1970 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1970 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
1970 record2–9 (2–3 PCAA)
Head coach
  • Joe McMullen (first 3 games)
    DeWayne King (remaining 8 games)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
(Capacity: 18,155)
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Diego State + 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Long Beach State + 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
Fresno State 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Pacific (CA) 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
San Jose State 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
UC Santa Barbara 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Cal State Los Angeles 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1970 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 2] The team was led by head coach Joe McMullen for only the first three games of the 1970 season. He was replaced by DeWayne "Dewey" King as of the fourth game of the season. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 2–3 PCAA).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 12UC Santa Barbara
W 28–14
September 19at No. 4 Stanford*
L 3–34
September 26at Arizona*
L 29–3038,800[1]
October 3Long Beach State[note 3]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
L 3–7
October 10at New Mexico*
L 25–48
October 17at San Diego State[note 4]
L 6–3228,216[2]
October 24at Pacific (CA)
W 48–7
October 31Utah*dagger
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
L 9–13
November 7at No. 12 Arizona State*
L 10–46
November 14at California*
L 28–35
November 21Fresno State[note 7]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California (rivalry)
L 19–27
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from no poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL[]

No San Jose State players were selected in the 1971 NFL Draft.[5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
  2. ^ The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.
  3. ^ California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach State) was known as California State College, Long Beach from 1964 to 1971.
  4. ^ San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
  5. ^ San Diego County Credit Union Stadium (SDCCU Stadium) was known as San Diego Stadium from its opening in 1967 through 1980.
  6. ^ Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
  7. ^ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Aztecs Bomb San Jose St. By 32-6". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. October 18, 1970. p. 11. Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "San Jose State 1970 Schedule". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "1971 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.


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