1970 Washington State Cougars football team

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]

1970 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
1970 record	1–10 (0–7 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jim Sweeney (3rd season)
Home stadium	Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane)

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 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 dropped the previous season (and in 1971) to allow the Cougars to schedule all seven conference opponents.[7]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 31–48	34,000
September 19	vs. Idaho*	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 44–16	27,200
September 26	at Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 14–28	64,053
October 3	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 13–28	21,800
October 10	at No. 14 Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 30–37	46,098
October 17	No. 9 Stanford	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 16–63	30,400
October 24	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–45	26,103
October 30	at No. 19 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 9–54	30,029
November 7	USC	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 33–70	14,500
November 14	Oregon State	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 16–28	16,300
November 21	Washington	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (Apple Cup)	L 25–43	33,200
*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 T 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 T 79 Mike Talbot Jr QB 13 Jack Wigmore Sr T 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 CB 23 Steve Kerby Jr DE 78 Brian Lange Jr R 38 Bob Leslie Jr LB 68 Pat Messinger Sr CB 25 Ron Mims 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	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 20 Mike Monahan Jr K 3 Don Sweet Jr	Head coach Jim Sweeney (3rd year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Sam Jankovich Pinky Erickson Jim Erkenbeck Jim Shanley Bob Simpson Walt Cubley Roosevelt Ellerbe Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Source:[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

NFL Draft

For the first time in five years, no Cougars were selected in the 1971 NFL Draft.

• List of Washington State Cougars in the NFL Draft

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. "Vandals vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 19, 1970. p. 14.
9. "Probable starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 2, 1970. p. 3B.
10. Missildine, Harry (October 9, 1970). "Fiery 'Devils' await Cougs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 19.
11. "Indians vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 17, 1970. p. 12.
12. "Beavers vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 14, 1970. p. 10.
13. "WSU vs. Washington (rosters)". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 20, 1970. p. 17.
14. "Huskies vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1970. p. 12.
15. "2008 Football media guide" (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. 2008. pp. 172–191. Retrieved March 2, 2020.