Ivy League 1974

And now, the Ivy League of 1974, in order of league record. Harvard and Yale shared the Ancient Eight title with 6-1 records.

A few items of note:

* Harvard topped previously undefeated Yale in the season finale, 21-16, to snag a share of the league title on a 90-yard, fourth-quarter drive led by QB Milt Holt, who a year later started in the final game in the long, illustrious history of the World Football League. Sports Illustrated's take on the game (excuse me, The Game) can be found here.

* Take a close look at Harvard's helmets. The decal on the helmet reads "1874-1974 the REAL football centennial." It was a "Take That!" (TM TV Tropes) to Princeton's claim that it played the first game of intercollegiate football in 1869, and that Harvard's 1874 game with McGill more closely resembled the football of today than the 1869 Princeton-Rutgers game. (Spoiler alert: Neither game remotely resembled today's football.) Wonder if the Crimson will be wearing the "150" patch this season?

* After winning or sharing five straight Ivy League titles, Dartmouth failed to win the title in '74 and suffered its first losing season in six years. This was also the first season the Big Green wore the "D" on the jersey sleeves after the abolition of the (unofficial) Indian mascot a year earlier.  

Take THAT, Princeton! (I have no idea where I got this image from,
but thank you to whomever posted this originally!)