1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football | |
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Conference | Independent |
1970 record | 8–3 |
Head coach | Bobby Bowden |
Home stadium | Mountaineer Field |
The 1970 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1970 college football season. It was the Mountaineers' 78th overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden, in his first year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 8–3.
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 12 | William & Mary | No. 20 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 43–7 | 32,000 | ||||
September 19 | Richmond | No. 17 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 49–10 | 33,500 | ||||
September 26 | VMI | No. 16 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 47–10 | 27,500 | ||||
October 3 | at Indiana | No. 14 | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | W 16–10 | 44,882 | ||||
October 10 | Duke | No. 11 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | L 13–21 | 35,000 | ||||
October 17 | at Pittsburgh | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl) | L 35–36 | 44,479 | |||||
October 24 | Colorado State | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 24–21 | 28,500 | |||||
October 31 | at Penn State | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry) | L 8–42 | 48,932 | |||||
November 7 | at East Carolina | Ficklen Memorial Stadium • Greenville, NC | W 28–14 | 10,240 | |||||
November 14 | Syracuse | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy) | W 28–19 | 28,500 | |||||
November 28 | at Maryland | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Rivalry) | W 20–10 | 12,281 | |||||
*Non-conference game. ![]() |
- Reference:[1]
References
- ↑ "WVU 1970 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
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