1970 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record1–10 (0–7 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumJoe Albi Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Stanford $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Washington 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Oregon 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
UCLA 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
California 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
No. 15 USC 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Oregon State 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Washington State 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the Cougars compiled a 1–10 record (0–7 in Pac-8, last), and were outscored 460 to 231.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Ty Paine with 1,581 passing yards, Bob Ewen with 667 rushing yards, and Ed Armstrong with 488 receiving yards.[3]

Due to the fire at Rogers Field in April,[4] all home games were played at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane in 1970 and 1971. AstroTurf was installed there in the summer of 1970.[5][6]

For the second straight year, Washington State played a full conference schedule and went winless. The only victory was in September over neighbor Idaho in the Battle of the Palouse, the sole meeting in a three-year span. The annual rivalry game was not played the previous season (and in 1971) to allow the Cougars to schedule all seven conference opponents.[7]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12at Kansas*
L 31–4831,971–34,000
September 19vs. Idaho*
W 44–1627,200[8][9]
September 26at Michigan State*
L 14–2864,053
October 3at Oregon
L 13–2821,800
October 10at No. 14 Arizona State*
L 30–3746,098
October 17No. 9 Stanford
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
L 16–6330,400
October 24at California
L 0–4526,103
October 30at No. 19 UCLA
L 9–5430,029
November 7USC
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
L 33–7014,500
November 14Oregon State
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
L 16–2816,300
November 21Washington
L 25–4333,200
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1970 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
SE 42 Ed Armstrong Sr
SE 45 Brock Aynsley Jr
QB 15 Gary Bergan Jr
OT 77 Buzz Brazeau Jr
G 66 Steve Busch Jr
FB 33 Bob Ewen Sr
TE 89 Jim Forrest So
G 67 Jim Giesa Jr
C 50 John Hook Jr
TB 26 Bernard Jackson Jr
TB 27 Gary Kline Sr
TE 86 Hugh Klopfenstein Sr
FL 41 Tony Lomax Jr
FB 32 Ken Lyday Jr
C 53 Mike Lynch Sr
G 61 Bill Moos So
SE 43 Jim Oggs Jr
QB 14 Ty Paine So
OT 79 Mike Talbot Jr
QB 13 Jack Wigmore Sr
OT 76 Wallace Williams Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 63 Crosby Anerson Jr
S 40 Nile DeCuire Jr
CB 29 Tyrone Daisey So
LB 69 Dana Dogterom Jr
DT 75 Terry Durst Sr
DT 74 Dennis Forston Sr
CB 10 Chuck Hawthorne Jr
LB 58 Randy Johnson So
CB 23 Steve Kerby Jr
DE 78 Brian Lange Jr
R 38 Bob Leslie Jr
LB 68 Pat Messinger Sr
CB 25 Ron Butler Jr
DE 88 Dennis Mitchell So
DB 20 Mike Monahan Jr
LB 57 Rod Mumma Jr
DE 81 Mark Painter Jr
DT 70 Marc Pence So
LB 65 Joe Richer Sr
DR 87 Mike Schmidlen Jr
CB 22 Lionel Thomas Sr
DB 48 Tim Thompson So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 20 Mike Monahan Jr
K 3 Don Sweet Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

All-conference

Main article: 1970 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

One Washington State offensive lineman, junior guard Steve Busch, was named to the All-Pac-8 team. On the second team (honorable mention) was senior cornerback Lionel Thomas.[18][19] Busch made the first team again as a senior in 1971.[20]

References

  1. ^ "1970 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 76. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "1970 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Fast blaze ruins Pullman stadium". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). April 6, 1970. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Renovation of Albi Stadium progresses: turf is down". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 8, 1970. p. 7.
  6. ^ Missildine, Harry (September 13, 1970). "Joe Albi Stadium: $750,000 'new look'". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (football section). p. 1.
  7. ^ Missildine, Harry (September 19, 1970). "Battle of Palouse matches explosive offenses at Albi". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 14.
  8. ^ Missildine, Harry (September 20, 1970). "Cougars roar back, swamp Vandals". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 1, sports.
  9. ^ Brown, Bruce (September 21, 1970). "Next foes are tough". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. p. 17.
  10. ^ "Vandals vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 19, 1970. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Probable starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 2, 1970. p. 3B.
  12. ^ Missildine, Harry (October 9, 1970). "Fiery 'Devils' await Cougs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 19.
  13. ^ "Indians vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 17, 1970. p. 12.
  14. ^ "Beavers vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 14, 1970. p. 10.
  15. ^ "WSU vs. Washington (rosters)". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 20, 1970. p. 17.
  16. ^ "Huskies vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1970. p. 12.
  17. ^ "2008 Football media guide" (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. 2008. pp. 172–191. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  18. ^ "Pac-8 All-Stars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 1, 1970. p. 3B.
  19. ^ "WSU Pac-8 coach lauded by coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). December 1, 1970. p. 14.
  20. ^ "Four Cougars on All-Stars". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 28, 1971. p. 1, sports.

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