in teams prompted the league ownership to partition the league into two separate divisions with a promotion and relegation system for the following season.


1974 National Soccer League season, Overview
The average match attendance increased from the previous season with the Serbian White Eagles, and Toronto Homer as the vanguard clubs in match attendance. The match attendance throughout the NSL would range from 10,000 to 400 spectators. The NSL experienced further riots and fan violence which were primarily fueled by ethic rivalries amongst the ethnically associated clubs. The frequent hooliganism throughout the season caused several referees to refuse to officiate several NSL matches. The league responded by issuing heavier fines, and suspensions to the responsible parties. On the North American Soccer League front the Toronto Metros were experiencing financial difficulties, which resulted in Toronto Croatia becoming an equal financial partner in order to form Toronto Metros-Croatia.


1974 National Soccer League season, Cup
The cup tournament was a separate contest from the rest of the season in which all nineteen teams took part. The tournament would conclude in a two-legged match final for the Cup.


1974 National Soccer League season, Canadian Open Cup
The Canadian Open Cup was a tournament organized by the National Soccer League in 1971 where the NSL champion would face the Challenge Trophy winners to determine the best team throughout the country. The 1974 edition served as a qualifier match to determine the Canadian representative to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Serbian White Eagles were the NSL representative for the 1974 competition while their opponents were Calgary Springer Kickers, who were the Alberta Cup, and Challenge Trophy titleholders.


1974 National Society of Film Critics Awards
The 9th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 1975, honored the best filmmaking of 1974.


1974 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1974 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The team was led by second-year head coach George Welsh.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Alward, Tom #63 (Sr.) GAnthony, Monte #49 (So.) IBBahe, Ritch #24 (Sr.) WBBelka, Jim #47 (So.) FBBlock, King (So.) LBBonness, Rik #54 (Jr.) CBorg, Tim #19 (So.) DBBrock, Dan #94 (So.) DTBunkers, Bill (So.) DBBurns, Burton #49 (So.) FBBurns, Ed #17 (So.) QBBurrow, Jim #2 (Jr.) DBButterfield, Dave #34 (So.) DBCabell, Jake #13 (Jr.) DBCarpenter, Jeff #37 (So.) LBClark, Dennis (So.) DTClark, Mike (So.) OTCoccia, Tom #90 (Jr.) DECollura, Joe #7 (So.) MGCostanzo, Rich #77 (Jr.) OTCoyle, Mike #42 (Jr.) PKCrenshaw, Marvin #73 (Sr.) OTDavis, Tom #52 (So.) CDavis, Tony #25 (Jr.) FBDervin, Joe (So.) LBDoak, Mark #71 (Sr.)


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
OTDuda, Rich #50 (Sr.) CEichelberger, Percy #44 (So.) LBEveland, Al #43 (So.) PKEverett, Earl #9 (So.) QBFolsom, Bob (So.) WBFultz, Mike #72 (So.) DTGarcia, Randy #15 (So.) QBGast, Reg (So.) DEGillespie, Dave #28 (So.) IBGissler, Dean #97 (Jr.) DTHanchera, Gary #5 (So.) PKHayes, Bob #76 (So.) OTHegener, Stan #64 (Sr.) GHeiser, Tom #27 (Jr.) WB


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Hertenstein, Scott #98 (So.) DTHeydorff, Mark #22 (Sr.) DBHiggs, Gary #46 (So.) FBHoins, Steve #78 (So.) OTHomola, Ken (So.) TEHouser, Mike (So.) PKHumm, Dave #12 (Sr.) QBHunter, Ken #78 (Jr.) MGJenkins, Brad #92 (So.) TEJohnson, Ardell #29 (Sr.) DBJones, Chuck #35 (Jr.) DBJorgensen, Greg (So.) OGJustice, Jason #38 (So.) FBKucera, Lindsay #41 (So.) FBKyros, George #18 (Sr.) DBLackovic, Tim #80 (Sr.) SELee, John #69 (Jr.) MGLeonardi, Chad #61 (Sr.) OGLessman, Randy #39 (So.) DELingenfelter, Bob #70 (So.) OTLloyd, Jerry (So.) DTLuck, Terry #11 (Jr.) QBMalito, Chuck #89 (So.) SEMarkley, Paul (So.)


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
DBMarkus, Steve #36 (So.) OGMartin, Bob #87 (Jr.) DEMazon, Frank #31 (Jr.) DBMcGuire, Tim #55 (Jr.) OGMcWhorter, Mike (So.) WBMiller, Dan #58 (So.) OGMills, George #75 (Jr.) DTMonds, Wonder #26 (Jr.) DBMoran, Jeff #30 (Sr.) IBMushinskie, Larry #88 (Jr.) TENelson, Bob #57 (Sr.) LBNitzel, Ron #81 (Jr.) SEOffner, Mike #95 (Jr.) DEO'Leary, John #14 (Jr.) IBPanneton, Rick (Jr.) TEPate, Tom #68 (Sr.) DEPavelka, Dennis #74 (Sr.) OT


