1970 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
| 1970 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football | |
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| Conference | North Central Conference |
| 1970 record | 5–3–1 (5–1–1 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augustana (SD) | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1970 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In its third year under head coach Jerry Olson, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (5–1–1 against NCC opponents), finished in second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 138.[1]
Linebacker Don McLean received second-team honors on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.[2]
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 12 | at Montana* |
| L 7–28 | ||
| September 19 | South Dakota | T 14–14 | |||
| September 26 | Mankato State |
| W 35–19 | ||
| October 3 | at Augustana (SD) | W 18–7 | |||
| October 10 | at South Dakota State | W 36–3 | |||
| October 17 | North Dakota State |
| L 3–20 | [3] | |
| October 24 | at Morningside | Sioux City, IA | W 30–8 | ||
| October 31 | 1:30 p.m. | Northern Iowa |
| W 41–6 | |
| November 7 | Arkansas State* |
| L 18–23 | ||
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References[]
- ^ "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.
- ^ "A.P.'s Little All-American". The Morning News. December 10, 1970. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NDSU tops UND 20–3". Star Tribune. October 18, 1970. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1970 North Central Conference football season
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