1974 Vermont Catamounts football team
American college football season
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The 1974 Vermont Catamounts football team represented the Vermont Catamounts football team of the University of Vermont during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. Notably, the team came from behind 14-0 to defeat UMass 25-14 (and after they had just come off shutout victories over Dartmouth and Maine[1]) for the first win against them at all since 1954 and for the first time at UMass since 1921. After the season the university student yearbook would say "This was the year that no one laughed at U.V. M. Football . . . A lot can be said for the 1974 Football Catamounts and what the future held in store for them. The Cats had the beginnings of what it takes to be winners both physically and mentally . . . The 1974 Vermont Catamounts were a young team with over forty lettermen. They indeed were going to be a team to watch."[2] This was and remains Vermont's last season with an NCAA program.
- Carl Falivene (3rd season)
| 1974 Vermont Catamounts football | |
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| Conference | Yankee Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (1–5 Yankee) |
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| Home stadium | Centennial Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 14 | Norwich* | W 28–26 | 6,384–8,912 | [3] | |
| September 21 | at Connecticut | L 22–36 | 4,752–8,752 | [4][5] | |
| September 28 | Boston University |
| L 6–29 | 3,750–3,950 | [6][7][8] |
| October 5 | at UMass | W 25–14 | 13,500 | [9] | |
| October 12 | at Rhode Island | L 0–14 | 5,212 | [10][11] | |
| October 19 | New Hampshire |
| L 21–38 | 7,550–9,123 | [12] |
| October 26 | Rochester* |
| W 21–12 | 2,844 | [13] |
| November 2 | at Maine |
| L 27–31 | 1,700–2,900 | [14][15] |
| November 9 | Northeastern* |
| W 22–14 | 2,730–3,783 | [16] |
| November 16 | American International* |
| L 15–41 | 2,300 | [17] |
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