1970 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0
Head coach
Home stadiumHale Stadium
1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Arkansas AM&N   –  6 –3 –0
Southern Illinois   –  6 –3 –0
Nevada   –  6 –3 –1
Portland State   –  6 –4 –0
UNLV   –  6 –4 –0
Boston University   –  5 –4 –0
Cortland   –  5 –4 –0
Indiana (PA)   –  5 –4 –0
Santa Clara   –  5 –4 –1
Lafayette   –  6 –5 –0
Colorado College   –  4 –4 –0
Drexel   –  4 –4 –0
Hofstra   –  5 –5 –0
Indiana State   –  5 –5 –0
Samford   –  5 –5 –0
Wabash   –  3 –3 –2
Saint Mary's   –  3 –4 –0
Bucknell   –  4 –6 –0
Lehigh   –  4 –6 –0
Rose Poly   –  3 –5 –1
Northeastern   –  3 –5 –0
Indiana Central   –  3 –6 –0
Lake Forest   –  3 –6 –0
Kentucky State   –  3 –6 –0
Chattanooga   –  3 –8 –0
Parsons   –  2 –7 –0
Eastern Illinois   –  2 –8 –0
Milwaukee   –  1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled a perfect 10–0 record, defeated Southwestern Louisiana in the 1970 Grantland Rice Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 396 to 144. The team was also recognized as the 1970 black college national champion and was ranked No. 5 in the final 1970 NCAA College Division football rankings issued by both the Associated Press and United Press International.[1]

Tackle Vernon Holland received first-team honors on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11vs. Alcorn A&M
W 24–1443,772[3]
September 19Kentucky State
W 62–715,000
September 26at Albany StateNo. 10Albany, GAW 54–78,000
October 3Texas SouthernNo. 10
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 41–911,000[4]
October 10at GramblingNo. 6Grambling, LAW 34–2712,000[5]
October 24at Florida A&MNo. 5
W 21–1014,000
October 31SouthernNo. 5
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 38–711,000–14,000[6][7]
November 7Morris BrownNo. 6
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 36–149,000
November 21vs. ParsonsNo. 5
W 21–37,000
November 26BishopNo. 4
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 39–2112,000
December 12at No. 10 Southwestern LouisianaNo. 5
W 26–2517,000[8]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ "A.P.'s Little All-American". The Morning News. December 10, 1970. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Mal Florence (September 12, 1970). "Tennessee's Early Thrusts Too Much for Alcorn, 24-14". Los Angeles Times. pp. III-1, III-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Big Blue routs Southern by 41–9 count, now 4–0". The Nashville Tennessean. October 4, 1970. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tigers nudge Grambling on Sims' pass interception". The Tennessean. October 11, 1970. Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "TSU rambles to 38–7 win". The Nashville Tennessean. November 1, 1970. Retrieved August 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Tennessee State Nips USL Ragin' Cajuns". The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana). December 13, 1970. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
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