The 1974 Army Cadets football team represented the

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in the

1974 NCAA Division I football season The 1974 NCAA Division I football season finished with two national champions. The Associated Press (AP) writers' poll ranked the University of Oklahoma, which was on probation and barred by the NCAA from postseason play, No. 1 at season's end. ...

. In their first year under head coach Homer Smith, the Cadets compiled a 3–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 306 to 156. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 19 to 0 score. No Army players were selected as first-team players on the

1974 College Football All-America Team The 1974 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1974. The National Collegiate Athletic Asso ...

Schedule

Personnel

*Not listed (missing number/class/position): Gary Smithey

Season summary

Lafayette

vs Navy

75th meeting; President Gerald Ford in attendance

References

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