1970 Tennessee State Tigers football team

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1970 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1970 record10–0
Head coach
Home stadiumHale Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Tampa   –   10 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Tennessee State   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 11 Delaware   –   9 – 2 – 0
Hawaii   –   9 – 2 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan   –   7 – 2 – 1
Akron   –   7 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan   –   7 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 3 – 0
Drake   –   7 – 4 – 0
Wayne State (MI)   –   6 – 2 – 0
Arkansas AM&N   –   6 – 3 – 0
Southern Illinois   –   6 – 3 – 0
Nevada   –   6 – 3 – 1
Portland State   –   6 – 4 – 0
UNLV   –   6 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 4 – 0
Cortland   –   5 – 4 – 0
IUP   –   5 – 4 – 0
La Verne   –   5 – 4 – 0
Santa Clara   –   5 – 4 – 1
Lafayette   –   6 – 5 – 0
Colorado College   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 4 – 0
Hofstra   –   5 – 5 – 0
Indiana State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Samford   –   5 – 5 – 0
Sonoma State   –   4 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   3 – 3 – 2
Saint Mary's   –   3 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 6 – 0
Rose Poly   –   3 – 5 – 1
Northeastern   –   3 – 5 – 0
Indiana Central   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lake Forest   –   3 – 6 – 0
Chattanooga   –   3 – 8 – 0
Parsons   –   2 – 7 – 0
Eastern Illinois   –   2 – 8 – 0
Milwaukee   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled a perfect 10–0 record, defeated Southwestern Louisiana in the 1970 Grantland Rice Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 396 to 144. The team was also recognized as the 1970 black college national champion and was ranked No. 5 in the final 1970 NCAA College Division football rankings issued by both the Associated Press and United Press International.[1]

Tackle Vernon Holland received first-team honors on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11vs. Alcorn A&M
W 24–1443,772[3]
September 19Kentucky State
W 62–7
September 26at Albany StateNo. 10Albany, GAW 54–7
October 3Texas SouthernNo. 10
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 41–9
October 10at GramblingNo. 6Grambling, LAW 34–27
October 24at Florida A&MNo. 5
W 21–10
October 31SouthernNo. 5
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 38–7
November 7Morris BrownNo. 6
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 36–14
November 21vs. Parsons (IA)No. 5
W 21–3
November 26BishopNo. 4
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 39–21
December 12at Southwestern LouisianaNo. 5
W 26–2517,000[4]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "A.P.'s Little All-American". The Morning News. December 10, 1970. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Mal Florence (September 12, 1970). "Tennessee's Early Thrusts Too Much for Alcorn, 24-14". Los Angeles Times. pp. III-1, III-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tennessee State Nips USL Ragin' Cajuns". The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana). December 13, 1970. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
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