1970 NFL Draft
Notable undrafted players
Table:
Original NFL team

Player

Pos.

College

Conf.

Notes

Atlanta Falcons

Sonny Campbell

RB

Northern Arizona

Ind.

Boston Patriots

Hubie Bryant

WR

Minnesota

Big Ten

Buffalo Bills

Tommy Pharr

DB

Mississippi State

SEC

Cleveland Browns

Jim Langer‡

C

South Dakota State

NCC

Cincinnati Bengals

Doug Dressler

RB

California State Chico

FWC

Dallas Cowboys

Cliff Harris‡†

S

Ouachita Baptist

Arkansas

Dallas Cowboys

Ken Johnson

OT

Indiana

Big Ten

Los Angeles Rams

Otis Sistrunk †

DE

Miami Dolphins

Doug Swift

LB

Amherst

Little Three

New Orleans Saints

Hugo Hollas

S

Rice

SWC

New York Giants

Joe Green

S

Bowling Green

MAC

New York Giants

Bob Tucker

TE

Bloomsburg

PSAC

Philadelphia Eagles

Rick Arrington

QB

Tulsa

MVC

Pittsburgh Steelers

Dave Kalina

WR

Miami

Ind.

Washington Redskins

Terry Hermeling

OT

Nevada-Reno

Ind. (Coll.)

Washington Redskins

Rusty Tillman †

LB

Northern Arizona

Ind.

