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1970 San Diego State

9–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Don Coryell.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1970, game by game: won at Northern Illinois 35–3; won at North Texas 23–0; won vs. Cal State Los Angeles 35–0; won vs. BYU 31–11; won vs. Southern Miss 41–14; won vs. San José State 32–6; won vs. Fresno State 56–14; won at Pacific 14–13; won vs. California–Santa Barbara 64–7; lost at Long Beach State 11–27; lost vs. Iowa State 22–28+57−16Won 35–3 at Northern Illinois+32Northern Illino…Won 23–0 at North Texas+23North TexasWon 35–0 vs. Cal State Los Angeles+35Cal State Los A…Won 31–11 vs. BYU+20BYUWon 41–14 vs. Southern Miss+27Southern MissWon 32–6 vs. San José State+26San José StateWon 56–14 vs. Fresno State+42Fresno StateWon 14–13 at Pacific+1PacificWon 64–7 vs. California–Santa Barbara+57California–Sant…Lost 11–27 at Long Beach State-16Long Beach StateLost 22–28 vs. Iowa State-6Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atNorthern IllinoisW 35–⁠382%
Sep 19atNorth TexasW 23–⁠045%
Sep 26vsCal State Los AngelesW 35–⁠095%
Oct 3vsBYUW 31–⁠1178%
Oct 10vsSouthern MissW 41–⁠1477%
Oct 17vsSan José StateW 32–⁠690%
Oct 31vsFresno StateW 56–⁠1484%
Nov 7atPacificW 14–⁠1372%
Nov 14vsCalifornia–Santa BarbaraW 64–⁠794%
Nov 20atLong Beach StateL 11–⁠2771%
Nov 28vsIowa StateL 22–⁠2878%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa State 28–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Athletic Association champions.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 17
  2. Wk 8: 14
  3. Wk 9: 14
  4. Wk 10: 14
  5. Wk 11: 14

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1970.

Pacific Coast Athletic Association champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Led the nationBrian Sipe: passing touchdowns (23 TD)

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 shared first in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
364–⁠123
Coach
Don Coryell
Elo
1575 +23 this season
SP+ rating
13.2 No. 27 of 117; offense No. 28, defense No. 39
SRS
10.2 No. 37 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rod Dowhower
Defensive coordinator
Claude Gilbert
Offense
Air Coryell
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 2Ken Burrow WRAtlanta Falcons
Rd 2Henry Allison OGPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5Tom Shellabarger OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Tom Hayes DBAtlanta Falcons

All-Pac-8

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San Diego State5–⁠19–⁠2
Long Beach State5–⁠19–⁠2–⁠1
Fresno State4–⁠28–⁠4
Pacific2–⁠35–⁠6
San José State2–⁠32–⁠9
California–Santa Barbara1–⁠52–⁠9
Cal State Los Angeles0–⁠41–⁠9

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