1970 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

The 1970 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In their first season as a varsity team, Sonoma State competed as an independent in 1970. They would join the Far Western Conference (FWC) in 1971.

1970 Sonoma State Cossacks football
ConferenceIndependent
1970 record4–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCossacks Stadium
1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Tampa      10 1 0
No. 5 Tennessee State      10 0 0
No. 11 Delaware      9 2 0
Hawaii      9 2 0
Northern Michigan      8 2 0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan      7 2 1
Akron      7 3 0
Central Michigan      7 3 0
Temple      7 3 0
Drake      7 4 0
Wayne State (MI)      6 2 0
Nevada      6 3 1
Southern Illinois      6 3 0
Portland State      6 4 0
UNLV      6 4 0
Cortland      5 4 0
La Verne      5 4 0
Santa Clara      5 4 1
Colorado College      4 4 0
Drexel      4 4 0
Hofstra      5 5 0
Indiana State      5 5 0
Samford      5 5 0
Sonoma State      4 4 1
Wabash      3 3 2
Saint Mary's      3 4 0
Bucknell      4 6 0
Rose Poly      3 5 1
Northeastern      3 5 0
Lake Forest      3 6 0
Chattanooga      3 8 0
Parsons      2 7 0
Milwaukee      1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Cossacks were led by first-year head coach Carl Peterson. As their campus did not then have a stadium suitable for spectators, home games were played at Bailey Field at Santa Rosa Junior College.[note 1] Sonoma State finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie (4–4–1). The Cossacks were outscored by their opponents 157–210 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 19at UC Riverside
L 7–14
September 26Saint Mary’s
L 7–13
October 3Azusa Pacific
  • Bailey Field
  • Santa Rosa, CA
W 17–14
October 17at UC Davis[note 2]W 24–11
October 24at Oregon TechKlamath Falls, ORW 21–20
October 31San Francisco State
  • Bailey Field
  • Santa Rosa, CA
T 20–20
November 7at California Lutheran
L 14–16
November 14San Francisco
  • Bailey Field
  • Santa Rosa, CA
W 33–27
November 21at Chico State[note 3]
L 14–75

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Team players in the NFL

No Sonoma State players were selected in the 1971 NFL Draft.[2][3][4]

Notes

  1. In later years they played at a campus field, Cossacks Stadium which would be renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.
  2. The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  3. California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

  1. "Sonoma State Football - 1970". Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  2. "1971 NFL Draft". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  3. "Sonoma St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  4. "Draft History: Sonoma State". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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