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The 1970 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise 's fifth year in the National Football League ( NFL ) . The team failed to improve on their previous season 's output of 6-8 , winning only four games . They failed to reach the playoffs for the fifth straight season . The team began its season by winning two of its first three games . However , following their 21-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers the Falcons went 2-7-2 in their final 11 games . Their tied games , 10-10 with the Los Angeles Rams and 13-13 with the Philadelphia Eagles , occurred in back-to-back weeks . The Falcons are the last team in NFL history to have two tied games in two straight weeks , as overtime was added to the NFL game in 1974 .
Thee Arthur Campbell ( born March 5 , 1948 ) is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Atlanta Falcons . He played college football for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks .
A running back ( RB ) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football . The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball , and block . There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play , depending on the offensive formation . A running back may be a halfback ( in certain contexts also referred to as a tailback ) , a wingback or a fullback . A running back will sometimes be called a feature back if he is the team 's starting running back .
The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Northern Arizona University located in the U.S. state of Arizona . The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and are members of the Big Sky Conference . The school 's first football team was fielded in 1915 . The team plays its home games at the 17,500 seat Walkup Skydome . They are coached by Chris Ball .
National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference . This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do . There are fewer independent schools than in years past ; many independent schools join , or attempt to join , established conferences . The main reasons to join a conference are to gain a share of television revenue and access to bowl games that agree to take teams from certain conferences , and to help deal with otherwise potentially difficult challenges in scheduling opponents to play throughout the season . All Division I FBS independents are eligible for the College Football Playoff ( CFP ) , or for the so-called access bowls associated with the CFP , if they are chosen by the CFP selection committee . Notre Dame has a potential tie-in with the Orange Bowl . Army has an agreement with the Military Bowl ( formerly the EagleBank Bowl ) , and Notre Dame , in addition to its CFP agreement , has other bowl agreements as part of its affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . ( Notre Dame had similar agreements with its previous conference , the Big East . ) BYU had an agreement with the Armed Forces Bowl for 2011 . The ranks of football independents increased by one starting with the 2011 season with the announcement that BYU would leave the Mountain West Conference ( MWC ) to become a football independent starting with that season . The ranks increased by two in 2013 when the Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) dropped football and New Mexico State and Idaho did not have a conference for football . The ranks of football independents decreased by two in 2014 with the return of Idaho and New Mexico State as football-only members of the Sun Belt Conference ( SBC ) and decreased by one more in 2015 with Navy joining the American Athletic Conference ( AAC ) as a football-only member .
The 1970 Boston Patriots season was the franchise 's first season in the National Football League and eleventh overall . They ended the season with a record of two wins and twelve losses , fifth ( last ) in the AFC East Division . This was the final season as the Boston Patriots , as they moved southwest to Foxborough the next season and became the New England Patriots . Their final season as Boston did not go as planned , as the Patriots struggled all season and finished 2-12 , the worst record in the NFL . Home games in 1970 were played at Harvard Stadium . After taking the season opener at home from the Miami Dolphins , Boston lost nine in a row before beating the Buffalo Bills on the road . The season concluded with an embarrassing 45-7 loss to the Bengals in Cincinnati . Head coach Clive Rush quit midway through the season because of medical reasons . His replacement , offensive backfield coach John Mazur , did not do much better of a job , but he continued as head coach the next season . The Patriots scored the fewest points in the league in 1970 with 149 , and allowed 361 ; they missed the playoffs for the seventh straight season . Despite being a Super Bowl quarterback , no NFL team made contact with 32-year-old Joe Kapp until after the start of the regular season . Prior to the 1969 season , the Minnesota Vikings had exercised the option clause of his contract , so Kapp had played the entire season without a new contract .
Hubert Lavann Bryant ( born February 10 , 1946 ) is a former American football wide receiver who played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1970 and the New England Patriots in 1971-1972 . He played college football at the University of Minnesota for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team .
A wide receiver , also referred to as wideouts or simply receivers , is an offensive position in gridiron football , and is a key player . They get their name because they are split out wide ( near the sidelines ) , farthest away from the rest of the team . Wide receivers are among the fastest players on the field . The wide receiver functions as the pass-catching specialist .
The 1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season . In their 16th year under head coach Murray Warmath , the Golden Gophers compiled a 6-4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 207 to 190 . End Ray Paron received the team 's Most Valuable Player award . Parson was also named All-Big Ten first team . Linebacker Noel Jenke , halfback Barry Mayer and defensive lineman Leon Trawick were named Academic All-Big Ten . The team included offensive lineman , Richard Fliehr , better known as professional wrestler Ric Flair . Total attendance at six home games was 272,449 , an average of 45,417 per game . The largest crowd was against Ohio State .
