1970 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1970 Big Eight Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1970 Iowa State Cyclones football
1970 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1970 record	5–6 (1–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Johnny Majors (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Gordon Smith
Defensive coordinator	Jackie Sherrill (1st season)
Captain	Tony Washington, Mark Withrow
Home stadium	Clyde Williams Field
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their third year under head coach Johnny Majors, the Cyclones compiled a 5–6 record (1–6 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 284 to 248.^[1]^[2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.

Tony Washington and Mark Withrow were the team captains.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	8:30 pm	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 32–3	17,459
September 26	1:30 pm	Colorado State*	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	W 37–6	23,453
October 3	2:30 pm	at Utah*	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 16–13	19,156
October 10	2:30 pm	at No. 17 Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 10–61	41,089
October 17	1:30 pm	Kansas State	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	L 0–17	26,053
October 24	1:30 pm	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 10–24	34,837
October 31	1:30 pm	Oklahoma	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	L 28–29	26,672
November 7	1:30 pm	No. 4 Nebraska	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA	L 29–54	34,007
November 14	1:30 pm	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (Telephone Trophy)	W 31–19	57,524
November 21	1:30 pm	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 27–36	34,893
November 28	10:00 pm	at San Diego State*	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	W 28–22	40,172
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1970 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 163.

v t Iowa State Cyclones football
Venues	Clyde Williams Field (1915–1974) Jack Trice Stadium (1975–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Cy-Hawk Trophy) Kansas State (Farmageddon) Missouri (Telephone Trophy)
Culture & lore	History Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State University Cyclone Marching Band 2011 Oklahoma State game
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1970 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Kansas State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Colorado	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll