1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football
WAC Champions Peach Bowl Champions
Peach Bowl, W 48–26 vs. North Carolina
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#8
AP	#6
1970 record	11–0 (7–0 WAC)
Head coach	Frank Kush
Home stadium	[Grant Field Atlanta, GA]

1970 WAC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#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 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 1970 college football season. The offense scored 405 points while the defense allowed 148 points. Led by head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils won the Peach Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 19	Colorado State	#20	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 38–9
September 26	Kansas State*		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 34–13
October 3	at Wyoming	#18	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 52–3
October 10	Washington State*	#14	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 37–30
October 17	at BYU	#12	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	W 27–3
October 24	at UTEP	#12	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX	W 42–13
November 7	San Jose State*	#12	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 46–10
November 14	Utah	#11	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 37–14
November 21	New Mexico	#9	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 33–21
December 5	at Arizona	#9	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ (Rivalry)	W 10–6
December 20	vs. North Carolina	#8	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	W 48–26
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain.

Reference:^[1]

Game summaries

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Arizona St	0	0	7	3	10
Arizona	0	0	0	6	6

Date: December 5
Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ

Scoring summary

Q3	ASU	Hill 7 yard pass from Spagnola (Ekstrand kick)	ASU 7–0

Q4	ARIZ	McKee 20 yard pass from Demery (kick failed)	ASU 7–6

Q4	ASU	Ekstrand 20 yard field goal	ASU 10–6

^[2]

1970 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1971 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
J. D. Hill	Wide Receiver	1	4	Buffalo Bills
Jim McCann	Kicker	8	205	San Francisco 49ers
Mike Fanucci	Defensive End	9	219	Washington Redskins
Bob Thomas	End	15	379	Cincinnati Bengals

Reference:^[3]

References

↑ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Frank Kush, 1970". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
↑ Eugene-Register Guard. 1970 Dec 6.
↑ "1971 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

Arizona State Sun Devils football

Venues	Normal Field (1897–1926) Irish Field (1927–1935) Goodwin Stadium (1936–1957) Sun Devil Stadium (1958–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona (Territorial Cup)

Culture & lore	Sparky the Sun Devil "Maroon & Gold" Sun Devil Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, December 09, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.