1970 Minnesota
3–6–1 (2–4–1 Big Ten), coached by Murray Warmath. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Ohio 49–7Sep 26
By 42 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at 10Missouri | L 12–34 | 26% |
| Sep 26 | vs Ohio | W 49–7 | 48% |
| Oct 3 | vs 6Nebraska | L 10–35 | 40% |
| Oct 10 | vs Indiana | W 23–0 | 70% |
| Oct 17 | at 1Ohio State | L 8–28 | 22% |
| Oct 24 | at 5Michigan | L 13–39 | 21% |
| Oct 31 | vs Iowa | T 14–14 | 72% |
| Nov 7 | at Northwestern | L 14–28 | 47% |
| Nov 14 | vs Michigan State | W 23–13 | 52% |
| Nov 21 | at Wisconsin | L 14–39 | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 39–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 3–6–1
- Conference
- 2–4–1 7th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 180–237
- Coach
- Murray Warmath
- Elo
- 1462 −50 this season
- SP+ rating
- -1.0 No. 72 of 117; offense No. 63, defense No. 65
- SRS
- 6.4 No. 44 of 123 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Jeff Wright
- Most valuable player
- Jeff Wright
All-Big Ten
3 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Bill LightLBAP-1; UPI-2- Jeff WrightDBAP-1; UPI-2
- Walt BowserDB
Second team
- Barry MayerFBUPI-2
- Alvin HawesOGUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1970 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 7–0 | 9–1 | 5 |
| Michigan | 6–1 | 9–1 | 9 |
| Northwestern | 6–1 | 6–4 | |
| Iowa | 3–3–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| Michigan State | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Minnesota | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
 Purdue | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
 Illinois | 1–6 | 3–7 | |
| Indiana | 1–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.