1970 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

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1970 UC Riverside Highlanders football
Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record4–6 (0–2 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumHighlander Stadium
Seasons
  1969
1971  
1970 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 UPI Cal Poly $ 3 0 08 2 0
Cal State Fullerton 3 1 06 4 1
Valley State 1 2 04 6 0
Cal Poly Pomona 1 3 05 5 0
UC Riverside 0 2 04 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from College Division poll

The 1970 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented the University of California, Riverside as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Gary Knecht, UC Riverside compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of record of 0–2 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the CCAA. The team was outscored by its opponents 306 to 192 for the season. The Highlanders played home games at Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Sonoma State *
W 14–71,500 [1]
September 26at Nevada *L 26–454,000 [2]
October 3at Cal State Hayward *L 12–624,000 [3]
October 10 UNLV *
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 21–192,000
October 17at Redlands *
L 20–48
October 24at Cal Poly Pomona
L 34–362,000 [4] [5]
October 31at United States International *L 16–304,000 [6]
November 7 Cal State Fullerton
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
L 6–383,000–3,500 [7] [8]
November 14 Occidental *
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 22–141,200 [9]
November 21 San Francisco *
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 21–72,200–3,600 [10] > [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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