1970 BYU Cougars football team
| 1970 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (1–6 WAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dave Kragthorpe (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1970 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of 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 an overall of 3–8 with a mark of 1–6 against conference opponents, finished seventh in the WAC, and were outscored by a total of 255 to 138.[1][2]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 12 | North Texas State* | W 10–7 | 23,496 | [3] | |||
| September 19 | at Western Michigan* | L 17–35 | |||||
| September 26 | UTEP |
| L 0–17 | ||||
| October 3 | at San Diego State* | L 11–31 | 36,830 | [4] | |||
| October 10 | at Arizona | L 17–24 | |||||
| October 17 | No. 12 Arizona State |
| L 3–27 | ||||
| October 24 | Utah State* |
| W 27–20 | 21,562 | |||
| October 31 | Wyoming |
| W 23–3 | ||||
| November 7 | at Colorado State | L 9–26 | 20,034 | [5] | |||
| November 14 | at New Mexico | L 8–51 | |||||
| November 21 | at Utah | L 13–14 | |||||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1970 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 170. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ "BYU trims NTS, 10–7". Arizona Republic. September 13, 1970. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cougars Unable To Stop Aggressive Rams". The Herald (Provo, UT). November 8, 1970. p. 11.
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