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1970 Davidson

2–⁠8 (2–⁠4 Southern Conference), coached by Dave Fagg.

Schedule and results

Davidson in 1970, game by game: won at Richmond 14–5; lost vs. Trinity (Texas) 9–20; lost vs. Bucknell 20–21; lost vs. Furman 24–31; lost at Wofford 13–35; won at VMI 55–21; lost vs. Lafayette 34–53; lost vs. William & Mary 28–29; lost at The Citadel 9–44; lost vs. East Carolina 18–36+34−35Won 14–5 at Richmond+9RichmondLost 9–20 vs. Trinity (Texas)-11Trinity (Texas)Lost 20–21 vs. Bucknell-1BucknellLost 24–31 vs. Furman-7FurmanLost 13–35 at Wofford-22WoffordWon 55–21 at VMI+34VMILost 34–53 vs. Lafayette-19LafayetteLost 28–29 vs. William & Mary-1William & MaryLost 9–44 at The Citadel-35The CitadelLost 18–36 vs. East Carolina-18East Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atRichmondW 14–⁠532%
Oct 3vsTrinity (Texas)L 9–⁠2088%
Oct 10vsBucknellL 20–⁠2188%
Oct 17vsFurmanL 24–⁠3187%
Oct 24atWoffordL 13–⁠3559%
Oct 31atVMIW 55–⁠2157%
Nov 7vsLafayetteL 34–⁠5382%
Nov 14vsWilliam & MaryL 28–⁠2953%
Nov 21atThe CitadelL 9–⁠4434%
Nov 28vsEast CarolinaL 18–⁠3653%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to East Carolina 36–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Led the nationMike Mikolayunas: receptions (87 catches)

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
224–⁠295
Coach
Dave Fagg
Elo
1232 −202 this season
SP+ rating
-22.5 No. 113 of 117; offense No. 79, defense No. 115
SRS
−25.3 No. 115 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1970 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
William & Mary3–⁠15–⁠7
The Citadel4–⁠25–⁠6
Furman3–⁠28–⁠3
Richmond3–⁠34–⁠6
East Carolina2–⁠23–⁠8
Davidson2–⁠42–⁠8
VMI1–⁠41–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.