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1974 App State

6–⁠5 (4–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Jim Brakefield.

Schedule and results

App State in 1974, game by game: won at East Tennessee State 16–7; won vs. Middle Tennessee 18–7; won at Davidson 30–0; lost vs. Western Carolina 17–21; lost at Tennessee Tech 14–24; lost vs. Lenoir Rhyne 10–31; won at East Carolina 23–21; lost at The Citadel 17–28; won vs. Furman 27–3; lost at South Carolina 18–21; won at Richmond 14–13+30−21Won 16–7 at East Tennessee State+9East Tennessee …Won 18–7 vs. Middle Tennessee+11Middle TennesseeWon 30–0 at Davidson+30DavidsonLost 17–21 vs. Western Carolina-4Western CarolinaLost 14–24 at Tennessee Tech-10Tennessee TechLost 10–31 vs. Lenoir Rhyne-21Lenoir RhyneWon 23–21 at East Carolina+2East CarolinaLost 17–28 at The Citadel-11The CitadelWon 27–3 vs. Furman+24FurmanLost 18–21 at South Carolina-3South CarolinaWon 14–13 at Richmond+1Richmond
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atEast Tennessee StateW 16–⁠765%
Sep 14vsMiddle TennesseeW 18–⁠760%
Sep 21atDavidsonW 30–⁠049%
Sep 28vsWestern CarolinaL 17–⁠2179%
Oct 5atTennessee TechL 14–⁠2471%
Oct 12vsLenoir RhyneL 10–⁠3174%
Oct 19atEast CarolinaW 23–⁠219%
Oct 26atThe CitadelL 17–⁠2846%
Nov 2vsFurmanW 27–⁠343%
Nov 9atSouth CarolinaL 18–⁠2124%
Nov 16atRichmondW 14–⁠1321%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Richmond 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 58 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
204–⁠176
Coach
Jim Brakefield
Elo
1294 +1 this season
SP+ rating
-4.5 No. 86 of 124; offense No. 90, defense No. 75
SRS
−4.0 No. 81 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1974 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
VMI5–⁠17–⁠4
App State4–⁠16–⁠5
East Carolina3–⁠37–⁠4
Richmond3–⁠35–⁠5
The Citadel3–⁠44–⁠7
William & Mary2–⁠34–⁠7
Furman2–⁠45–⁠6
Davidson0–⁠30–⁠3

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.