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Revision as of 06:18, 26 December 2015

1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–5 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
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 college 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

September 12Oklahoma State*

W 14–13 September 19at No. 14 Florida

L 13–34 September 26vs. Vanderbilt

W 20–6 October 3Georgia

W 7–6 October 10Houston*

L 14–31 October 17No. 17 Texas Tech*

W 20–16 October 24Southern Miss*

W 51–15 October 31at Alabama

L 6–35 November 7at No. 10 Auburn

L 0–56 November 14at No. 9 LSU

L 7–38 November 26at No. 10 Ole Miss

W 19–14

Template:CFB Schedule End [3]

References

  1. ^ Banks, Lacy J. "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. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015