1974 Southern Jaguars football team

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.

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

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*	Pumphrey Stadium 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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