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1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1970
team	Arizona State Sun Devils
sport	football
conference	Western Athletic Conference
short_conf	WAC
CoachRank	8
APRank	6
record	11–0
conf_record	7–0
head_coach	Frank Kush
hc_year	13th
stadium	Sun Devil Stadium
bowl	[Peach Bowl](1970-peach-bowl)
champion	WAC champion
Peach Bowl champion
National champion
(Poling System)
bowl_result	W 48–26 vs. [North Carolina](1970-north-carolina-tar-heels-football-team)

Peach Bowl champion National champion (Poling System) The 1970 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their 13th season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled an 11–0 record (7–0 against WAC opponents), won the WAC championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 405 to 151. ASU was picked as the overall #1 team for the 1970 College Football season by Poling System. Poling was a mathematic system used to rank college football teams. It was considered a "National Champion Major Selector" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The team's statistical leaders included Joe Spagnola with 1,991 passing yards, Bobby Thomas with 900 rushing yards, and J. D. Hill with 908 receiving yards.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Arizona

Roster

1970 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1971 NFL draft.

References

"1970 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(2016). "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University.
"1970 Arizona State Sun Devils Stats". Sports Reference LLC.
(September 20, 1970). "Arizona State swamps CSU". The Arizona Daily Star.
(September 27, 1970). "Sun Devils rip 'Cats". The Kansas City Star.
(October 4, 1970). "'Spaghetti Joe' sets table as Ariz. State routs Wyoming 52–3". The Courier-Journal.
(October 11, 1970). "Cougs can't quite do it". The News Tribune.
(October 18, 1970). "Arizona State pummels hapless BYU club 27–3". The Idaho Statesman.
(October 25, 1970). "Sun Devils rip Miners". The Ogden Standard-Examiner.
(November 8, 1970). "Streaking Sun Devils rip Sparts". The Spokesman-Review.
(November 15, 1970). "Arizona State raps Utah, 37–14". Fort Collins Coloradoan.
(November 22, 1970). "Arizona beats UNM, takes title". The Sacramento Bee.
(December 6, 1970). "Arizona State sneaks past tenacious Arizona U., 10–6". The Patriot-News.
(December 31, 1970). "Arizona State blisters Tar Heels, 48–26". The Arizona Daily Star.
. ["1970 NCAA Football Statistics (Arizona State)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/296376). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
Eugene-Register Guard. 1970 Dec 6.
"1971 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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