The Big Ten Conference ( stylized B1G , formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference ) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States . It is based in Rosemont , Illinois . For decades the conference consisted of 10 universities , while the present conference has 14 member institutions . They compete in the NCAA Division I ; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , formerly known as Division I-A , the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport . The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska , as well as two additional public land-grant schools and a private university . The Big Ten Conference was established in 1895 when Purdue University president James H. Smart and representatives from the University of Chicago , University of Illinois , University of Michigan , University of Minnesota , Northwestern University , and University of Wisconsin gathered at Chicago 's Palmer House Hotel to set policies aimed at regulating intercollegiate athletics . In 1899 , Indiana University and the University of Iowa joined the conference to increase the membership to nine schools . In 1905 , the conference was officially incorporated as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives . The conference is one of the nation 's oldest , predating the founding of the NCAA by a decade , and was one of the first collegiate conferences to sponsor men 's basketball . Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations . All institutions except full member University of Nebraska and associate member Notre Dame are members of the Association of American Universities . Large student enrollment is a hallmark of Big Ten Universities , as 12 of the 14 members feature enrollments of 30,000 or more students .
The 1970 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise 's 1st season in the National Football League , and the 11th overall . The team looked to improve on its 4-10 record from 1969 and make the playoffs for the first time since 1966 . However , the Bills started out on the wrong foot , losing 4 of its first 5 games . After winning 2 straight road games against the Patriots and Jets and suffering a blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals , the Bills and Colts played to a 17-17 draw in week 9 , Buffalo 's first tie since 1968 . The Bills would then lose 5 straight to end the season and finish the season 3-10-1 , in fourth place in the AFC East . Their week 5 game against the Miami Dolphins would start a stage of futility in which the Bills would lose 20 straight games to the Dolphins . The Bills would not beat the Dolphins at any point during the 70s and would not beat Miami again until 1980 . This would become known as The Streak .
Tommy Lee Phar ( born July 31 , 1947 ) is a former American football defensive back that played for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ( NFL ) in 1970 . Pharr played college football at Mississippi State .
In gridiron football , defensive backs ( DBs ) are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage ; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers , who take positions directly behind or close to the line of scrimmage . The defensive backs , in turn , generally are classified into several different specialized positions :
The 1969 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season .
The Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States . Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ten states , three additional public land grant universities , and one private research university . The conference is headquartered in Birmingham , Alabama . The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I in sports competitions ; for football , it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , formerly known as Division I-A . The SEC is regarded as one of the most accomplished sports conferences in terms of its winning reputation , with 43 national football championships , 21 basketball championships , 41 indoor track championships , 42 outdoor track championships , 24 swimming championships , 20 gymnastics championships , and 13 College World Series . The conference is also highly successful financially , as it consistently leads most others in revenue distribution to its members , including an SEC record $ 455.8 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year , which was a sizable increase over the $ 292.8 million for the 2013-14 fiscal year , largely due to the revenue from the introduction of the SEC Network . The SEC was also the first NCAA Division I conference to hold a championship game ( and award a subsequent title ) for college football and was one of the founding members of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) . The current SEC commissioner is Greg Sankey . The conference sponsors team championships in nine men 's sports and twelve women 's sports .
The 1970 Cleveland Browns season was the team 's 21st season with the National Football League . The Browns attempted to improve on its 10-3-1 record from 1969 . The team would fail to do so , and they finished with an even 7-7 record and missed the postseason . This was the first season that the Browns would play the Cincinnati Bengals , their new arch-rival in the AFC Central . The 2 teams split their 2 meetings in the first season series .
James John Langer ( May 16 , 1948 - August 29 , 2019 ) was an American football center who played for the National Football League 's Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings . BBC Sport reported him as one of the greatest centers in NFL history . Langer was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1987 . He is one of only four Dolphins players to get elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility ; the others being Dan Marino , Paul Warfield , and Jason Taylor .
Center ( C ) is a position in gridiron football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team 's offense . The center is also the player who passes ( or snaps ) the ball between his legs to the quarterback at the start of each play . In recent years , the importance of centers for a football team has increased , due to the re-emergence of 3-4 defenses . According to Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome , you need to have somebody who can neutralize that nose tackle . If you do n't , everything can get screwed up . Your running game wo n't be effective and you 'll also have somebody in your quarterback 's face on every play .
