1970 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

The 1970 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coach Claude "Hoot" Gibson, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 6–4 record, 3–1 against conference opponents, and finished in second place in the Missouri Valley Conference.[1]

1970 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
1970 record6–4 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSkelly Stadium Capacity: (40,385)
1970 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Louisville $ 4 0 0  8 3 1
Tulsa 3 1 0  6 4 0
Memphis State 2 2 0  6 4 0
North Texas State 1 3 0  3 8 0
Wichita State 0 4 0  0 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The team's statistical leaders included John Dobbs with 664 passing yards, Josh Ashton with 685 rushing yards, and Jim Butler with 245 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 12Cincinnati*W 7–3
September 19Idaho State*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 38–13
September 26at No. 12 Arkansas*L 7–49
October 3Memphis State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 27–12
October 10at LouisvilleL 8–14
October 17at Virginia Tech*L 14–17
October 31at Houston*L 9–21
November 7Wichita State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 21–12
November 21Idaho*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 30–17
December 5North Texas State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 26–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]


References

  1. "1970 Missouri Valley Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  2. "1970 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  3. "1970 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2020.


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