1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3
Head coach
Home stadium Mountaineer Field
Seasons
←  1969
1971  →
1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Notre Dame  – 10 –1 –0
Villanova  – 9 –2 –0
No. 16 Air Force  – 9 –3 –0
No. 13 Georgia Tech  – 9 –3 –0
Boston College  – 8 –2 –0
No. 19 Houston  – 8 –3 –0
West Virginia  – 8 –3 –0
No. 17 Tulane  – 8 –4 –0
No. 18 Penn State  – 7 –3 –0
West Texas State  – 7 –3 –0
Cincinnati  – 7 –4 –0
Florida State  – 7 –4 –0
Virginia Tech  – 5 –6 –0
Syracuse  – 6 –4 –0
Dayton  – 5 –4 –1
Pittsburgh  – 5 –5 –0
Rutgers  – 5 –5 –0
Utah State  – 5 –5 –0
Colgate  – 5 –6 –0
Southern Miss  – 5 –6 –0
New Mexico State  – 4 –6 –0
Miami (FL)  – 3 –8 –0
Northern Illinois  – 3 –7 –0
Marshall  – 3 –6 –0
Buffalo  – 2 –9 –0
Navy  – 2 –9 –0
Army  – 1 –9 –1
Xavier  – 1 –9 –0
Holy Cross  – 0 –10 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Mountaineers' 78th overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden, in his first year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 8–3.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12 William & Mary No. 20
W 43–732,000 [1]
September 19 Richmond No. 17
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 49–1033,500 [2]
September 26 VMI No. 16
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 47–1027,500 [3]
October 3at Indiana No. 14
W 16–1044,882 [4]
October 10 Duke No. 11
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
L 13–2135,000 [5]
October 17at Pittsburgh
L 35–3644,479 [6]
October 24 Colorado State
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 24–2128,500 [7]
October 31at Penn State
L 8–4248,932 [8]
November 7at East Carolina
W 28–1410,240 [9]
November 14 Syracuse
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 28–1928,500 [10]
November 28at Maryland
W 20–1012,821 [11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 44 Jim Braxton Sr
QB 11Dick WardSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 50 Dale Farley Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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