From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American college football season
The 1970 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The Aggies were led by head coach Gene Stallings in his sixth season and finished with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 0–7 in the SWC).
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
---|
September 12 | Wichita State* | | W 41–14 |
September 19 | at No. 12 LSU* | | W 20–18 |
September 26 | at No. 1 Ohio State* | | L 13–56 |
October 3 | at No. 9 Michigan* | | L 10–14 |
October 10 | Texas Tech | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX (rivalry)
| L 7–21 |
October 17 | TCU | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX (rivalry)
| L 15–31 |
October 24 | at Baylor | | L 24–29 |
October 31 | No. 8 Arkansas | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX (rivalry)
| L 6–45 |
November 5 | at SMU | | L 3–6 |
November 14 | Rice | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| L 17–18 |
November 26 | at No. 1 Texas | | L 14–52 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
|
[1]
Personnel[]
1970 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
|
Players
|
Coaches
|
Offense
Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
|
RB
|
|
Marc Black
|
RB
|
|
Steve Burks
|
OL
|
|
Buster Callaway
|
OL
|
|
Benny DeWitt
|
RB
|
|
Brad Dusek
|
QB
|
10
|
Lex James
|
So
|
WR
|
48
|
Mike Dorough
|
So
|
OL
|
|
Mike Fields
|
OL
|
|
Leonard Forey
|
RB
|
|
Johnny Gardner
|
OT
|
73
|
Robert Garesimowiez
|
So
|
WR
|
|
Tommy Goodwin
|
WR
|
|
Joey Herr
|
QB
|
|
Joe Mac King
|
TE
|
|
Rory Kirkpatrick
|
TE
|
|
Homer May
|
WR
|
|
Hugh McElroy
|
OL
|
|
Lenard Millsap
|
FB
|
|
Doug Neill
|
OL
|
|
Mike Park
|
OL
|
|
Adam Philley
|
WR
|
28
|
Billy Joe Polasek
|
Jr
|
RB
|
|
Doug Robbins
|
QB
|
|
Rocky Self
|
RB
|
|
Jimmy Sheffield
|
WR
|
|
John Sweeden
|
|
Defense
Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
|
DL
|
|
Boice Best
|
DL
|
|
Max Bird
|
DB
|
|
Mike Bunger
|
DL
|
|
Todd Christopher
|
DB
|
|
Ed Ebrom
|
S
|
36
|
Dave Elmendorf
|
Sr
|
LB
|
|
Kent Finley
|
DL
|
|
Barb Hinnant
|
DB
|
|
Lee Hitt
|
S
|
|
David Hoot
|
DB
|
24
|
Chris Johnson
|
Jr
|
LB
|
|
Mike Lord
|
LB
|
55
|
Steve Luebbehusen
|
Jr
|
LB
|
|
Gary McCaffrey
|
DB
|
|
Robert Murski
|
DL
|
|
Van Odom
|
DL
|
|
Dale Watts
|
DB
|
37
|
Gary Whitehead
|
So
|
|
Special teams
Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
|
K
|
|
Mike Bellar
|
K
|
|
Pat McDermott
|
|
- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
|
Season summary[]
Wichita State[]
![[icon]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png) | This section is empty. You can help by . (December 2020) |
at LSU[]
![[icon]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png) | This section is empty. You can help by . (December 2020) |
at Ohio State[]
Texas A&M Aggies (2–0) at Ohio State Buckeyes (0–0)
|
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M |
0 |
7 |
0 | 6 | 13 |
Ohio State |
21 |
7 |
21 | 7 | 56 |
at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- Date: September 26
- Game time: 1:30 p.m.
- Game weather: Cloudy, 80 °F (27 °C)
- Game attendance: 85,657
- Box Score
Game information
|
First quarter
- OSU – Rex Kern 6-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 11:45. Ohio State 7–0. Drive:
- OSU – John Brockington 2-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 7:27. Ohio State 14–0. Drive:
- OSU – Leo Hayden 3-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 3:13. Ohio State 21–0. Drive:
Second quarter
- A&M – Homer May 29-yard pass from Lex James (Pat McDermott kick), Ohio State 21–7. Drive:
- OSU – John Brockington 1-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 0:16. Ohio State 28–7. Drive:
Third quarter
- OSU – Jan White 5-yard pass from Ron Maciejowski (Frank Schram kick), 6:10. Ohio State 35–7. Drive:
- OSU – Larry Zelina 11-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 5:23. Ohio State 42–7. Drive:
- OSU – James Coburn 7-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 2:47. Ohio State 49–7. Drive:
Fourth quarter
- OSU – Ron Maciejowski 1-yard run (Frank Schram kick), 13:15. Ohio State 56–7. Drive:
- A&M – Homer May 22-yard pass from Lex James (kick failed), 5:17. Ohio State 56–13. Drive:
|
- Top passers
- A&M – Lex James – 18/30, 271 yards, 2 TD, INT
- OSU – Rex Kern – 4/6, 71 yards
- Top rushers
- A&M – Steve Burks – 7 rushes, 28 yards
- OSU – Leo Hayden – 14 rushes, 89 yards, TD
- Top receivers
- A&M – Hugh McElroy – 4 receptions, 71 yards
- OSU – Leo Hayden – 3 receptions, 37 yards
|
|
at Michigan[]
Game information
|
First quarter
- A&M – Steve Burks 10-yard run (Mike Bellar kick). Texas A&M 7–0. Drive: 50 yards
Second quarter
- A&M – Mike Bellar 21-yard field goal. Texas A&M 10–0. Drive:
- MICH – Billy Taylor 1-yard run (Tim Killian kick), 11:06. Texas A&M 10–7. Drive:
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
- MICH – Don Moorhead 7-yard run (Tim Killian kick). Michigan 14–10. Drive: 62 yards
|
- Top passers
- A&M – Lex James – 11/24, 123 yards, INT
- MICH – Don Moorhead – 3/16, 35 yards, 2 INT
- Top rushers
- A&M – Doug Neill – 17 rushes, 99 yards
- MICH – Fritz Seyferth – 12 rushes, 64 yards
- Top receivers
- A&M – Homer May – 5 receptions, 51 yards
- MICH – Paul Seymour – 1 reception, 16 yards
|
|
References[]
|
---|
Venues | |
---|
Bowls & rivalries | |
---|
Culture & lore | |
---|
People | |
---|
Seasons | |
---|
National championship seasons in bold |
Categories:
- 1970 Southwest Conference football season
- 1970 in sports in Texas
- Texas A&M Aggies football seasons
- Texas sport stubs
- College football 1970s season stubs
Hidden categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Pages using infobox college sports team season with no sport parameter
- Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters
- Articles with hCards
- Articles to be expanded from December 2020
- All articles to be expanded
- Articles with empty sections from December 2020
- All articles with empty sections
- Articles using small message boxes
- All stub articles