1970 Washington Huskies football team

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The 1970 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington in the Pacific-8 Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Jim Owens, the Huskies compiled a 6–4 record (4–3 in Pac-8, tied for second),[1] and outscored their opponents 334 to 216.[2]

Record6–4 (4–3 Pac-8)
Headcoach
Captains
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1970 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumUniversity of Washington Stadium
Seasons
 1969
1971 
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1970 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Stanford $610930
Washington430640
Oregon430641
UCLA430650
California430650
No. 15 USC340641
Oregon State340650
Washington State0701100
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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The Huskies were led on the field by sophomore quarterback Sonny Sixkiller,[3][4] who set numerous team records.[5] Fullback Bo Cornell and defensive tackle Tom Failla were the team captains.

This was the final year of a ten-game schedule for Washington; the other seven teams in the Pac-8 played eleven games.[6]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Michigan State*W 42–1652,000[7]
September 26No. 10 Michigan*
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 3–1757,500[8]
October 3Navy*
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 56–757,000[9]
October 101:31 p.m.California
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 28–3154,000[10]
October 17at No. 11 USCL 25–2856,166[11]
October 24at Oregon StateW 29–2027,911[12]
October 31No. 16 Oregon
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA (rivalry)
W 25–2358,580[13]
November 71:29 p.m.at No. 6 StanfordL 22–2958,000[14]
November 14No. 17 UCLAdagger
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 61–2059,250[15]
November 21at Washington StateW 43–2533,200[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time
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Roster

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1970 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 6 Sonny Sixkiller So
QB 15 Greg Collins So
FB 32 Bo Cornell (C) Sr
HB 41 Darrell Downey Jr
C 53 Bruce Jarvis Sr
C 56 Al Kelso So
G 65 Wayne Sortun Sr
OT 72 Dan Cunningham Sr
OT 76 Lane Ronnebaum Sr
G 77 Ernie Janet Sr
WR 83 Jim Krieg Jr
TE 85 Ace Bulger Sr
TE 87 John Brady So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 11 Bob Burmeister Sr
SS 12 Mark McMahon Sr
FS 18 Bill Cahill So
CB 26 Calvin Jones So
LB 36 Bob Ferguson So
LB 37 Ron Shepherd Jr
LB 48 Rick Huget Jr
LB 51 Jim Katsenes Sr
DT 59 Gordy Guinn So
DE 84 Ken Lee Sr
DT 91 Tom Failla (C) Sr
DE 96 Al Kravitz Jr
DE 97 Dave Worgan So
DE 99 Kurt Matter So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 10 Ron Volbrecht Sr
P 14 Gene Willis Sr
PK 16 Steve Wiezbowski So
P 46 Dick Galuska Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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Source:[4][18][19][20]

All-conference

NFL draft selections

Four UW Huskies were selected in the 1971 NFL draft, which lasted 17 rounds with 442 selections.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Ernie JanetGuard2nd37San Francisco 49ers
Bo CornellRunning back2nd40Cleveland Browns
Bruce JarvisCenter3rd53Buffalo Bills
Ken LeeLinebacker8th204Detroit Lions
= Husky Hall of Fame[21]

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