| League: | 1974–75 National Football League |
| Dates: | October 1974 – 18 May 1975 |
| Team1: | Meath |
| Captain1: | Ronan Giles |
| Manager1: | Micheál O'Brien |
| Titles: | 4th |
| Team2: | Dublin |
| Captain2: | Seán Doherty |
| Manager2: | Kevin Heffernan |
| Previous: | 1973–74 |
| Next: | 1975–76 |
The 1974–75 National Football League was the 44th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Meath won a surprise victory over Dublin in the final.[1] [2] [3]
Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.
2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
Teams in all three divisions competed for the National Football League title.
In the quarter-finals, the match-ups were as follows:
The semi-final match-ups are:
The final match-up is: Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2.
In the event that teams finish on equal points, then teams were separated according to points average(goals scored divided by goals conceded).[4]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Aver | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 41 | 1.610 | 7 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| Kerry | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 40 | 1.475 | 7 | |
| Cork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 50 | 1.180 | 6 | |
| Roscommon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 55 | 0.927 | 6 | |
| Offaly | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 55 | 0.655 | 2 | |
| Kildare | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 73 | 0.589 | 2 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Aver | Pts | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 33 | 2.152 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage | |
| Tyrone | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 37 | 1.595 | 8 | ||
| Derry | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 38 | 2.000 | 6 | ||
| Galway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 58 | 0.914 | 4 | ||
| Sligo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 76 | 0.618 | 2 | ||
| Wicklow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 93 | 0.312 | 0 | Relegated to Division Two of the 1975–76 NFL |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Aver | Pts | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meath | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 44 | 1.386 | 8 | Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division One of the 1975–76 NFL | |
| Down | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 37 | 1.297 | 8 | ||
| Cavan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 42 | 1.071 | 5 | ||
| Antrim | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 49 | 1.082 | 4 | ||
| Fermanagh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 55 | 0.745 | 3 | ||
| Longford | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 64 | 0.672 | 2 | Relegated to Division Three of the 1975–76 NFL |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Aver | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaghan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 40 | 1.950 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage and promoted to Division Two of the 1975–76 NFL |
| Louth | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 54 | 1.667 | 10 | |
| Armagh | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 55 | 1.364 | 8 | |
| Donegal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 62 | 1.081 | 5 | |
| Westmeath | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 75 | 0.627 | 4 | |
| Laois | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 71 | 0.789 | 3 | |
| Leitrim | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 101 | 0.446 | 2 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Aver | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 29 | 2.517 | 12 | |
| Tipperary | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 62 | 1.645 | 10 | |
| Wexford | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 67 | 1.224 | 6 | |
| Limerick | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 74 | 1.054 | 6 | |
| Waterford | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 64 | 1.000 | 6 | |
| Carlow | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 81 | 0.716 | 2 | |
| Kilkenny | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 124 | 0.355 | 0 |
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