| 1974 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1974 NCAA Division I football season |
| 1972 1973 ← → 1975 1976 |
The 1974 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1974. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1974 season. They are:[1] (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA);[2] (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers;[3][4] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers;[5] (4) the United Press International (UPI) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers;[6] and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Other selectors included Football News (FN),[7] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA),[8] The Sporting News (TSN),[9] and Time magazine.[10]
Six players were selected unanimously by all five of the official selectors. The six unanimous All-Americans included running backs Archie Griffin of Ohio State (the 1974 Heisman Trophy winner), Joe Washington of Oklahoma, and Anthony Davis of USC. On defense, the unanimous All-Americans were defensive back Dave Brown of Michigan, linebacker Rod Shoate of Oklahoma, and defensive end Randy White of Maryland.
The Ohio State and Oklahoma teams each had eight players who received first-team honors. The Ohio State honorees were Archie Griffin, tight end Doug France, tackle Kurt Schumacher, center Steve Myers, defensive end Van DeCree, defensive tackle Pete Cusick, defensive back Neal Colzie, and punter Tom Skladany. The Oklahoma honorees were Joe Washington, Rod Shoate, receiver Tinker Owens, guard John Roush, center Kyle Davis, defensive tackle Lee Roy Selmon, middle guard Dewey Selmon, and defensive back Randy Hughes.
The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1974 and displays which first-team designations they received.
| Name | Position | School | Number[a] | Official | Other |
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| Dave Brown | Defensive back | Michigan | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, Time, TSN |
| Rod Shoate | Linebacker | Oklahoma | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, Time, TSN |
| Randy White | Defensive end | Maryland | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, Time, TSN |
| Archie Griffin | Running back | Ohio State | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, TSN |
| Joe Washington | Running back | Oklahoma | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, NEA, TSN |
| Anthony Davis | Running back | USC | 5/2/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | FN, TSN |
| Ken Huff | Offensive guard | North Carolina | 4/3/7 | AFCA, AP, UPI, WC | NEA, Time, TSN |
| Kurt Schumacher | Offensive tackle | Ohio State | 4/3/7 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI, WC | NEA, Time, TSN |
| Peter Demmerle | Wide receiver | Notre Dame | 4/1/5 | AFCA, AP, UPI, WC | NEA |
| Mike Hartenstine | Defensive tackle | Penn State | 4/0/4 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | -- |
| Marvin Crenshaw | Offensive tackle | Nebraska | 3/1/4 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI | FN |
| Ken Bernich | Linebacker | Auburn | 3/0/3 | AFCA, AP, WC | -- |
| Bennie Cunningham | Tight end | Clemson | 3/0/3 | AFCA, AP, UPI | -- |
| Pat Donovan | Defensive end | Stanford | 3/0/3 | AFCA, FWAA, UPI | -- |
| Steve Bartkowski | Quarterback | California | 2/2/4 | AP, UPI | NEA, Time |
| Richard Wood | Linebacker | USC | 2/2/4 | AP, UPI | FN, NEA |
| Gerry DiNardo | Offensive guard | Notre Dame | 2/1/3 | AFCA, UPI | FN |
| Louie Kelcher | Defensive tackle | SMU | 2/1/3 | AP, FWAA | FN |
| Woodrow Lowe | Linebacker | Alabama | 2/1/3 | UPI, WC | FN |
| Steve Myers | Center | Ohio State | 2/1/3 | AP, UPI | FN |
| John Roush | Offensive guard | Oklahoma | 2/1/3 | FWAA, UPI | FN |
| Pat Thomas | Defensive back | Texas A&M | 2/1/3 | AP, FWAA | NEA |
| Rubin Carter | Middle guard | Miami (FL) | 2/0/2 | AFCA, UPI | -- |
| Leroy Cook | Defensive end | Mississippi State | 2/0/2 | AP, FWAA | -- |
| John Provost | Defensive back | Holy Cross | 2/0/2 | AP, WC | -- |
| Jimmy Webb | Defensive end | Mississippi State | 2/0/2 | AFCA, WC | -- |
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