1970 San Jose State Spartans football team

American college football season

1970 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
Record2–9 (2–3 PCAA)
Head coach
  • Joe McMullen (2nd season; first 3 games)
  • DeWayne King (1st season; final 8 games)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12UC Santa BarbaraW 28–14
September 19at No. 4 Stanford*L 3–34
September 26at Arizona*L 29–3038,800[1]
October 3Long Beach State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 3–710,400[2]
October 10at New Mexico*
L 25–48
October 17at San Diego StateL 6–3228,216[3]
October 24at Pacific (CA)W 48–7
October 31Utah*dagger
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 9–13
November 7at No. 12 Arizona State*L 10–46
November 14at California*L 28–3516,841
November 21Fresno State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA (rivalry)
L 19–27
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP 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.[6]

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.

References

  1. ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "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 icon
  4. ^ "San Jose State 1970 Schedule". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "1971 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
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