American college football season
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] ASU was picked as the overall #1 team for the 1970 College Football season by Poling System . Poling was a mathematic system used to rank college football teams. It was considered a "National Champion Major Selector" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association .
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 [ edit ] Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 19 Colorado State No. 20 W 38–943,504 September 26 Kansas State * Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 35–1350,255 October 3 at Wyoming No. 18 W 52–3 October 10 Washington State * No. 14 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 37–3046,098 October 17 at BYU No. 12 W 27–3 October 24 at UTEP No. 12 W 42–13 November 7 San Jose State * No. 12 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 46–10 November 14 Utah No. 11 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 37–14 November 21 New Mexico No. 9 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ W 33–21 December 5 at Arizona No. 9 W 10–6 December 20 vs. North Carolina No. 8 W 48–2652,126 [4] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries [ edit ] Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Arizona St 0 0 7 3 10 Arizona 0 0 0 6 6
Scoring summary Q3 ASU Hill 7 yard pass from Spagnola (Ekstrand kick) ASU 7–0 Q4 ARIZ McKee 20 yard pass from Demery (kick failed) ASU 7–6 Q4 ASU Ekstrand 20 yard field goal ASU 10–6
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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 Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
1970 team players in the NFL [ edit ] The following players were claimed in the 1971 NFL Draft .
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References [ edit ] ^ "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 October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016 . ^ "1970 Arizona State Sun Devils Stats" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016 . ^ "Arizona State blisters Tar Heels, 48–26" . The Arizona Daily Star . December 31, 1970. Retrieved January 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ 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 .
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