1970 Maine Black Bears football team

1970 Yankee Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1970 Maine Black Bears football
1970 Maine Black Bears football
Conference	Yankee Conference
1970 record	3–5 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Walter Abbott (4th season);
Captain	Robert Hamilton, Henry James
Home stadium	Alumni Field
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Walter Abbott, the team compiled a 3–5 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference. Robert Hamilton and Henry James were the team captains.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 19	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Amherst, MA	L 0–28
September 26	Hofstra*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 20–48
October 3	Rhode Island	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 6–23
October 10	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 9–13
October 17	at Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 13–45
October 24	C.W. Post	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 42–8
October 31	at Northeastern	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 24–17	^[2]
November 7	Vermont	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 28–21
*Non-conference game

References[]

^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
^ David Porney (November 1, 1970). "Maine trips NU in last second". The Boston Globe. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

[2] David Porney (November 1, 1970). "Maine trips NU in last second". The Boston Globe. p. 85 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t Maine Black Bears football
Venues	Alfond Stadium (1998–present) Fitzpatrick Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	1965 Tangerine Bowl Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (New Hampshire)
Culture & lore	Black Bear Sports Network
People	NFL draftees
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

1970 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Connecticut $	4	–	0	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
UMass	3	–	1	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
New Hampshire	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Maine	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Vermont	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion