1974 Alcorn State Braves football team
American college football season
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The 1974 Alcorn State Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn State University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during 1974 NCAA Division II football season. In their 11th season under head coach Marino Casem, the Braves compiled an 9–2 record (5–1 against conference opponents), won the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 282 to 161.[1] Alcorn State advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, where the lost to UNLV in the quarterfinals.
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
APNo. 14
Record9–2 (5–1 SWAC)
Headcoach
- Marino Casem (11th season)
| 1974 Alcorn State Braves football | |
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Black college football national co-champion SWAC co-champion | |
NCAA Division II Quarterfinal, L 22–35 at UNLV | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 14 |
| Record | 9–2 (5–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Henderson Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Grambling State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Alcorn State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Jackson State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Southern | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alcorn State was recognized as the black college national champion and was ranked No. 14 in the final Associated Press small college rankings.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 14 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | W 24–12 | 15,000 | [2] | ||||
| September 21 | at No. 5 Grambling State | W 19–14 | 17,200–17,859 | [3][4] | ||||
| September 28 | North Carolina Central* |
| W 14–12 | 14,600 | [5] | |||
| October 5 | at South Carolina State* | W 14–0 | 12,000 | [6] | ||||
| October 12 | Texas Southern |
| W 37–34 | 19,000 | [7] | |||
| October 26 | Southern | No. 12 |
| W 23–14 | 8,400–21,080 | [8][9] | ||
| November 2 | Bishop* | No. 10 |
| W 38–0 | 19,460 | [10] | ||
| November 9 | at Mississippi Valley State | No. 9 | W 30–21 | 15,235 | [11] | |||
| November 16 | at Prairie View A&M | No. 9 | W 48–0 | 8,000 | [12] | |||
| November 23 | Jackson State | No. 8 |
| L 13–19 | 18,000–24,000 | [13][14] | ||
| November 30 | at No. 2 UNLV* | No. 12 | L 22–35 | 12,689 | [15] | |||
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