1970 Maine Black Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1970
| team = Maine Black Bears
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| record = 3–5
| conf_record = 1–4
| head_coach = Walter Abbott
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Robert Hamilton
| captain2 = Henry James
| stadium = Alumni Field
}}
{{1970 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The 1970 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Walter Abbott, the team compiled a 3–5 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference. Robert Hamilton and Henry James were the team captains.{{cite web|title=2019 Maine Football Media Guide |publisher=University of Maine |year=2019 |page=86 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf|accessdate=September 22, 2021}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 19|at|UMass|Alumni Stadium|Amherst, MA|L 0-28|12,000|
|September 26||{{cfb link|year=1970|team=Hofstra Flying Dutchmen|title=Hofstra}}
|October 3||Rhode Island|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|L 6-23|7,315|
|October 10|at|New Hampshire|Cowell Stadium|Durham, NH|L 9-13|12,678|
|October 17|at|Connecticut|Memorial Stadium|Storrs, CT|L 13-45|12,478|
|October 24||{{cfb link|year=1970|team=C.W. Post Pioneers|title=C.W. Post}}|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|W 42-8|7,611|
|October 31|at|Northeastern|Parsons Field|Brookline, MA|W 24-17|5,000–5,610|{{cite news|title=Maine trips NU in last second|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=David Porney|date=November 1, 1970|page=85|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85908333/maine-trips-nu-in-last-second/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/500/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 30, 2022 }}
|November 7||Vermont|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|W 28-21|4,978–5,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78872035/umaine-bears-close-on-winning-note-282/|work=The Bangor Daily News|title=UMaine Bears close on winning note, 28–21|date=November 9, 1970|accessdate=June 3, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 25, 2022 }}