1974 Southern Jaguars football team

1974 Southern Jaguars football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	8–3 (3–3 SWAC)
Head coach	Charles Bates (3rd season)
Home stadium	University Stadium
Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

1974 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AP small college poll for Grambling State and Alconrn State and NAIA Division I poll for Jackson State and Southern

The 1974 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Charles Bates in his third season as head coach, the Jaguars compiled an overall record of 8–3 and a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the SWAC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	at Tuskegee*	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	W 33–22	20,000	^[1]
September 21	at Texas Southern	Jeppesen Stadium Houston, TX	L 6–14	22,000	^[2]
September 28	Prairie View A&M	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 34–7	16,000	^[3]
October 5	at Mississippi Valley State	Magnolia Stadium Itta Bena, MS	W 21–17	8,500	^[4]
October 12	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	Pine Bluff, AR	W 48–7	6,500	^[5]
October 19	Jackson State	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 21–19	20,000	^[6]
October 26	at No. 12 Alcorn State	Henderson Stadium Lorman, MS	L 14–23	8,400–21,080	^[7]^[8]
November 2	at Nebraska–Omaha*	Al F. Caniglia Field Omaha, NE	W 21–7	2,500	^[9]
November 9	at Cal State Los Angeles*	Campus Stadium Los Angeles, CA	W 42–8	10,000–10,079	^[10]
November 16	Florida A&M*	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 24–8	16,000	^[11]
November 23	vs. No. 7 Grambling State	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Bayou Classic)	L 0–21	76,700–76,753	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

^ "Southern turns back Tuskegee". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 15, 1974. Retrieved August 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "TSU clips Southern U." The Port Arthur News. September 22, 1974. Retrieved June 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Southern, 34–7". The Alexandria Daily Town Talk. September 29, 1974. Retrieved August 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Valley St. falls 21–17 to Jaguars". The Clarion-Ledger. October 6, 1974. Retrieved August 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UAPB loses". El Dorado News-Times. October 13, 1974. Retrieved August 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Southern, 21–19". The Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 20, 1974. Retrieved August 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Unbeaten Alcorn edges Southern Jaguars 23–14". The Clarion-Ledger. October 27, 1974. Retrieved August 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "College-Division Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
^ "UNO luck sour in 21–7 loss". Omaha World-Herald. November 3, 1974. Retrieved August 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ross Newhan (November 9, 1974). "Southern Routs Cal State L.A., 42–8". The Los Angeles Times. p. III-5. Retrieved February 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Southern tips Rattlers". The Miami Herald. November 17, 1974. Retrieved August 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grambling Blanks Southern 21–0". The Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 24, 1974 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Final 1974 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
^ "Southern Yearly Results". CFB Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

v t e Southern Jaguars football
Venues	A. W. Mumford Stadium (1928–present) BREC Memorial Stadium
Bowls & rivalries	Grambling State: Bayou Classic Jackson State
Culture & lore	Lacumba The Human Jukebox Marching bands brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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