1970 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1970
| team = Cal State Hayward Pioneers
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Far Western Conference
| short_conf = FWC
| record = 7–4
| conf_record = 3–1
| head_coach = Les Davis
| hc_year = 5th
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Tim Tierney
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| champion = FWC co-champion
}}
{{1970 Far Western Conference football standings}}
The 1970 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State College at Hayward—now known as California State University, East Bay—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. Led by Les Davis in his fifth and final year as head coach, Cal State Hayward compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, sharing the FWC title with Chico State. The team outscored its opponents 382 to 187 for the season. The Pioneers played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California.
Davis resigned from his post at Cal State Hayward in February 1971 to become the head football coach at New Mexico Highlands University. In five years under Davis, the Pioneers won the conference title once (1969), shared the conference title once (1970) and finished with an overall record of 30–20–1, for a .598 winning percentage.{{cite news |author= |title=Davis Quits Cal State football post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101957245/the-argus/ |newspaper=The Argus |location=Fremont, California |date=February 7, 1971 |page=16 |access-date=May 16, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Of the four coaches Cal State Hayward football had in its 29 years of existence, Davis is the only one finished his tenure with a winning record.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Fresno State
| site_stadium = Ratcliffe Stadium
| site_cityst = Fresno, CA
| score = 12–28
| attend = 7,581–10,000
| source = {{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/fresno-state/1970-schedule.html|title=Fresno State 1970 Schedule| access-date = December 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/gobulldogs.com/documents/2016/7/31/2016_Fresno_State_Football_Media_Guide_FINAL.pdf?id=5374|title=Fresno State 2016 Media Guide|access-date=December 8, 2016}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Whittier Poets|title=Whittier}}
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 14–15
| attend = 2,300
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Cal Poly
| site_stadium = Mustang Stadium
| site_cityst = San Luis Obispo, CA
| score = 20–41
| attend = 6,750–9,200
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/90/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=June 11, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = UC Riverside
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 62–12
| attend = 4,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Chico State
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Chico, CA
| score = 43–22
| attend = 8,300–8,750
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/95/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 19, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=San Francisco Dons|title=San Francisco}}
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 58–0
| attend = 2,750
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 14–12
| attend = 4,000–7,300
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/102/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=April 26, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Humboldt State
| site_stadium = Redwood Bowl
| site_cityst = Arcata, CA
| score = 35–37
| attend = 6,400
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = UC Davis
| site_stadium = Toomey Field
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 32–14
| attend = 5,100–5,700
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/108/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 12, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = w
| opponent = San Francisco State
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 72–0
| attend = 3,100–5,000
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/628/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 10, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 28
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Southern
| site_stadium = Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
| site_cityst = Oakland, CA
| score = 20–6
| attend = 24,092–24,105
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/91853391/|work=Oakland Tribune|title=Pioneers surprise Southern U., 20–6|date=November 29, 1970|accessdate=August 14, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/98/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 16, 2022 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbaypioneers.com/sports/2013/7/19/footballhistory.aspx|title=Pioneer Football All-Time Results 1965-1993|access-date = February 2, 2018}}
References
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