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| sport = football
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| year = 1970
| year = 1970
| team = Mississippi State Bulldogs
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| head_coach = [[Charles Shira]]
| head_coach = [[Charles Shira]]
| hc_year = 4th
| hc_year = 4th
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{{1970 SEC football standings}}
{{1970 Southeastern Conference football standings}}
The '''1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team''' represented [[Mississippi State University]] during the [[1970 college football season]]. The Bulldogs finished 6&ndash;5 for the only winning season in head coach [[Charles Shira]]'s tenure. The 1970 squad included the first two African-American football players on the Bulldogs' varsity team, defensive back [[Frank Dowsing]] and defensive tackle Robert Bell.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Banks|first1=Lacy J.|title=Black football players in the White South|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&source=bl&ots=KmaFrRgJwO&sig=j-oIOMrXNn3hBUV5e5h1VvDJmnk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVjIDN5_jJAhUDJiYKHctGDFgQ6AEIVTAI#v=onepage&q&f=false|work=Ebony Magazine|issue=Dec. 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Charles|title=Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980|date=2010|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield|isbn=978-0-252-03551-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d--VbTN-FmIC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&source=bl&ots=92rEuMRVIQ&sig=C7hUe1zvai-o1g_szrL57sYyRe8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihgLSG6PjJAhVBPiYKHYqWA3wQ6AEIHjAB#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref>
The '''1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team''' represented [[Mississippi State University]] during the [[1970 NCAA University Division football season]]. The Bulldogs finished 6–5 for the only winning season in head coach [[Charles Shira]]'s tenure. The 1970 squad included the first two African-American football players on the Bulldogs' varsity team, defensive back [[Frank Dowsing]] and defensive tackle Robert Bell.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Banks|first1=Lacy J.|title=Black football players in the White South|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA131|work=Ebony Magazine|date=December 1970|issue=Dec. 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Charles|title=Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980|date=2010|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield|isbn=978-0-252-03551-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d--VbTN-FmIC&pg=PA270}}</ref>


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB Schedule Start|time=|rank=|ranklink=|rankyear=1970|tv=|attend=no}}
| rankyear = 1970
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| poll = AP
| date = September 12

| time =
|{{CFB schedule entry
| w/l = w
| date = September 12
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| w/l = w
| away =
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1970 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|Oklahoma State]]
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys|title=Oklahoma State}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson, MS]]
| site_cityst = [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson, MS]]
| gamename =
| score = 14–13
| tv =
| attend = 34,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-2-cowboy-penalties-p/133867647/|work=The Sunday Oklahoman|title=2 Cowboy penalties prove costly, 14–13|date=September 13, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| score = 14&ndash;13
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| date = September 19
| time =
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1970 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| opprank = 14
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = [[1970 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
| opprank = 14
| site_stadium = [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium|Florida Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium|Florida Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville, FL]]
| site_cityst = [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville, FL]]
| gamename =
| score = 13–34
| tv =
| attend = 55,674
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-reaves-directs-flori/133867696/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Reaves directs Floria past Mississippi State|date=September 20, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| score = 13&ndash;34
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| date = September 26
| time =
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1970 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]
| nonconf =
| site_stadium = [[Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium|Memphis Memorial Stadium]]
| homecoming =
| site_cityst = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis, TN]]
| away =
| neutral = yes
| score = 20–6
| rank =
| attend = 16,615
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-miss-state-jolts-va/133867076/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Miss. State jolts Vandy eleven 20–6|date=September 27, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| opponent = [[1970 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium|Liberty Bowl]]
| site_cityst = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis, TN]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 20&ndash;6
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| date = October 3
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1970 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]
| w/l = w
| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
| nonconf =
| site_cityst = Jackson, MS
| homecoming =
| away =
| score = 7–6
| neutral =
| attend = 25,044
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-make-room-at-the-t/133867758/|work=The Commercial Appeal|title=Make room at the top for Mississippi State|date=October 4, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| rank =
| opponent = [[1970 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson, MS]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 7&ndash;6
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| date = October 10
| time =
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1970 Houston Cougars football team|Houston]]
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Houston Cougars|title=Houston}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Davis Wade Stadium|Scott Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Davis Wade Stadium|Scott Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville, MS]]
| site_cityst = [[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville, MS]]
| gamename =
| score = 14–31
| tv =
| attend = 28,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-cougars-slash/133867873/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Cougars slash Mississippi State|date=October 11, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| score = 14&ndash;31
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| date = October 17
| time =
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1970 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]]
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| opprank = 17
| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
| away =
| site_cityst = Jackson, MS
| neutral =
| rank =
| score = 20–16
| attend = 19,050
| opponent = [[1970 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team|Texas Tech]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-odessa-american-mississippi-state-do/133867918/|work=The Odessa American|title=Mississippi State downs Raiders 20–16|date=October 18, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| opprank = 17
| site_stadium = [[Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson, MS]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 20&ndash;16
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| date = October 24
| time =
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1970 Southern Miss Southerners football team|Southern Miss]]
| nonconf = yes
| site_stadium = Scott Field
| homecoming =
| site_cityst = Starkville, MS
| away =
| neutral =
| score = 51–15
| rank =
| attend = 33,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74188215/|work=The Delta Democrat-Times|title=State wallops USM|date=October 25, 1970|accessdate=March 23, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team= Southern Miss Golden Eagles|title=Southern Miss}}
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Davis Wade Stadium|Scott Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville, MS]]
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 51&ndash;15
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| date = October 31
| time =
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1970 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = [[1970 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Bryant–Denny Stadium|Denny Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Bryant–Denny Stadium|Denny Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa, AL]]
| site_cityst = [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa, AL]]
| gamename = [[Alabama–Mississippi State football rivalry|Rivalry]]
| gamename = [[Alabama–Mississippi State football rivalry|rivalry]]
| tv =
| score = 6–35
| attend = 58,843
| score = 6&ndash;35
| source = <ref>{{cite news |first=Charles |last=Land |title=Salty Alabama brings it in |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |date=November 1, 1970 |page=B1 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aT0eAAAAIBAJ&pg=6574%2C72400 |access-date=January 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Tide rambles over Bulldogs |page=C1 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vYNPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4305%2C84213 |newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner |date=November 1, 1970 |access-date=January 25, 2014}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| date = November 7
| time =
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1970 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| opprank = 10
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = [[1970 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = [[Legion Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Legion Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]]
| site_cityst = [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]]
| gamename =
| score = 0–56
| tv =
| attend = 45,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-tigers-wallop-mar/133868013/|work=Pensacola News Journal|title=Tigers wallop Maroons|date=November 8, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| score = 0&ndash;56
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| date = November 14
| time =
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1970 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = [[Tiger Stadium (Louisiana)|Tiger Stadium]]
| away = yes
| site_cityst = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA]]
| neutral =
| gamename = [[LSU–Mississippi State football rivalry|rivalry]]
| rank =
| score = 7–38
| opponent = [[1970 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]]
| opprank = 9
| attend = 64,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-tigers-use-whip-on-bulldogs-3/133868138/|work=The Shreveport Times|title=Tigers use whip on Bulldogs, 38–7|date=November 15, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| site_stadium = [[Tiger Stadium (LSU)|Tiger Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA]]
| gamename = [[LSU–Mississippi State football rivalry|Rivalry]]
| tv =
| score = 7&ndash;38
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| date = November 26
| time =
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = [[1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Ole Miss]]
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = [[Vaught–Hemingway Stadium|Hemingway Stadium]]
| away = yes
| site_cityst = [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford, MS]]
| neutral =
| gamename = [[Egg Bowl]]
| rank =
| score = 19–14
| opponent = [[1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Ole Miss]]
| opprank = 10
| attend = 35,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-miss-st-slaps/133868189/|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|title=Miss. St. slaps 19–14 loss on Gator-bound Ole Miss|date=November 27, 1970|accessdate=October 22, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
| site_stadium = [[Vaught-Hemingway Stadium|Hemingway Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford, MS]]
| gamename = [[Egg Bowl]]
| tv =
| score = 19&ndash;14
}}
}}
}}<ref>{{cite news|title=1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=October 22, 2023|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi-state/1970-schedule.html}}</ref>
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=|poll=[[AP Poll]]|timezone=[[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central Time]]|ncg=|hc=}}
<ref>[http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi-state/1970-schedule.html College Football @ Sports-Reference.com]. Retrieved December 25, 2015</ref>


