1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1970 record 6–5 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach Charles Shira (4th season)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1970 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 LSU $ 5 –0 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 –1 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 10 Auburn 5 –2 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 20 Ole Miss 4 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Florida 3 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Georgia 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Alabama 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –1
Mississippi State 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Kentucky 0 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1970 college football season. The Bulldogs finished 6–5 for the only winning season in head coach Charles Shira's tenure. The 1970 squad included the first two African-American football players on the Bulldogs' varsity team, defensive back Frank Dowsing and defensive tackle Robert Bell.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 12 Oklahoma State* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi W 14–13  
September 19 at No. 14 Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 13–34  
September 26 vs. Vanderbilt Liberty Bowl • Memphis, Tennessee W 20–6  
October 3 Georgia Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi W 7–6  
October 10 Houston* Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi L 14–31  
October 17 No. 17 Texas Tech* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi W 20–16  
October 24 Southern Miss* Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 51–15  
October 31 at Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Rivalry) L 6–35  
November 7 at No. 10 Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama L 0–56  
November 14 at No. 9 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Rivalry) L 7–38  
November 26 at No. 10 Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl) W 19–14  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ Banks, Lacy J. "Black football players in the White South". Ebony Magazine (Dec. 1970).
  2. ↑ Martin, Charles (2010). Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03551-7.
  3. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015


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