The South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team is a Football Championship Subdivision ( formerly known as Division I-AA ) program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference . Considered to be among the few perennial powers in the FCS , The Jackrabbits were a NCAA Division II program in the North Central Conference until moving to the Football Championship Subdivision in 2004 . The current head coach is John Stiegelmeier . In March 2007 , SDSU initially began their Division I FCS era by being a charter member of the now-defunct Great West Football Conference ( along with North Dakota State , Southern Utah , Cal Poly , UC Davis , Northern Colorado ) and stayed there until 2007 when they were accepted into the Missouri Valley Football Conference and began league play in the 2008 season . South Dakota State University has invested in their football program 's facilities recently as they have some of the finest amenities and facilities at the FCS level including the largest video/scoreboard in the FCS ( 2015 ) a new 19,340 seat stadium ( 2016 ) , and a large state-of-the-art student athlete center in the north end zone ( 2010 ) . Connected to the student athlete center is one of the largest indoor practice facilities in NCAA Division I ( completed in 2014 ) . SDSU football and the Dakota Marker game was featured on ESPNs nationally televised College GameDay on October 26th , 2019 becoming one of only a few FCS programs to be featured on the show .
The North Central Conference ( NCC ) , also known as North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference , was a college athletic conference which operated in the north central United States . It participated in the NCAA 's Division II .
The 1970 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team 's third year in professional football and the first with the National Football League ( NFL ) . The NFL-AFL merger took place before the season and the Bengals , who were placed in the same division as the old-guard NFL Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers , were not expected to be playoff contenders . Nevertheless , the Bengals made their first NFL campaign a memorable one . After winning their first ever game as a member of the NFL , their inaugural game in the brand new Riverfront Stadium , they would lose six games in a row . After the 1-6 start , however , the Bengals would win the rest of their games , rallying to an 8-6 finish and champions of the newly formed AFC Central division qualifying for their first playoff appearance in franchise history . In their first playoff game , they lost , 17-0 , to eventual Super Bowl-champion the Baltimore Colts . Cincinnati quarterback Greg Cook was forced to the Injured Reserve list in training camp with a shoulder injury that would ultimately end his career ; Virgil Carter took over as the starter . In just their third season , the 1970 Bengals set a league mark by being the first NFL expansion team to qualify for the playoffs within their first three seasons of existence . The team is one of only three teams since the 1970 merger to start the season 1-5 or worse and qualify for the playoffs . The others being the 2015 Kansas City Chiefs & 2018 Indianapolis Colts
Douglas J. Dressler ( born August 19 , 1948 ) is a former professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals , the Kansas City Chiefs , and the New England Patriots.Doug also played rugby for the Glenn County Warriors .
California State University , Chico ( CSU Chico , Chico State , or Chico ) , is a public university in Chico , California . Founded in 1887 , it is the second oldest campus in the California State University system . As of the Fall 2018 semester , the university had a total enrollment of 17,448 students . The university offers 126 bachelor 's degree programs , 35 master 's degree programs , and four types of teaching credentials .
The Northern California Athletic Conference ( NCAC ) , a former NCAA Division II college athletic association that sponsored American football , was formed in 1925 . It disbanded in 1998 after the majority of its member schools were forced to drop football .
The 1970 Dallas Cowboys season was the team 's 11th in the National Football League . The Cowboys scored 299 points and allowed 221 points . For the fifth consecutive season , the Cowboys finished first in their division . In 1970 , the club made its debut on Monday Night Football . The Cowboys lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 38-0 . The Cowboys made it to their first Super Bowl and lost to the Baltimore Colts .
Clifford Allen Harris ( born November 12 , 1948 ) is a former professional American football safety who played for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ( NFL ) for ten seasons . A Pro Football Hall of Famer , he appeared in five Super Bowls and was selected to six consecutive Pro Bowls . Harris retired from football at 31 to focus on his work within the oil business .
Safety , historically known as a safetyman , is a position in gridiron football played by a member of the defense . The safeties are defensive backs who line up from ten to fifteen yards from the line of scrimmage . There are two variations of the position in a typical American formation : the free safety ( FS ) and the strong safety ( SS ) . Their duties depend on the defensive scheme . The defensive responsibilities of the safety and cornerback usually involve pass coverage towards the middle and sidelines of the field , respectively . While American ( 11-player ) formations generally use two safeties , Canadian ( 12-player ) formations generally have one safety and two defensive halfbacks , a position not used in the American game . As professional and college football have become more focused on the passing game , safeties have become more involved in covering the eligible pass receivers . Safeties are the last line of defense ; they are expected to be reliable tacklers , and many safeties rank among the hardest hitters in football . Safety positions can also be converted cornerbacks , either by design ( Byron Jones ) or as a cornerback ages ( Charles Woodson , DeAngelo Hall , Lardarius Webb , Tramon Williams ) . Historically , in the era of the one-platoon system , the safety was known as the defensive fullback ( specifically the free safety ; the strong safety would be a defensive halfback , a term still in Canadian parlance ) or goaltender .
The Ouachita Baptist Tigers Football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Ouachita Baptist University located in the U.S. state of Arkansas . The team competes in NCAA Division II and are members of the Great American Conference . Ouachita Baptist 's first football team was fielded in 1896 . The team plays its home games at Cliff Harris Stadium / Benson-Williams Field in Arkadelphia , Arkansas . The Tigers are coached by Todd Knight .
The Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference ( AIC ) was an athletic conference in existence from 1928 to 1995 affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) . The conference membership consisted entirely of colleges and universities in the state of Arkansas .
