1970 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

The 1970 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. Under fourth-year head coach Dick Towers, the team compiled a 6–3 record.[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

1970 Southern Illinois Salukis football
ConferenceIndependent
1970 record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumMcAndrew 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
IUP    5 4 0
La Verne    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
Sonoma State    4 4 1
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
Chattanooga    3 8 0
Parsons    2 7 0
Eastern Illinois    2 8 0
Milwaukee    1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19LouisvilleW 31–28
September 26Youngstown State
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 45–20
October 3Lamar Tech
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 32–16
October 17at East CarolinaW 14–1216,271[2]
October 24Illinois State
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 45–24
October 31Bradley
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 69–3
November 7at Ball StateL 17–24
November 14at DrakeL 9–21
November 21at Arkansas State
L 3–27

References

  1. "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 117. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. "Perfect SIU wins fourth". Southern Illinoisan. October 18, 1970. Retrieved January 2, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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