1970 Washington Huskies football team

The 1970 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington in the Pacific-8 Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Jim Owens, the Huskies compiled a 6–4 record (4–3 in Pac-8, tied for second),[1] and outscored their opponents 334 to 216.[2]

1970 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-8
Record6–4 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1970 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Stanford $ 6 –1 –09 –3 –0
Washington 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Oregon 4 –3 –06 –4 –1
UCLA 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
California 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
No. 15 USC 3 –4 –06 –4 –1
Oregon State 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Washington State 0 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The Huskies were led on the field by sophomore quarterback Sonny Sixkiller,[3][4] who set numerous team records.[5] Fullback Bo Cornell and defensive tackle Tom Failla were the team captains.

This was the final year of a ten-game schedule for Washington; the other seven teams in the Pac-8 played eleven games.[6]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19Michigan State*
W 42–1652,240
September 26No. 10 Michigan*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 3–1756,106
October 3Navy*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 56–755,292
October 10California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 28–3153,420
October 17at No. 11 USC
L 25–2856,166
October 24at Oregon State
W 29–2027,911
October 31No. 16 Oregon
W 25–1358,580
November 7at No. 6 Stanford
L 22–2959,066
November 14No. 17 UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 61–2059,208
November 21vs. Washington State
W 43–2533,200
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
1970 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 6 Sonny Sixkiller So
QB 15 Greg Collins So
FB 32 Bo Cornell (C) Sr
HB 41 Darrell Downey Jr
C 53 Bruce Jarvis Sr
C 56 Al Kelso So
G 65 Wayne Sortun Sr
OT 72 Dan Cunningham Sr
OT 76 Lane Ronnebaum Sr
G 77 Ernie Janet Sr
WR 83 Jim Krieg Jr
TE 85 Ace Bulger Sr
TE 87 John Brady So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 11 Bob Burmeister Sr
SS 12 Mark McMahon Sr
FS 18 Bill Cahill So
CB 26 Calvin Jones So
LB 36 Bob Ferguson So
LB 37 Ron Shepherd Jr
LB 48 Rick Huget Jr
LB 51 Jim Katsenes Sr
DT 59 Gordy Guinn So
DE 84 Ken Lee Sr
DT 91 Tom Failla (C) Sr
DE 96 Al Kravitz Jr
DE 97 Dave Worgan So
DE 99 Kurt Matter So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 10 Ron Volbrecht Sr
P 14 Gene Willis Sr
PK 16 Steve Wiezbowski So
P 46 Dick Galuska Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
Source:[4][7][8][9]

All-conference
Main article: 1970 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

NFL draft selections

Four UW Huskies were selected in the 1971 NFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Ernie JanetGuard2nd37San Francisco 49ers
Bo CornellRunning back2nd40Cleveland Browns
Bruce JarvisCenter3rd53Buffalo Bills
Ken LeeLinebacker8th204Detroit Lions
= Husky Hall of Fame[10]

References
  1. "Pacific-8 Conference final standings". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 23, 1970. p. 31.
  2. "Washington Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  3. Brown, Bruce (September 8, 1970). "UW is led by Indian". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 18.
  4. "Huskies are set to begin season". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 18, 1970. p. 14.
  5. Brown, Bruce (November 23, 1970). "Youth lifts WSU hope". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 31.
  6. Cawood, Neil (September 8, 1970). "Huskies hope Sonny Sixkiller will make the difference". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  7. "Kicking feature for UW". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 15, 1970. p. 15.
  8. "WSU vs. Washington (rosters)". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 20, 1970. p. 17.
  9. "Huskies vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1970. p. 12.
  10. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


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