1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1970 record 65 (34 SEC)
Head coach Charles Shira (4th year)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1970 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 LSU $ 5 0 0     9 3 0
#4 Tennessee 4 1 0     11 1 0
#10 Auburn 5 2 0     9 2 0
#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 65 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 StadiumJackson, MS W 1413  
September 19 at No. 14 Florida Florida FieldGainesville, FL L 1334  
September 26 vs. Vanderbilt Liberty BowlMemphis, TN W 206  
October 3 Georgia Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS W 76  
October 10 Houston* Scott FieldStarkville, MS L 1431  
October 17 No. 17 Texas Tech* Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS W 2016  
October 24 Southern Miss* Scott FieldStarkville, MS W 5115  
October 31 at Alabama Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry) L 635  
November 7 at No. 10 Auburn Legion FieldBirmingham, AL L 056  
November 14 at No. 9 LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) L 738  
November 26 at No. 10 Ole Miss Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS (Egg Bowl) W 1914  
*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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