1974 All-America college football team

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The 1974 All-America college football 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 Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1974 season. They are: [1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); [2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; [3] [4] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; [5] (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers; [6] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Other selectors included Football News (FN), [7] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), [8] The Sporting News (TSN), [9] and Time magazine. [10]

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Six players were selected unanimously by all five of the official selectors. The six unanimous All-Americans included running backs Archie Griffin of Ohio State (the 1974 Heisman Trophy winner), Joe Washington of Oklahoma, and Anthony Davis of USC. On defense, the unanimous All-Americans were defensive back Dave Brown of Michigan, linebacker Rod Shoate of Oklahoma, and defensive end Randy White of Maryland.

The Ohio State and Oklahoma teams each had eight players who received first-team honors. The Ohio State honorees were Archie Griffin, tight end Doug France, tackle Kurt Schumacher, center Steve Myers, defensive end Van DeCree, defensive tackle Pete Cusick, defensive back Neal Colzie, and punter Tom Skladany. The Oklahoma honorees were Joe Washington, Rod Shoate, receiver Tinker Owens, guard John Roush, center Kyle Davis, defensive tackle Lee Roy Selmon, middle guard Dewey Selmon, and defensive back Randy Hughes.

Consensus All-Americans

The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1974 and displays which first-team designations they received.

NamePositionSchoolNumber [a] OfficialOther
Dave Brown Defensive back Michigan 5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, Time, TSN
Rod Shoate Linebacker Oklahoma 5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, Time, TSN
Randy White Defensive end Maryland 5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, Time, TSN
Archie Griffin Running back Ohio State 5/3/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, TSN
Joe Washington Running back Oklahoma 5/3/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, NEA, TSN
Anthony Davis Running back USC 5/2/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WCFN, TSN
Ken Huff Offensive guardNorth Carolina4/3/7AFCA, AP, UPI, WCNEA, Time, TSN
Kurt Schumacher Offensive tackle Ohio State 4/3/7AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WCNEA, Time, TSN
Peter Demmerle Wide receiver Notre Dame 4/1/5AFCA, AP, UPI, WCNEA
Mike Hartenstine Defensive tacklePenn State4/0/4AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI--
Marvin Crenshaw Offensive tackle Nebraska 3/1/4AFCA, FWAA, UPIFN
Ken Bernich LinebackerAuburn3/0/3AFCA, AP, WC--
Bennie Cunningham Tight end Clemson 3/0/3AFCA, AP, UPI--
Pat Donovan Defensive end Stanford 3/0/3AFCA, FWAA, UPI--
Steve Bartkowski Quarterback California 2/2/4AP, UPINEA, Time
Richard Wood LinebackerUSC2/2/4AP, UPIFN, NEA
Gerry DiNardo Offensive guardNotre Dame2/1/3AFCA, UPIFN
Louie Kelcher Defensive tackleSMU2/1/3AP, FWAAFN
Woodrow Lowe LinebackerAlabama2/1/3UPI, WCFN
Steve MyersCenterOhio State2/1/3AP, UPIFN
John Roush Offensive guardOklahoma2/1/3FWAA, UPIFN
Pat Thomas Defensive backTexas A&M2/1/3AP, FWAANEA
Rubin Carter Middle guardMiami (FL)2/0/2AFCA, UPI--
Leroy Cook Defensive endMississippi State2/0/2AP, FWAA--
John Provost Defensive backHoly Cross2/0/2AP, WC--
Jimmy Webb Defensive endMississippi State2/0/2AFCA, WC--
  1. This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.

Offense

Receivers

Tight ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Defensive ends

Defensive tackles

Middle guards

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

Key

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 10. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Griffin, Davis Head Coaches' All-America". Valley Morning Star (TX). November 29, 1974. p. B5.
  3. 1 2 "USC Star All-America 3rd Time; 3 SWC Players Named On Defense". The Corpus Christi Times. December 6, 1974. p. 10B.
  4. "Pacific-8 has three AP All-Americans". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 6, 1974. p. 3D.
  5. 1 2 Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "UPI All-America Football Team". The Indianapolis Star. December 5, 1974. p. 80.
  7. 1 2 "4 Sooners Make Football News All-American". The Indianapolis Star. December 2, 1974. p. 26.
  8. 1 2 "1974 NEA All-America". Delaware County Daily Times. December 6, 1974. p. 22.
  9. 1 2 "Sporting News Tabs Humm All-American". The Lincoln Star (Nebraska). December 11, 1974. p. 57.
  10. 1 2 "Time Magazine Picks All-America Players". The Naples Daily News. December 9, 1974. p. 4C.