The 1971 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise 's 12th season in the National Football League , the first at the new Texas Stadium in suburban Irving , Texas and the 12th season under head coach Tom Landry . The cowboys led the NFL with 406 points scored . Their defense allowed 222 points . For the sixth consecutive season , the Cowboys had a first-place finish . They won their second-consecutive NFC championship , then defeated the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI to capture their first Super Bowl championship . They were the first team from the NFC to win a Super Bowl since the 1970 merger of the National Football League and the American Football League , and subsequently , the first team from the NFC East division to win the title .
Ralph Kenneth Johnson ( born February 12 , 1947 ) is a former professional American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Cincinnati Bengals . He played college basketball at Indiana University .
Tackle is a playing position in gridiron football . Historically , in the one-platoon system prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , a tackle played on both offense and defense . In the modern system of specialized units , offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions , and the stand-alone term tackle refers to the offensive tackle position only . The offensive tackle ( OT , T ) is a position on the offensive line , left and right . Like other offensive linemen , their job is to block : to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football and enable him to advance the football and eventually score a touchdown . The term tackle is a vestige of an earlier era of football in which the same players played both offense and defense .
The 1969 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season . They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference . The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington , Indiana . The team was coached by John Pont , in his fifth year as head coach of the Hoosiers .
The 1970 Los Angeles Rams season was the team 's 33rd year with the National Football League and the 25th season in Los Angeles . The team looked to improve on its 11-3 record from 1969 . However , the Rams missed their mark by two games , and finished with a respectable 9-4-1 record . Despite the winning record , the team missed the playoffs for the 2nd time in 3 seasons .
Otis Sistrunk ( born September 18 , 1946 ) is a former professional football player who played seven seasons as a defensive lineman , from 1972 to 1978 . He played his entire National Football League ( NFL ) career with the Oakland Raiders . Sistrunk later became a professional wrestler in the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) .
Defensive End ( DE ) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football . This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line , but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is played .
The 1970 Miami Dolphins season was the team 's fifth , and first in the National Football League ( NFL ) . It was the team 's first winning season , first playoff appearance , and first of 26 seasons under head coach Don Shula . The team improved on their 3-10-1 record from 1969 , and finished the regular season at 10-4 , second in the newly-aligned AFC East to only the Baltimore Colts , the eventual Super Bowl champion . The Dolphins got off to a fresh start at 4-1 , but lost three straight to even their record at 4-4 . Miami then won six straight to end the season to clinch their first-ever winning season and playoff berth , as the wild card team . They met the Oakland Raiders in the opening divisional round , whom they had defeated in Miami in early October , but lost 21-14 on the road in the sun and mud . Shula had moved over to the Dolphins in mid-February 1970 , after seven seasons as head coach of the Baltimore Colts , now in the same division .
Douglas A . Swift ( born October 24 , 1948 ) is a former American football linebacker who played six seasons in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins . Swift moved into the starting lineup as a rookie and held the strongside linebacker position for the next six seasons , including the Dolphins ' Super Bowl victories following the 1972 and 1973 seasons . Swift 's blitz late in the second quarter of Super Bowl VII forced Washington Redskins quarterback Billy Kilmer to make a hurried throw , which Nick Buoniconti intercepted and returned into Washington territory to set up the Dolphins ' second touchdown in a 14-7 victory , cementing Miami 's 17-0 season . Made available in the 1976 NFL Expansion Draft , he chose to retire from football and enter medical school rather than report to the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers . He is a graduate of both Nottingham High School and Amherst College ( 1970 ) . Swift is an anesthesiologist in Philadelphia .
A linebacker ( LB or backer ) is a playing position in gridiron football . Linebackers are members of the defensive team , and line up approximately three to five yards ( 4 m ) behind the line of scrimmage , behind the defensive linemen , and therefore back up the line . Linebackers generally align themselves before the ball is snapped by standing upright in a two-point stance ( as opposed to the defensive linemen , who put one or two hands on the ground for a three-point stance or four-point stance before the ball is snapped ) . The goal of the linebacker is to provide either extra run defense or extra pass defense based on the particular defensive play being executed . Another key play of the linebacker position is blitzing . A blitz occurs when a linebacker acts as an extra pass rusher running into any exposed gap . When a blitz is called by the defense , it is mainly to sack or hurry the opposing offense 's quarterback . Linebackers are often regarded as the most important position in defense , due to their versatility in providing hard hits on running plays or an additional layer of pass defense , when required . Similar to the free safety position , linebackers are required to use their judgment on every snap , to determine their role during that particular play .