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Peterson, Matt #82 (Jr.) TEPhillips, Ray #96 (Jr.) DEPillen, Clete #33 (So.) LBPlucknett, John (So.) DTPruitt, Ron #91 (Jr.) DTPullen, Jeff #67 (So.) MGRay, Glen #10 (So.) QBRedding, Dave #84 (Jr.) DEReilly, Tim #56 (Jr.) OGRogers, Terry #40 (Sr.) DBRuud, Tom #45 (Sr.) LBSamuel, Tony #99 (So.) DESchmidt, Dan #51 (So.) OGSchneider, Jeff #1 (Jr.) DBSeeton, Jim #16 (Jr.) DBSenkbeil, Rocky (So.) DBShamblin, Dave #85 (Jr.) SESmith, Kent #23 (So.) DBSpaeth, Ken #86 (So.) TEStacey, Kurt #3 (So.) DBStarkebaum, John #48 (Sr.) LBStovall, Rod (So.) DBStuberg, Wayne #59 (So.) CTalley, Chester #32 (So.) IBTangeman, Steve (So.) TEThomas, Bobby #8 (So.) WBThomas, Tom #53 (Jr.) CThornton, Willie #65 (Jr.) MGValasek, Larry #4 (So.) DBVarner, Rich #6 (So.) CWaldemore, Stan #62 (So.) DTWestbrook, Don #21 (Sr.) WBWied, Jerry #93 (Jr.) DTWieser, Steve #83 (Sr.) DEWightman, Jim (So.) DEYaralian, Zaven (Sr.) DBZabrocki, Dale (So.) WBZanetich, Nick #66 (So.) OG


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Oregon's only score came in the 4th quarter against Nebraska reserves, as the Cornhuskers entirely demolished the Webfoots in Lincoln to open the season 1-0.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's air attack provided the Badgers with a 242-47 passing margin, while Nebraska's ground attack rolled up a 258-77 yard advantage on the ground, and the Cornhuskers led Wisconsin for all but six minutes of the game and were still in front by 6 when the Badgers pulled out a 77-yard touchdown pass and successful PAT with 3:29 in the 4th to pull ahead by 1 point, sending the Cornhuskers home with an early-season loss.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
Nebraska RB Monte Anthony set a new freshman record with his 111 yards on 14 carries as Nebraska rolled up 563 total offensive yards on the way to exacting some revenge on the Big 10 conference following the previous week's loss to Wisconsin.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
Nebraska's wrath toward the Big 10 was not completed yet, as the Cornhuskers steamrolled Minnesota 54-0 in a dominating defeat of the Golden Gophers.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Missouri, while unable to come up with any points of their own early on, still managed to hold Nebraska to a 10-0 lead well into the 4th quarter before suddenly coming to life and putting up 21 unanswered points in a stunning upset that left Nebraska winless at the outset of their conference schedule.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
For the second time this season, #12 Nebraska came off of a loss with a vengeance, smashing #13 Kansas in a 56-0 rout at Lawrence. Nebraska QB Dave Humm set a new Nebraska and Big 8 completion percentage record, a new team and conference season touchdowns record, and a new team/conference/national record of 15 consecutive pass completions, going 23 of 27 with no interceptions for the day, an especially remarkable event considering that the Cornhusker offense was known for its land-based attack. More than half of the sellout crowd were Nebraska fans who made the short drive south.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State outrushed Nebraska 204-167 but was able to produce only a 4th-quarter field goal, as Nebraska was also stymied offensively yet was able to survive the game by riding a single 3rd-quarter touchdown for the win. The Blackshirts saved the day, recovering a Cowboy fumble, reeling in an interception, and blocking a field goal attempt to help preserve the win.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado
Looking at the statistics might suggest this game was close, but Nebraska was comfortably leading 31-0 in the 4th when Cornhusker reserves took over and allowed Colorado to put up some numbers of their own to make it not look so bad. Despite nearly matched final offensive yardage and first down totals, the Buffaloes were unable to overcome a painful 1-5 turnover deficit.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The story of the previous game repeated itself, as Nebraska was out in front with an adequate lead when Cornhusker reserves entered the game to mop things up, which allowed Iowa State to put up 13 points for their game total, merely tying Nebraska's 3rd quarter output.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
For the 8th straight game, the Blackshirts held their opponent scoreless for 3 of 4 quarters in a game, as Nebraska easily defeated Kansas State in Lincoln.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Nebraska had a chance to run with the momentum, after breaking a 7-7 halftime tie open a few minutes into the 3rd quarter and then recovering Oklahoma's fumble on the following kickoff, but the opportunity was wasted when the Cornhuskers could not convert the gift into points, and the game belonged to the Sooners from there on out as Oklahoma put up 21 unanswered points to take back the lead and win.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Unlike the previous three meetings, which were televised nationally to a Thanksgiving Day audience by ABC, this game could not air due to Oklahoma's NCAA probation, which banned the Sooners from television for the 1974 and 1975 regular seasons.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Florida
Florida drew first blood, scoring a relatively early touchdown, and followed it up with a 2nd-quarter field goal to send Nebraska into the locker room at half time down 0-10.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Florida
As the third quarter drew to a close, Nebraska successfully held off the Gators in a goal line stand and then marched 99 yards to close the gap with Florida 7-10 at the start of the 4th, and was able to follow those points with two more field goals to pull ahead by 3, while Florida was unable to respond in kind to the comeback, giving up the game to Nebraska.


1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Rankings, NFL and Pro Players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1974 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.


1974 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1974 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974, and featured incumbent Governor James Exon, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, state Senator Richard D. Marvel. Independent state Senator Ernie Chambers also captured 5% of the vote as a write-in candidate. This was the first gubernatorial election in Nebraska in which the nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor ran as a single ticket, though were chosen in separate primary elections.


1974 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
The 1974 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 24th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.


1974 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches
The 1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches were two avalanches that struck the town of Neskaupstaður in Iceland on 20 December 1974, killing 12 people, including two children.