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The 1970 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lions compiled a record of 7–3. Penn State played home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

ConferenceIndependent
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 18
Record7–3
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1970 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 18
Record7–3
Head coach
Offensive schemeI formation
Defensive coordinatorJim O'Hora (5th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
Seasons
 1969
1971 
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1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Notre Dame  1010
Villanova  920
No. 16 Air Force  930
No. 13 Georgia Tech  930
Boston College  820
No. 19 Houston  830
West Virginia  830
No. 17 Tulane  840
No. 18 Penn State  730
West Texas State  730
Cincinnati  740
Florida State  740
Virginia Tech  560
Syracuse  640
Dayton  541
Pittsburgh  550
Rutgers  550
Utah State  550
Colgate  560
Southern Miss  560
New Mexico State  460
Miami (FL)  380
Northern Illinois  370
Marshall  360
Buffalo  290
Navy  290
Army  191
Xavier  190
Holy Cross  0101
Rankings from AP Poll
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The Nittany Lions entered the season with a 22-game winning streak, unbeaten (29–0–1) in their last thirty games.[1][2] By mid-season, they had dropped three (including one at home), then won the last five to finish at 7–3 and climbed to No. 18 in the final AP poll.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 191:35 p.m.NavyNo. 7W 55–748,566[4]
September 26at No. 18 ColoradoNo. 4ABCL 13–4142,850[5]
October 3at WisconsinNo. 16L 16–2955,204[6]
October 10at Boston CollegeW 28–325,222[7]
October 17Syracusedagger
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 7–2450,540[8]
October 241:55 p.m.at ArmyABCW 38–1441,062[9]
October 31West Virginia
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 42–849,932[10]
November 7at MarylandW 34–023,400[11]
November 141:30 p.m.Ohio
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 32–2243,000[12]
November 21PittsburghNo. 20
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
W 35–1550,017[13]
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Roster

Notable players included senior linebacker Jack Ham and junior running backs Lydell Mitchell and Franco Harris.

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1970 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 25 Mike Cooper Sr
WR 88 Greg Edmonds Sr
RB Fran Ganter Sr
RB 34 Franco Harris Jr
QB 16 John Hufnagel So
TE 89 John Hull Jr
C 56 Warren Koegel (C) Sr
RB 23 Lydell Mitchell Jr
OT 78 Vic Surma Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 83 Bruce Bannon So
DT 37 Rick Brown So
LB 33 Jack Ham (C) Sr
LB 80 Gary Hull Sr
LB 15 Mark Koiwai Sr
LB 47 Jim Laslavic So
DE 81 John Skorupan So
LB 60 Charlie Zapiec Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P/QB 13 Bob Parsons Jr
LB/PK/P 80 Gary Hull Sr
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

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NFL draft

Four Nittany Lions were selected in the 1971 NFL draft.

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