Amherst College ( /ˈæmərst/ ( listen ) AM-ərst ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst , Massachusetts . Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore , Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts . The institution was named after the town , which in turn had been named after Jeffery , Lord Amherst , Commander-in-Chief of British forces of North America during the French and Indian War . Originally established as a men 's college , Amherst became coeducational in 1975 . Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution ; the school enrolled 1,855 students in fall 2018 . Students choose courses from 38 major programs in an open curriculum and are not required to study a core curriculum or fulfill any distribution requirements ; students may also design their own interdisciplinary major . For the class of 2023 , Amherst received 10,567 applications and accepted 1,144 , yielding a 10.8% acceptance rate . Amherst was ranked as the best liberal arts college in the country for 2018-19 by The Wall Street Journal , the second best liberal arts college in the country by U.S. News & World Report , and 16th out of all U.S. colleges and universities by Forbes in their 2018 rankings . Amherst competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference . Amherst has historically had close relationships and rivalries with Williams College and Wesleyan University , which form the Little Three colleges . The college is a member of the Five College Consortium , which allows its students to attend classes at four other Pioneer Valley institutions : Mount Holyoke College , Smith College , Hampshire College , and the University of Massachusetts Amherst .
The Little Three is a term started by and used in reference to athletic competition between three private liberal arts colleges in the New England area of the US :
The 1970 New Orleans Saints season was the team 's fourth as a member of the National Football League . After spending their first three seasons in the NFL 's Eastern Conference , the Saints moved in 1970 to the West Division of the new National Football Conference . They failed to improve on their previous season 's output of 5-9 , winning only two games . The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season . Following a 1-5-1 start , coach Tom Fears was fired by owner John W. Mecom Jr. and replaced by J.D . Roberts , whose first game was a 19-17 victory over the Detroit Lions at Tulane Stadium in which Tom Dempsey set an NFL record with a 63-yard field goal on the final play ; it broke the record held by Bert Rechichar of the Baltimore Colts by seven yards , set seventeen years earlier . Dempsey 's record was tied by three : Jason Elam ( Denver Broncos , 1998 ) , Sebastian Janikowski ( Oakland Raiders , 2011 ) , and David Akers ( San Francisco 49ers , 2012 ) . It was broken by Matt Prater of the Broncos in 2013 , at 64 yards at elevation in Colorado . The victory over the Lions was last of the season for the Saints , but both victories came over teams in the thick of the NFC playoff race . The other , a 14-10 triumph over the New York Giants in week three , cost the Giants the NFC East division championship . The Lions qualified for the playoffs as the wild card from the NFC , but were nearly forced into a coin toss with the Dallas Cowboys , a situation which was only averted when the Giants lost their season finale to the Los Angeles Rams .
Hugo Andrew Hollas ( November 30 , 1945 - September 6 , 1995 ) was a professional American football safety in the National Football League . He played four seasons for the New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco 49ers .
The Rice Owls football team represents Rice University in NCAA Division I college football . The Owls have competed in Conference USA 's Western Division since 2005 . Rice Stadium , built in 1950 , hosts the Owls ' home football games .
The Southwest Conference ( SWC ) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996 . Composed primarily of schools from Texas , at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma and Arkansas as well , but not from the actual Southwestern United States . For most of its history , the core members of the conference were Texas-based schools plus one in Arkansas : Rice University , Southern Methodist University , Texas A & M University , Texas Christian University , Baylor University , the University of Arkansas , and the University of Texas . After a long period of stability , the conference 's overall athletic prowess began to decline throughout the 1980s , due in part to numerous member schools violating NCAA recruiting rules , culminating in the suspension of the entire SMU football program ( death penalty ) for the 1987 and 1988 seasons . Arkansas , after years of feeling like an outsider in the conference , left after the 1990-91 school year to join the Southeastern Conference , although they did compete in the SWC in football for the 1991 season . Five years later , the conference precipitously broke up as Baylor , Texas , Texas A & M , and Texas Tech ( which had entered in 1956 ) combined with the members of the former Big Eight Conference to form a new league , the Big 12 Conference , while Rice , SMU , TCU , and Houston ( which entered the SWC in 1976 ) found homes in less prominent conferences ( although TCU later joined the Big 12 ) .
The 1970 New York Giants season was the franchise 's 46th season in the National Football League . This was the first season for the Giants after the AFL-NFL merger , in which ten American Football League teams joined the National Football League . The team was led by second-year head coach Alex Webster . The Giants finished the season 9-5 , missing the playoffs by losing their season finale against the Los Angeles Rams by a score of 31-3 . The Giants finished second in the NFC East , a game behind the Dallas Cowboys . They were also only one game out of a wild-card playoff spot , won by the Detroit Lions . Probably more damaging to the Giants ' playoff hopes than the loss to the Rams were two devastating losses to two of the NFL 's worst teams . The first was a 14-10 loss at New Orleans in week three ; the second was a 23-20 setback at Philadelphia on Monday Night Football in week 10 , the Giants ' only setback in a 10-week stretch following the loss to the Saints . The game at Franklin Field was more memorable for the antics in the broadcast booth , where Howard Cosell vomited on Don Meredith 's cowboy boots . Cosell took a taxi back to the hotel at halftime , leaving Meredith to finish the game with Keith Jackson . The Saints finished with the NFL 's second-worst record at 2-11-1 ( the Giants beat the NFL 's worst team of 1970 , the 2-12 Boston Patriots ) ; the Eagles were barely better at 3-10-1 . The Giants also lost at home to the 6-8 Chicago Bears .
Joseph David Green ( born November 20 , 1948 ) is a former professional American football defensive back and return specialist for the New York Giants of the National Football League . He attended Bowling Green State University , where he was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 1969 as a senior on the Bowling Green Falcons football team . He was undrafted in 1970 and picked up that year by the Giants . Green played for the Giants for two seasons , and returned seven kickoffs for 132 yards . He started in two games on defense in 1971 , and recorded the only touchdown of his pro career that year as he returned a fumble for a score against the Green Bay Packers . He is the father of former NFL player Barrett Green .
The 1969 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) during the 1969 college football season . In their second season under head coach Don Nehlen , the Falcons compiled a 6-4 record ( 4-2 against MAC opponents ) , finished in second place in the MAC , and outscored opponents by a combined total of 179 to 146 . The team 's statistical leaders included Vern Wireman with 1,666 passing yards , Isaac Wright with 344 rushing yards , and Bob Zimpfer with 785 receiving yards .
The Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois . Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan , with single members located in Illinois , Indiana , and New York . For football , the MAC participates in the NCAA 's Football Bowl Subdivision . The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , and has two members in the nearby Akron area . The MAC has been referred to as the Conference of Quarterbacks because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League . The conference also ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates .
Robert Louis Tucker ( born June 8 , 1945 ) is a former professional American football player in the National Football League ( NFL ) . A 6 ' 3 , 230 lbs . tight end from Bloomsburg University , Tucker played for 11 seasons in the NFL , from 1970 to 1980 , for the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings . Tucker is one of the few Giants to play for the team in four different home stadiums : Yankee Stadium ( 1970 through the first two home games of 1973 ) ; the Yale Bowl ( last five home games of 1973 and all of 1974 ) ; Shea Stadium ( 1975 ) and Giants Stadium ( 1976-77 ) . Prior to joining the NFL , Tucker played for several seasons in the Atlantic Coast Football League , including the Pottstown Firebirds and the Lowell Giants . Tucker lived in Lincroft , a neighborhood in Middletown Township , New Jersey . Tucker was inducted into the American Football Association 's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982 . Tucker was a biology teacher and freshman football coach at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton , Massachusetts in 1969 .
The tight end ( TE ) is a position in American football , arena football , and formerly Canadian football , on the offense . The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver . Like offensive linemen , they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be effective blockers . On the other hand , unlike offensive linemen , they are eligible receivers adept enough to warrant a defense 's attention when running pass patterns . Because of the hybrid nature of the position , the tight end 's role in any given offense depends on the tactical preferences and philosophy of the head coach . In some systems , the tight end will merely act as a sixth offensive lineman , rarely going out for passes . Other systems use the tight end primarily as a receiver , frequently taking advantage of the tight end 's size to create mismatches in the defensive secondary . Many coaches will often have one tight end who specializes in blocking on running plays while using a tight end with better pass-catching skills in obvious passing situations . Offensive formations may have as few as zero or as many as three tight ends at one time .
The Bloomsburg Huskies are the athletic teams that represent Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania , located in Bloomsburg , Pennsylvania , in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports . The Huskies are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference ( PSAC ) for 18 of 19 varsity sports ; as the wrestling team competes in the Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) as a member of the NCAA 's Division I . The Huskies have been a member of the PSAC since its foundation in 1951 .
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference ( PSAC ) is a collegiate athletic conference that participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division II level . The conference is currently composed of 17 full-time members within Pennsylvania and 1 in West Virginia . The conference headquarters are located in Lock Haven , Pennsylvania and staffed by a commissioner , two assistant commissioners , and a director of media relations .
The 1970 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 38th in the league . They failed to improve on their previous output of 4-9-1 , winning only three games . The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the tenth consecutive season . The Eagles did have victories over the playoff-bound Dolphins and the cross-state rival Steelers , as well as a 23-20 victory on Monday Night Football over the Giants , ending New York 's six-game winning streak and helping deny Big Blue a playoff berth .
Richard Cameron Rick Arrington ( born February 26 , 1947 ) is a former American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL . He played three seasons for the Eagles from 1970-1972 . He attended the University of Tulsa and the University of Georgia . Arrington was born in Charlotte , North Carolina , the son of Hazel ( née Cameron ) ( 1925-2013 ) and Richard Adler Arrington , Jr ( 1911-1977 ) . [ citation needed ] He is the father of former ESPN college football sideline reporter Jill Arringtonand the grandfather of actresses Dakota and Elle Fanning .
The quarterback ( commonly abbreviated QB ) , colloquially known as the signal caller , is a position in gridiron football . Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line . In modern American football , the quarterback is usually considered the leader of the offensive team , and is often responsible for calling the play in the huddle . The quarterback also touches the ball on almost every offensive play , and is the offensive player that almost always throws forward passes . When the QB is tackled behind the line of scrimmage , it is called a sack .
The 1969 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season . In their first and only year under head coach Vince Carillot , the Golden Hurricane compiled a 1-9 record , 1-4 against conference opponents , and finished in last place in the Missouri Valley Conference . The team 's statistical leaders included Rick Arrington with 1,641 passing yards , Josh Ashton with 851 rushing yards , and Jim Butler with 593 receiving yards .
