1970 Richmond Spiders football team

1970 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

The 1970 Richmond Spiders football team represented the Richmond College during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 12	NC State*	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 21–6
September 19	at No. 17 West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 10–49
September 26	Davidson	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 5–14
October 3	at Southern Miss*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 21–43	^[1]
October 10	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	L 9–23
October 17	at Florida*	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 0–20
October 24	East Carolina	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl)	W 38–12	^[2]
October 31	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 31–14
November 14	VMI	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 40–17	^[3]
November 21	William & Mary	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 33–34
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Southerners down Richmond by 43–21". Daily Press. October 4, 1970. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Spiders bomb East Carolina". The Palm Beach Post. October 25, 1970. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Richards hits three bombs, Spiders clip Keydets, 40–17". Daily Press. November 15, 1970. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1970 Richmond Spiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

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1970 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
William & Mary $		3	–	1		5	–	7
The Citadel		4	–	2		5	–	6
Furman		3	–	2		8	–	3
East Carolina		2	–	2		3	–	8
Richmond		3	–	3		4	–	6
Davidson		2	–	4		2	–	8
VMI		1	–	4		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion