1974 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1974 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 24
Champions Howard (1st title)*
*1971 title vacated
Runners-up Saint Louis Billikens (13th title game)
Matches played 23
Goals scored 85 (3.7 per match)

The 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the sixteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Howard Bison won their second national title (their first title in 1971 was vacated by the NCAA) by defeating the two-time defending champion Saint Louis Billikens, 2-1 after four overtimes. The final match was played on December 7, 1974 in St. Louis, Missouri at the Busch Memorial Stadium.[1][2]

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
   Connecticut 4  
   Bridgeport 1  
     Connecticut (3OT) 4  
       Brown 3  
   Brown 5
   Harvard 1  
     Connecticut 0  
     Hartwick College 2  
   Hartwick College 1  
   Oneonta State 0  
     Hartwick College (4OT) 3
       Cornell 2  
   Cornell 4
   St. Francis (NY) 2  
     Hartwick College 1
     Howard 2
   Howard 2  
   George Washington 0  
     Howard 1
       Clemson 0  
   Clemson (2OT) 3
   Navy 2  
     Howard 5
     Philadelphia U. 3  
   Philadelphia U. 4  
   Fairleigh Dickinson 2  
     Philadelphia U. 1
       Bucknell 0  
   Penn State 0
   Bucknell 1  
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
        
     SIU Edwardsville 2  
       Indiana 0  
      
        
     SIU Edwardsville 1  
     Saint Louis (3OT) 2  
        
        
     Saint Louis 1
       Cleveland State 0  
      
        
     Saint Louis (2OT) 2
     UCLA 1
        
        
     UCLA (3OT) 3
       San Jose State 2  
      
        
     UCLA 1
     San Francisco 0  
        
        
     San Francisco 3
       Cal State Chico 1  
      

Championship Rounds

Third-Place Final

Final

4 January 1974
Howard 2–1 (4OT) Saint Louis
Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 2,921

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