The 1974 Michigan Tech Huskies football team was an American football team that represented Michigan Technological University as a member of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (NIC) during the 1974 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA season.
In their second year under head coach Jim Kapp, the Huskies compiled a perfect 9–0 record, won the NIC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 269 to 90.
[2][16] Sports Illustrated wrote of Van Wagner:As a soph in 1974 he led Division II in rushing with 1,453 yards.
Archie Griffin and Anthony Davis made national headlines, but that November VanWagner had perhaps the most productive month a running back ever had.
Van Wagner also established new individual single-game records against Southwest State with 286 rushing yards and six touchdowns.