1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team information
American college football season
1970Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Record
6–5 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Charles Shira (4th season)
Home stadium
Scott Field Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 7 LSU $
5
–
0
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
No. 4 Tennessee
4
–
1
–
0
11
–
1
–
0
No. 10 Auburn
5
–
2
–
0
9
–
2
–
0
No. 20 Ole Miss
4
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Florida
3
–
3
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Georgia
3
–
3
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Alabama
3
–
4
–
0
6
–
5
–
1
Mississippi State
3
–
4
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Vanderbilt
1
–
5
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Kentucky
0
–
7
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1970 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs finished 6–5 for the only winning season in head coach Charles Shira's tenure. The 1970 squad included the first two African-American football players on the Bulldogs' varsity team, defensive back Frank Dowsing and defensive tackle Robert Bell.[1][2]
^Banks, Lacy J. (December 1970). "Black football players in the White South". Ebony Magazine. No. Dec. 1970.
^Martin, Charles (2010). Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03551-7.
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