The Missouri Valley Conference ( also called MVC or simply The Valley ) is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States . Currently , its members are located in the midwestern United States .
The 1970 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise 's 38th in the National Football League . They improved from a league-worst 1-13 record the previous year , finishing with a 5-9 record and third place in the newly formed AFC Central . The Steelers began the decade in a new conference and a new stadium with a new quarterback . After nearly 40 years in the NFL they shifted to the AFC , to complete the merger between the NFL and AFL . It was the NFL 's weakest division that season , as the Steelers finished three games behind the division-winning Cincinnati Bengals - a team that was only in its third year of existence that season .
Dave Kalina ( born September 2 , 1947 ) is a former American football player who played two season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League . He played college football at the University of Miami .
The 1969 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1969 NCAA University Division football season . The Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami , Florida . The team was coached by Charlie Tate , in his sixth year as head coach for the Hurricanes .
The 1970 Washington Redskins season was the franchise 's 39th season in the National Football League ( NFL ) and their 34th in Washington , D.C. Second-year head coach Vince Lombardi was diagnosed with terminal cancer in late June and died on September 3 ; offensive line coach Bill Austin stepped in as interim head coach in mid-July . Austin had been an NFL head coach for three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers ( 1966-68 ) and was starting his eighth year as an assistant coach under Lombardi ( 1959-64 , 1969-70 ) . Also , Austin 's final four seasons as a player on the offensive line with the New York Giants ( 1954-57 ) were with Lombardi as offensive coordinator . The Redskins finished at 6-8 in 1970 , fourth in the NFC East , but with a five-game losing streak in the second half of the season . The last loss was a 34-0 shutout at rival Dallas on December 6 , and Washington fell to a 4-8 record and four games behind the Cowboys . It was the 25th consecutive season that the Redskins did not advance to the playoffs . Austin 's contract was not renewed , and he was succeeded by George Allen in January 1971 . Austin returned to Redskins in 1973 as the offensive line coach under Allen for five seasons .
Terry Allen Hermeling ( born April 25 , 1946 ) is a former American football offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He helped the Redskins win the 1972 NFC Championship and lead the NFC in yards passing in 1975 . Hermeling played college football at the University of Nevada , Reno . Owns a restaurant Yur 's bar and grill1 located in Portland Oregon .
The Nevada Wolf Pack football program represents the University of Nevada , Reno ( commonly referred to as Nevada in athletics ) in college football . The Wolf Pack competes in the Mountain West Conference at the Football Bowl Subdivision level of the NCAA Division I . It was founded on October 24 , 1896 as the Sagebrushers in Reno , Nevada . The Wolf Pack 's home field is Mackay Stadium , located at the north end of its campus in Reno , having been moved from it original location which opened in 1909 . The new Mackay Stadium saw its first game 54 years ago on October 1 , 1966 with a seating capacity of 7,500 and has undergone several renovations . The stadium currently seats 30,000 and has played to crowds in excess ( see attendance records ) , but decreased its capacity to 26,000 by the 2016 season to increase the quality of the experience in the stadium and later increased its capacity to 27,000 by the 2017 season and 30,000 by the 2018 season . The elevation of its playing field is 4,610 feet ( 1,410 m ) above sea level . Nevada has had three individuals inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . They are coach Chris Ault , running back Frank Hawkins ( 1977-80 ) and former coach Buck Shaw . Fullback Marion Motley is the only Nevada player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame . Three-time Super Bowl champion Charles Mann played for Nevada from 1979 to 1982 and was named Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in 1982 . Mann was inducted into the Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995 .
NCAA Division II independent schools are four-year institutions that are not formally affiliated with any athletic conference . Schools that are members of a conference may also field intercollegiate teams in football , lacrosse , soccer , wrestling , and other sports not affiliated with a conference , usually due to their primary conference not having enough teams in a certain sport to enable sponsorship of the sport by that conference .
Russell Arthur Tillman ( born February 27 , 1946 ) is a former American football player who played linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1970 to 1977 . Tillman was nicknamed The King for his special teams mastery . He played seven different special teams positions and served as special teams captain from 1974 to 1977 . He was a member of Washingtons 1972 NFC Championship squad . After retiring from football , Tillman stayed in the NFL as an assistant coach for the Seattle Seahawks for 16 years , where he coached special teams , tight ends , linebackers before becoming defensive coordinator . He also spent time as assistant with Tampa Bay , Oakland , Indianapolis and Minnesota . He served as head coach of the XFLs New York/New Jersey Hitmen ; uninterested in the sports entertainment approach the league was taking , Tillman mostly took a straight approach to coaching in the league , refusing to get wrapped up in the publicity stunts . Tillman was called Gutless Rusty by WWF announcer and sitting Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura , who as part of a publicity stunt , came out of his XFL broadcast booth to try to provoke a response from Tillman near the end of the league 's week 4 telecast ; Tillman turned away and refused to answer him . Tillman also spent one season assistant coaching a GEJFA team in Washington , the Woodinville Falcons , with head coach John Pike , where his son played . Tillman was a special teams coach in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks in the 1980s and the Minnesota Vikings under Mike Tice .