1974 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

The 1974 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern Mississippi as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their sixth year under head coach P. W. Underwood, the team compiled a 6–5 record.[1]

1974 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumLadd Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
1974 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Notre Dame   –  10 –2 –0
No. 7 Penn State   –  10 –2 –0
Temple   –  8 –2 –0
Boston College   –  8 –3 –0
Utah State   –  8 –3 –0
No. 19 Houston   –  8 –3 –1
Rutgers   –  7 –3 –1
Cincinnati   –  7 –4 –0
Memphis State   –  7 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –  7 –4 –0
Georgia Tech   –  6 –5 –0
Hawaii   –  6 –5 –0
Miami (FL)   –  6 –5 –0
Southern Miss   –  6 –5 –0
Tampa   –  6 –5 –0
Holy Cross   –  5 –5 –1
Tulane   –  5 –6 –0
Colgate   –  4 –6 –0
Northern Illinois   –  4 –7 –0
Navy   –  4 –7 –0
South Carolina   –  4 –7 –0
Virginia Tech   –  4 –7 –0
West Virginia   –  4 –7 –0
Army   –  3 –8 –0
Dayton   –  3 –8 –0
Villanova   –  3 –8 –0
Air Force   –  2 –9 –0
Southern Illinois   –  2 –9 –0
Syracuse   –  2 –9 –0
Florida State   –  1 –10 –0
Marshall   –  1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14at Memphis State
W 6–026,608[2]
September 21at No. 5 Alabama
L 0–5262,000[3]
September 28at Ole Miss
L 14–2029,000[4]
October 5at West Texas State
L 0–315,074[5]
October 12Texas–Arlington
W 39–104,025[6]
October 19VMI
W 15–145,074[7]
October 26at Lamar
L 7–1014,106[8]
November 2at Southwestern Louisiana
W 41–710,360[9]
November 9at Utah State
W 7–310,046[10]
November 16Bowling Green
  • Ladd Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
L 20–383,571[11]
November 23at Tampa
W 11–1014,837[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1974 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  2. "Southern stops MSU Tigers, 6–0". The Jackson Sun. September 15, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Hot Tide cools Southern, 52–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 22, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Ole Miss storms back to trim Southern 20–14". The Clarion-Ledger. September 29, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "West Texas St. beats S. Miss". Abilene Reporter-News. October 6, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Southern generates offense, wins easily". Hattiesburg American. October 13, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "S. Miss drops VMI". The News Leader. October 20, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Late field goal beats Southern". Hattiesburg American. October 27, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Day games too hot for Cajuns". The Daily Advertiser. November 3, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "U-State offense conks out in 7–3 loss". The Herald-Journal. November 10, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Preston sparks Bowling Green". Dayton Daily News. November 17, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Southern lighting strikes Tampa hard". The Tampa Tribune. November 24, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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