1974 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1974 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	4–7 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Earle Bruce (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Seaman (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Tom Harper (1st season)
Captain	Phil Danowsky, Rick Howe, Mike Strachan
Home stadium	Clyde Williams Field

1974 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Missouri	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
No. 9 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their second year under head coach Earle Bruce, the Cyclones compiled a 4–7 record (2–5 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 198 to 186.

This was the Cyclones' final season playing their home games at Clyde Williams Field before moving into the modern Jack Trice Stadium, where Iowa State has played ever since.

Phil Danowsky, Rick Howe, and Mike Strachan were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	7:30 pm	at Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 3–24	38,542
September 21	3:30 pm	at Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 28–31	48,119
September 28	1:30 pm	BYU*	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	W 34–7	29,419
October 5	1:30 pm	New Mexico*	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	W 27–3	31,529
October 12	2:30 pm	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 7–34	47,672–50,593
October 19	1:30 pm	Kansas State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	W 23–18	33,587
October 26	1:30 pm	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 22–6	29,634–31,134
November 2	1:30 pm	No. 2 Oklahoma	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	L 10–28	33,580
November 9	1:30 pm	No. 9 Nebraska	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	L 13–23	34,341
November 16	1:30 pm	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	L 7–10	47,430
November 23	1:30 pm	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 12–14	29,248
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Iowa State	Previous job
Earle Bruce	Head coach	2nd	Tampa (HC)
Tom Harper	Defensive coordinator	1st	Jacksonville Sharks (DC)
Bob Seaman	Offensive coordinator	1st	Wichita State (HC)
Dante Scarnecchia	Defensive rovers, secondary	2nd	California Western (OL)
Charlie Lyle	Secondary	2nd	Tampa (asst.)
Tom Backhus	Offensive guards, centers	2nd	Tampa (asst.)
Bob Tucker	Defensive ends	2nd	Wichita State (asst.)
Keith Kephart	Junior varsity coach	7th
Larry Hunt	Assistant defensive line	1st	First coaching job
Tom Lichtenberg	Offensive backfield	1st	Morehead State
John Wiley	Recruiting	1st	Iowa
Randy Hart	Defensive tackles	2nd	Tampa (asst.)
Al Lavan	Wide Receivers	1st	Louisville
Rick Bankston	Defensive guards, strength	2nd	Tampa (asst.)

Roster

1974 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 8 Buddy Hardeman So QB 9 Rusty Shelley So QB 10 Mike Tryon So QB 12 Tom Mason Jr ROV 18 Wayne Stanley Jr RB 20 Mike Williams So FB 22 Ed Morton Jr FB 23 Frank Cooper So WR 25 Sheldon Morton So WR 27 Forry Smith Jr RB 28 John Solomon Fr WR 32 Jerry Moses Sr RB 33 Mike Strachan Sr WR 34 Jim Wingender Jr FB 36 Clarence Isler Fr RB 37 Neal Moses So FB 40 Phil Danowsky Sr WR 42 Greg Grove Jr FB 43 Curtis Bryant So WR 48 Anthony Norman So C 53 Jeff Jones Jr C 54 John Fritsch Jr G 55 Rod Stoffel So OT 57 Arlen Ciechanowski Sr G 59 Jack Thomas Jr OT 62 John Wodziak So OT 64 Terry Andringa Sr G 65 Rick Chiaculas Jr C 66 Terry Reelitz Jr G 67 Bob Bos Jr G 69 Wally Yelverton So OT 70 Randy Young So OT 71 Greg Miller So OT 72 Karl Schueneman So G 73 Sherman Miller Sr G 75 Dave Greenwood So OT 78 Jon McCarthy Jr WR 80 Dave Brosher So WR 81 Nelson Taylor Fr WR 82 Clive Sands Jr WR 83 Rob Overton Sr WR 85 Al Dixon So WR 87 Steve Hicks So TE 88 Guy Preston Fr TE 89 Glover Rogers So TE 96 Kevin Cartier Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 13 Lorenzo Johnson Jr ROV 14 Tony Hawkins So ROV 16 Mark Williams Jr CB 17 Jerry Jaksich So CB 19 Ramsey Jay Sr CB 23 Steve Wilson So S 24 Rob Bolks Sr DE 25 Joe Palmisano Jr CB 31 Bill Larkin So CB 35 Rick Blabolil Fr ROV 38 Sy Bassett Sr LB 39 Mike Larsen Fr LB 41 Gerry Forge Sr LB 43 Bruce Beaman Sr S 44 Barry Hill Sr LB 45 Mark Clarey So ROV 47 Barry Barritt So LB 49 Mike Gnade Jr DL 50 Jimmy Potter Jr LB 51 Lagrant Anthony So DE 52 Craig Volkens So DT 56 Rick Howe Sr LB 58 Bob Police So LB 60 Brad Storm Sr DT 61 Ron McFarland So DT 63 Dan Hanover So DT 63 Mike Stensrud Fr DT 64 Tom Randall Fr DL 68 Kevin Cunningham Fr G 74 Mitch Omer So DT 76 Bob Herman Sr DT 77 Gerry Petsch So DT 79 Mitch Hallett Sr DE 90 Maynard Stensrud So DE 92 Andre Roundtree Sr DE 93 Lenzy Perine So DE 94 Les Leonard Jr DE 95 Ray King Jr DT 96 Duane Ohrt Sr LB 97 Mark Benda So DT 98 Pierre Gelinas Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 5 Scott Kollman So K 21 Scott Bradley Sr K 29 Tom Goedjen Sr K 97 Doug Lenth Jr	Head coach Earle Bruce (2nd year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Tom Harper (DC) Bob Seaman (OC) Dante Scarnecchia (Secondary) Charlie Lyle (Secondary) Tom Backhus (G/C) Bob Tucker (DE) Larry Hunt (asst. DL) Tom Lichtenberg (Off. Backfield) John Wiley (Rec.) Keith Kephart (JV) Randy Hart (DT) Al Lavan (WR) Rick Bankston (Def. Guards/Strength) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt