1974 Stanford Cardinals football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1974

| team = Stanford Cardinals

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Pacific-8 Conference

| short_conf = Pac-8

| record = 5–4–2

| conf_record = 5–1–1

| head_coach = Jack Christiansen

| hc_year = 3rd

| off_coach =

| oc_year =

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Norb Hecker

| dc_year = 3rd

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Stanford Stadium

}}

{{1974 Pacific-8 Conference football standings}}

The 1974 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-8 Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Led by third-year head coach Jack Christiansen, the Cardinals were 5–4–2 overall (5–1–1 in Pac-8, second) and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1974

| poll= AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 14

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 20

| opponent = Penn State

| opprank = 8

| site_stadium = Beaver Stadium

| site_cityst = University Park, PA

| tv = ABC

| score = 20–24

| attend = 58,200

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 21

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| rank = 19

| opponent = Illinois

| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium

| site_cityst = Stanford, CA

| score = 7–41

| attend = 47,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| w/l = t

| nonconf = y

| opponent = San Jose State

| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium

| site_cityst = Stanford, CA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 21–21

| attend = 45,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 5

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Michigan

| opprank = 4

| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium

| site_cityst = Stanford, CA

| score = 16–27

| attend = 52,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| w/l = t

| away = y

| opponent = UCLA

| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA

| score = 13–13

| attend = 49,937

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| w/l = w

| opponent = Washington

| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium

| site_cityst = Stanford, CA

| score = 34–17

| attend = 38,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Washington State

| site_stadium = Martin Stadium

| site_cityst = Pullman, WA

| score = 20–18

| attend = 22,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = w

| opponent = Oregon State

| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium

| site_cityst = Stanford, CA

| score = 17–13

| attend = 38,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 9

| w/l = l

| opponent = USC

| opprank = 11

| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium

| site_cityst = Stanford, CA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 10–34

| attend = 83,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Oregon

| site_stadium = Autzen Stadium

| site_cityst = Eugene, OR

| score = 17–0

| attend = 18,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 23

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = California

| opprank = 19

| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA

| gamename = Big Game

| score = 22–20

| attend = 71,866

}}

}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/stanford/yearly_results.php?year=1974|title=Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1974–1978|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=January 21, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215165230/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/stanford/yearly_results.php?year=1974|archive-date=2013-02-15|url-status=dead}}

{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IzJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5896%2C543502 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=The lineups |date=November 3, 1973 |page=2B}}

Roster

{{American football roster/Header

| year = 1973

| team = Stanford Cardinal

| teamcolors = f

| offensive_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=SR|first=Keith|last=Rowen|pos=OL|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=SR|first=Scott|last=Laidlaw|pos=FB|link=y}}

| defensive_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=SR|first=Pat|last=Donovan|pos=DE|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=SR|first=Roger|last=Stillwell|pos=DE|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=John|last=Snider|pos=LB}}

| special_teams_players=

}}

{{American football roster/Footer

| head_coach = *Jack Christiansen (3rd year)

| asst_coach =

| accessdate=

}}

References

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