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1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–5 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 LSU $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 10 Auburn 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Ole Miss 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Florida 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Georgia 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Alabama 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 1
Mississippi State 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs finished 6–5 for the only winning season in head coach Charles Shira's tenure. The 1970 squad included the first two African-American football players on the Bulldogs' varsity team, defensive back Frank Dowsing and defensive tackle Robert Bell.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12Oklahoma State*
W 14–1334,000[3]
September 19at No. 14 Florida
L 13–3455,674[4]
September 26vs. Vanderbilt
W 20–616,615[5]
October 3Georgia
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 7–625,044[6]
October 10Houston*
L 14–3128,000[7]
October 17No. 17 Texas Tech*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 20–1619,050[8]
October 24Southern Miss*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 51–1533,000[9]
October 31at Alabama
L 6–3558,843[10][11]
November 7at No. 10 Auburn
L 0–5645,000[12]
November 14at No. 9 LSU
L 7–3864,000[13]
November 26at No. 10 Ole Miss
W 19–1435,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[15]

References

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  1. ^ Banks, Lacy J. (December 1970). "Black football players in the White South". Ebony Magazine. No. Dec. 1970.
  2. ^ Martin, Charles (2010). Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03551-7.
  3. ^ "2 Cowboy penalties prove costly, 14–13". The Sunday Oklahoman. September 13, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Reaves directs Floria past Mississippi State". The Courier-Journal. September 20, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Miss. State jolts Vandy eleven 20–6". The Courier-Journal. September 27, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Make room at the top for Mississippi State". The Commercial Appeal. October 4, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cougars slash Mississippi State". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 11, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Mississippi State downs Raiders 20–16". The Odessa American. October 18, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "State wallops USM". The Delta Democrat-Times. October 25, 1970. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Land, Charles (November 1, 1970). "Salty Alabama brings it in". The Tuscaloosa News. p. B1. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  11. ^ "Tide rambles over Bulldogs". Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. November 1, 1970. p. C1. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  12. ^ "Tigers wallop Maroons". Pensacola News Journal. November 8, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Tigers use whip on Bulldogs, 38–7". The Shreveport Times. November 15, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Miss. St. slaps 19–14 loss on Gator-bound Ole Miss". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 27, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2023.


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