1970 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1970 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 18
1970 record	7–3
Head coach	Joe Paterno (5th season)
Captain	Jack Ham
Captain	Warren Koegel
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 48,284)
Seasons

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame			–					10	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Air Force			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech			–					9	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Houston			–					8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tulane			–					8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					7	–	4	–	0
Florida State			–					7	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech			–					5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	4	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	5	–	0
Utah State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					3	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					3	–	7	–	0
Marshall			–					3	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	9	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	9	–	0
Army			–					1	–	9	–	1
Xavier			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	Navy	No. 7	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		W 55–7	48,566
September 26	at No. 18 Colorado	No. 4	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	L 13–41	42,850
October 3	at Wisconsin	No. 16	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		L 16–29	55,204
October 10	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 28–3	25,252
October 17	Syracuse		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)		L 7–24	50,540
October 24	at Army		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	ABC	W 38–14	41,062
October 31	West Virginia		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)		W 42–8	49,932
November 7	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)		W 34–0	23,400
November 14	Ohio		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		W 32–22	43,000
November 21	Pittsburgh	No. 20	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)		W 35–15	50,017
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1970 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 25 Cooper, MikeMike Cooper 7.0 !Sr WR 88 Edmonds, GregGreg Edmonds 7.0 !Sr RB 34 Harris, FrancoFranco Harris 5.0 !Jr QB 14 Hufnagel, JohnJohn Hufnagel 3.0 !So C 56 Koegel, WarrenWarren Koegel 7.0 !Sr RB 23 Mitchell, LydellLydell Mitchell 5.0 !Jr T 78 Surma, VicVic Surma 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 83 Bannon, BruceBruce Bannon 3.0 !So DT 37 Brown, RickRick Brown 3.0 !So LB 33 Ham, JackJack Ham 7.0 !Sr LB 80 Hull, GaryGary Hull 7.0 !Sr LB 15 Koiwai, MarkMark Koiwai 7.0 !Sr LB 47 Laslavic, JimJim Laslavic 3.0 !So DE 81 Skorupan, JohnJohn Skorupan 3.0 !So LB 60 Zapiec, CharlieCharlie Zapiec 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P/QB 13 Parsons, BobBob Parsons 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Joe Paterno Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Post season

NFL Draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1971 NFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Position	Team
2nd	8	34	Jack Ham	Linebacker	Pittsburgh Steelers
3rd	21	73	Warren Koegel	Center	Oakland Raiders
11th	22	282	Vic Surma	–	Miami Dolphins
16th	24	414	Greg Edmonds	–	Minnesota Vikings