1974 Eastern Michigan Hurons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6–1
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDoug Graber (3rd season)
CaptainJohn Banaszak, Mike Nally
Home stadiumRynearson Stadium
Seasons
← 1973
1975 →
1974 NCAA Division II independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Central Michigan ^   –   12 – 1 – 0
No. 6 UNLV ^   –   12 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Delaware ^   –   12 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Western Carolina ^   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 9 Tennessee State   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Youngstown State ^   –   8 – 2 – 0
Santa Clara   –   7 – 3 – 0
Wayne State (MI)   –   7 – 3 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 4 – 0
Central State (OH)   –   6 – 5 – 0
Akron   –   5 – 5 – 0
Indiana State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Nevada   –   5 – 6 – 0
Portland State   –   5 – 6 – 0
American International   –   4 – 5 – 0
Eastern Michigan   –   4 – 6 – 1
Milwaukee   –   4 – 6 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   4 – 6 – 0
Eastern Illinois   –   3 – 6 – 1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   –   3 – 5 – 0
Chattanooga   –   4 – 7 – 0
Nebraska–Omaha   –   3 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   2 – 8 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   0 – 10 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1974 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. In their first season under head coach George Mans, the Hurons compiled a 4–6–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 178 to 143.[1]

Coach Mans had been an assistant football coach at the University of Michigan since 1966. He was hired by Eastern Michigan in February 1974.[2] In his first season as head coach, the Hurons started the season with only one win in the first four games, but the team finished strong, going 3–2–1 in the final five games. The team's victories were against Western Michigan (20–19), Northern Michigan (24–0), Ball State (17–9), and Toledo (28–12).[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7at Miami (OH)
L 0–39
September 14Western Michigan
W 20–19
September 21Northeast Louisiana
  • Rynearson Stadium
  • Ypsilanti, MI
L 14–17[4]
September 28Kent State dagger
  • Rynearson Stadium
  • Ypsilanti, MI
L 0–1312,000[5]
October 5at Arkansas State
L 7–14[6]
October 12at McNeese State
T 6–69,000[7]
October 19at Northern MichiganMarquette, MIW 24–0
October 26Ball State
  • Rynearson Stadium
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 17–9
November 2 No. 8 Central Michigan
  • Rynearson Stadium
  • Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry)
L 13–2814,000[8]
November 16at Weber State
L 14–21
November 23at Toledo
W 28–12
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 164, 170. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Mans' New Job". Dunkirk Evening Observer (UPI story). February 28, 1974. p. 23.
  3. ^ "Northern Michigan has eye on playoff spot". Record-Eagle. November 14, 1975.
  4. ^ "Eastern loses, 17–14". Detroit Free Press. September 22, 1974. p. 6E. Retrieved January 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Record FG Helps Kent Sink EMU". Detroit Free Press. p. 6E – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Arkansas State rallies to knock off EMU, 14–7". The Times Herald. October 6, 1974. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "McNeese ties E. Michigan". The Shreveport Times. October 13, 1974. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Central Chugs Along -- Eastern Falls, 28-13". Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1974. p. 6E – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Final 1974 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2022.


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