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1974 Clemson

7–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Red Parker.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1974, game by game: lost at Texas A&M 0–24; lost at No. 15 NC State 10–31; won vs. Georgia Tech 21–17; won vs. Georgia 28–24; lost at Maryland 0–41; won vs. Duke 17–13; lost at Tennessee 28–29; won at Wake Forest 21–9; won vs. North Carolina 54–32; won vs. Virginia 28–9; won vs. South Carolina 39–21+22−41Lost 0–24 at Texas A&M-24Texas A&MLost 10–31 at No. 15 NC State-21No. 15 NC StateWon 21–17 vs. Georgia Tech+4Georgia TechWon 28–24 vs. Georgia+4GeorgiaLost 0–41 at Maryland-41MarylandWon 17–13 vs. Duke+4DukeLost 28–29 at Tennessee-1TennesseeWon 21–9 at Wake Forest+12Wake ForestWon 54–32 vs. North Carolina+22North CarolinaWon 28–9 vs. Virginia+19VirginiaWon 39–21 vs. South Carolina+18South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atTexas A&ML 0–⁠2436%
Sep 21at15NC StateL 10–⁠3118%
Sep 28vsGeorgia TechW 21–⁠1749%
Oct 5vsGeorgiaW 28–⁠2437%
Oct 12atMarylandL 0–⁠4126%
Oct 19vsDukeW 17–⁠1350%
Oct 26atTennesseeL 28–⁠2928%
Nov 2atWake ForestW 21–⁠970%
Nov 9vsNorth CarolinaW 54–⁠3247%
Nov 16vsVirginiaW 28–⁠969%
Nov 23vsSouth CarolinaW 39–⁠2167%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 39–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1974.

Consensus All-AmericanBennie Cunningham, TE

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
246–⁠250
Coach
Red Parker
Elo
1533 +84 this season
SP+ rating
8.9 No. 42 of 124; offense No. 28, defense No. 71
SRS
7.5 No. 39 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Don Murry
Defensive coordinator
Harold Steelman
Captains
Willie Anderson, Mark Fellers, Jim Ness and Ken Peeples

All-ACC

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland6–⁠08–⁠413
NC State4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠111
Clemson4–⁠27–⁠4
North Carolina4–⁠27–⁠5
Duke2–⁠46–⁠5
Virginia1–⁠54–⁠7
Wake Forest0–⁠61–⁠10

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