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1970 Texas A&M

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Southwest Conference), coached by Gene Stallings.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1970, game by game: won vs. Wichita State 41–14; won at No. 12 LSU 20–18; lost at No. 1 Ohio State 13–56; lost at No. 9 Michigan 10–14; lost vs. Texas Tech 7–21; lost vs. TCU 15–31; lost at Baylor 24–29; lost vs. No. 8 Arkansas 6–45; lost at SMU 3–6; lost vs. Rice 17–18; lost at No. 1 Texas 14–52+27−43Won 41–14 vs. Wichita State+27Wichita StateWon 20–18 at No. 12 LSU+2No. 12 LSULost 13–56 at No. 1 Ohio State-43No. 1 Ohio StateLost 10–14 at No. 9 Michigan-4No. 9 MichiganLost 7–21 vs. Texas Tech-14Texas TechLost 15–31 vs. TCU-16TCULost 24–29 at Baylor-5BaylorLost 6–45 vs. No. 8 Arkansas-39No. 8 ArkansasLost 3–6 at SMU-3SMULost 17–18 vs. Rice-1RiceLost 14–52 at No. 1 Texas-38No. 1 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsWichita StateW 41–⁠1472%
Sep 19at12LSUW 20–⁠1825%
Sep 26at1Ohio StateL 13–⁠5626%
Oct 3at9MichiganL 10–⁠1425%
Oct 10vsTexas TechL 7–⁠2152%
Oct 17vsTCUL 15–⁠3162%
Oct 24atBaylorL 24–⁠2956%
Oct 31vs8ArkansasL 6–⁠4523%
Nov 7atSMUL 3–⁠631%
Nov 14vsRiceL 17–⁠1855%
Nov 26at1TexasL 14–⁠526%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 52–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

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.

Consensus All-AmericanDave Elmendorf, S

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
170–⁠304
Coach
Gene Stallings
Elo
1369 −111 this season
SP+ rating
-1.7 No. 74 of 117; offense No. 61, defense No. 76
SRS
2.7 No. 54 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 3Dave Elmendorf DBLos Angeles Rams

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First 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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠211
Texas Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5
SMU3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠62–⁠9
Texas A&M0–⁠72–⁠9

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