1974 Miami Hurricanes football team

1974 NCAA Division I independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Led by Pete Elliott in his second and final year as head coach, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season with a record of 6–5.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at No. 19 Houston		Jeppesen Stadium Houston, TX		W 20–3	18.767
September 28	at Tampa	No. 20	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL		W 28–26	40,672
October 4	No. 11 Auburn	No. 16	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		L 0–3	33,490
October 11	Pacific (CA)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 35–6	15,184
October 19	at West Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 21–20	32,800
October 26	at No. 7 Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	ABC	L 7–38	59,075
November 1	Virginia Tech		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		W 14–7	20,134	^[1]
November 8	Florida State		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		L 14–21	19,785
November 16	No. 2 Alabama		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		L 7–28	26,265
November 22	Syracuse		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 14–7	12,208
November 30	at Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		L 7–31	48,563
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Hurricanes breeze past VPI". Fort Pierce Tribune. November 2, 1974. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1974 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 10, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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1974 NCAA Division I independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 6 Notre Dame		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Penn State		–		10	–	2	–	0
Temple		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	3	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Houston		–		8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		7	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		6	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	5	–	0
Tampa		–		6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		5	–	5	–	1
Tulane		–		5	–	6	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	6	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		3	–	8	–	0
Dayton		–		3	–	8	–	0
Villanova		–		3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		2	–	9	–	0
Syracuse		–		2	–	9	–	0
Florida State		–		1	–	10	–	0
Marshall		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll