1970 Utah Redskins football team

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American college football season

1970 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Arizona State $ 7 0 0 11 0 0
New Mexico 5 1 0 7 3 0
Utah 4 2 0 6 4 0
UTEP 4 3 0 6 4 0
Arizona 2 4 0 4 6 0
Colorado State 1 3 0 4 7 0
BYU 1 6 0 3 8 0
Wyoming 1 6 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Bill Meek, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 4–2 against conference opponents, placing third in the WAC. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule[edit]

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 19 UTEP W 44–20
September 26 New Mexico
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 28–34
October 3 Iowa State*
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 13–16 19,156
October 10 at Oregon State* L 21–31 23,897
October 17 at Wyoming W 20–16
October 24 Arizonadagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 24–0
October 31 at San Jose State* W 13–9
November 7 at Utah State* W 17–0 13,865
November 14 at No. 11 Arizona State L 14–37
November 21 BYU
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 14–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1][2]

1970 Utah Redskins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense Defense Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

After the season[edit]

NFL Draft[edit]

Three Utah players were selected in the 1971 NFL draft.

References[edit]

  1. ^

    “Ute Record Book” (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

  2. ^ “1970 record”. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2009.