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1970 Washington State Cougars football team

1970 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record1–10 (0–7 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumJoe Albi Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Stanford $ 6 1 0 9 3 0
Washington 4 3 0 6 4 0
Oregon 4 3 0 6 4 1
UCLA 4 3 0 6 5 0
California 4 3 0 6 5 0
No. 15 USC 3 4 0 6 4 1
Oregon State 3 4 0 6 5 0
Washington State 0 7 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the Cougars compiled a 1–10 record (0–7 in Pac-8, last), and were outscored 460 to 231.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Ty Paine with 1,581 passing yards, Bob Ewen with 667 rushing yards, and Ed Armstrong with 488 receiving yards.[3]

Due to the fire at Rogers Field in April,[4] all home games were played at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane in 1970 and 1971. AstroTurf was installed there in the summer of 1970.[5][6]

For the second straight year, Washington State played a full conference schedule and went winless. The only victory was in September over neighbor Idaho in the Battle of the Palouse, the sole meeting in a three-year span. The annual rivalry game was not played the previous season (and in 1971) to allow the Cougars to schedule all seven conference opponents.[7]

  1. ^ "1970 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "1970 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Fast blaze ruins Pullman stadium". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). April 6, 1970. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Renovation of Albi Stadium progresses: turf is down". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 8, 1970. p. 7.
  6. ^ Missildine, Harry (September 13, 1970). "Joe Albi Stadium: $750,000 'new look'". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (football section). p. 1.
  7. ^ Missildine, Harry (September 19, 1970). "Battle of Palouse matches explosive offenses at Albi". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 14.

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