1970 BYU Cougars football team

The 1970 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an overall of 3–8 with a mark of 1–6 against conference opponents, finished seventh in the WAC, and were outscored by a total of 255 to 138.

1970 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	3–8 (1–6 WAC)
Head coach	Tommy Hudspeth (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Kragthorpe (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	5–2
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium

1970 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Arizona State $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
New Mexico	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Utah	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
UTEP	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Arizona	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
BYU	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wyoming	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12		North Texas State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 10–7	23,496
September 19	11:30 a.m.	at Western Michigan*	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	L 17–35	16,100
September 26		UTEP	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 0–17	27,406
October 3		at San Diego State*	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	L 11–31	36,830
October 10		at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 17–24	32,500
October 17		No. 12 Arizona State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 3–27	18,288
October 24		Utah State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)	W 27–20	21,562
October 31		Wyoming	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 23–3	22,551
November 7		at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 9–26	20,034
November 14		at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	L 8–51	17,856
November 21		at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 13–14	20,105
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Roster

1970 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 76 Gordon Gravelle Jr OL 78 Paul Howard So RB 28 Pete Van Valkenburg So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 19 Chris Farasopoulos Sr LB 37 Jeff Lyman Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tommy Hudspeth Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster