1974 Stanford Cardinals football team

1974 Stanford Cardinals football
1974 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	5–4–2 (5–1–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jack Christiansen (3rd season);
Defensive coordinator	Norb Hecker (3rd season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium

1974 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
	5	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	2
California	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
UCLA	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
Washington	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Washington State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-8 Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Led by third-year head coach Jack Christiansen, the Cardinals were 5–4–2 overall (5–1–1 in Pac-8, second) and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	at No. 8 Penn State*	No. 20	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L 20–24	58,200
September 21	Illinois*	No. 19	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 7–41	47,500
September 28	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		T 21–21	45,000
October 5	No. 4 Michigan*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 16–27	52,500
October 12	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		T 13–13	49,937
October 19	Washington		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 34–17	38,000
October 26	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 20–18	22,000
November 2	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 17–13	38,500
November 9	No. 11 USC		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 10–34	83,500
November 16	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 17–0	18,500
November 23	at No. 19 California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)		W 22–20	71,866
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1973 Stanford Cardinal football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL		Keith Rowen	Sr
FB		Scott Laidlaw	Sr

Defense

Pos.	Name	Class
DE	Pat Donovan	Sr
DE	Roger Stillwell	Sr
LB	John Snider

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1974–1978". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 3, 1973. p. 2B.

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