1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football
1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football
WAC champion; Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 48–26 vs. North Carolina
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 6
Record	11–0 (7–0 WAC)
Head coach	Frank Kush (13th season);
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

1970 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Arizona State $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
New Mexico	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Utah	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
UTEP	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Arizona	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
BYU	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wyoming	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their 13th season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled an 11–0 record (7–0 against WAC opponents), won the WAC championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 405 to 151.^[1]^[2]

The team's statistical leaders included Joe Spagnola with 1,991 passing yards, Bobby Thomas with 900 rushing yards, and J. D. Hill with 908 receiving yards.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 19	Colorado State	No. 20	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	W 38–9
September 26	Kansas State*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	W 34–13
October 3	at Wyoming	No. 18	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming	W 52–3
October 10	Washington State*	No. 14	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	W 37–30
October 17	at BYU	No. 12	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	W 27–3
October 24	at UTEP	No. 12	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas	W 42–13
November 7	San Jose State*	No. 12	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	W 46–10
November 14	Utah	No. 11	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	W 37–14
November 21	New Mexico	No. 9	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	W 33–21
December 5	at Arizona	No. 9	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (rivalry)	W 10–6
December 20	vs. North Carolina	No. 8	Grant Field Atlanta (Peach Bowl)	W 48–26
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Reference:^[4]

Game summaries

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona St	0	0	7	3	10
Arizona	0	0	0	6	6

Date: December 5
Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

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Roster

1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB		Dave Buchanan	Sr
G	`67`	Ken Coyle	Sr
OT	`76`	Roger Davis	Jr
TE	`30`	Calvin Demery	Jr
FB	`40`	Oscar Dragon	Jr
OT	`79`	Ed Fisher	Jr
WR	`20`	J. D. Hill	Sr
WR	`25`	Steve Holden	So
QB	`10`	Grady Hurst	Jr
C	`51`	Ron Lou	So
FB	`43`	Brent McClanahan	So
G	`68`	Dave Pentz	Sr
TE	`88`	Joe Petty	So
C		Gary Shaw	So
G	`72`	Ed Smith	Sr
G		Rich Smith	So
QB	`11`	Joe Spagnola	Sr
RB	`23`	Bob Thomas	Sr
OT	`63`	Mike Tomco	Jr
G	`61`	Gary Venturo	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`82`	Junior Ah You	Jr
S	`34`	Mike Artozqui	Sr
DT	`78`	Dwight Cahill	Sr
S	`21`	Mike Clupper	Jr
DE	`86`	Joe Connolly	Sr
DT	`53`	Bob Davenport	Sr
DE	`84`	Mike Fanucci	Sr
LB		Nick Ferrara	Sr
DT	`71`	Rich Gray	Jr
S		Steve Hale	So
DB	`31`	Windlan Hall	Jr
DT	`64`	Tim Hoban	Jr
DB		Mike Kwiatowski	Sr
DB	`35`	Ron Lumpkin	So
S	`36`	Prentice McCray	So
LB	`50`	Mike Mess	Sr
DT	`62`	Ted Olivo	Sr
LB	`54`	Prentice Williams	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`13`	Don Ekstrand	Sr
P	`15`	Jim McCann	Sr

Head coach

Frank Kush

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

1970 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1971 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
J. D. Hill	Wide receiver	1	4	Buffalo Bills
Jim McCann	Kicker	8	205	San Francisco 49ers
Mike Fanucci	Defensive end	9	219	Washington Redskins
Bob Thomas	End	15	379	Cincinnati Bengals

Reference:^[6]

References

^ "1970 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 122. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
^ "1970 Arizona State Sun Devils Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Frank Kush, 1970". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^ Eugene-Register Guard. 1970 Dec 6.
^ "1971 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

[1] "1970 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.

[2] "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 122. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-27.

[3] "1970 Arizona State Sun Devils Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.

[CFDW-4] DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Frank Kush, 1970". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

[5] Eugene-Register Guard. 1970 Dec 6.

[6] "1971 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

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Venues	Normal Field (1897–1926) Irish Field (1927–1935) Goodwin Stadium (1936–1957) Mountain America Stadium (1958–present)
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v t e Western Athletic Conference football champions
I-A/FBS	New Mexico (1962) Arizona State (1963) Arizona, New Mexico & Utah (1964) BYU (1965) Wyoming (1966) Wyoming (1967) Wyoming (1968) Arizona State (1969) Arizona State (1970) Arizona State (1971) Arizona State (1972) Arizona & Arizona State (1973) BYU (1974) Arizona State (1975) BYU & Wyoming (1976) Arizona State & BYU (1977) BYU (1978) BYU (1979) BYU (1980) BYU (1981) BYU (1982) BYU (1983) BYU (1984) Air Force & BYU (1985) San Diego State (1986) Wyoming (1987) Wyoming (1988) BYU (1989) BYU (1990) BYU (1991) BYU, Fresno State & Hawaii (1992) BYU, Fresno State & Wyoming (1993) Colorado State (1994) Air Force, BYU, Colorado State & Utah (1995) BYU (1996) Colorado State (1997) Air Force (1998) Fresno State, Hawaii & TCU (1999) TCU & UTEP (2000) Louisiana Tech (2001) Boise State (2002) Boise State (2003) Boise State (2004) Boise State & Nevada (2005) Boise State (2006) Hawaii (2007) Boise State (2008) Boise State (2009) Boise State, Hawaii & Nevada (2010) Louisiana Tech (2011) Utah State (2012)
I-AA/FCS	Sam Houston (2021) Abilene Christian & Stephen F. Austin (2022)
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