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1970 BYU Cougars football team

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1970 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record3–8 (1–6 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBYU Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled a 3–8 record (1–6 against WAC opponents), finished seventh in the WAC, and were outscored by a total of 255 to 138.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12North Texas*Provo, UTW 10–7
September 19at Western Michigan*L 17–35
September 26UTEPProvo, UTL 0–17
October 3at San Diego State*L 11–3136,830[3]
October 10at ArizonaL 17–24
October 17 No. 12 Arizona StateProvo, UTL 3–27
October 24Utah State*Provo, UT (rivalry)W 27–20
October 31WyomingProvo, UTW 23–3
November 7at Colorado StateFort Collins, COL 9–26
November 14at New MexicoL 8–51
November 21at UtahL 13–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1970 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 170. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "San Diego Passes Beat BYU, 31-11". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. October 4, 1970. p. B-2. Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon