1970 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1970
| team = North Dakota Fighting Sioux
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = North Central Conference
| short_conf = NCC
| record = 5–3–1
| conf_record = 5–1–1
| head_coach = Jerry Olson
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1970 North Central Conference football standings}}
The 1970 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In its third year under head coach Jerry Olson, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (5–1–1 against NCC opponents), finished in second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 138.{{cite web|title=2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide|publisher=University of North Dakota|year=2019|page=176|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/undsports.com/documents/2019/8/2/2019_Media_Guide.pdf}}
Linebacker Don McLean received second-team honors on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.{{cite news|title=A.P.'s Little All-American|newspaper=The Morning News|date=December 10, 1970|page=42|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88983288/aps-little-all-american/|via=Newspapers.com}}
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1970
| rankdivision = small college
| poll = AP
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Montana
| site_stadium = Daylis Stadium
| site_cityst = Billings, MT
| score = 7–28
| attend = 6,500–7,000
| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s1JWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ie0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4697%2C4848493 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Sky wins four openers; Grizzlies get good start |date=September 14, 1970 |page=12}}{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/441/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 21, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = t
| opponent = South Dakota
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Grand Forks, ND
| gamename = Sitting Bull Trophy
| score = 14–14
| attend = 7,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Mankato State Indians|title=Mankato State}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Grand Forks, ND
| score = 35–19
| attend = 7,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings|title=Augustana (SD)}}
| site_stadium = Howard Wood Field
| site_cityst = Sioux Falls, SD
| score = 18–7
| attend = 7,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=South Dakota State Jackrabbits|title=South Dakota State}}
| site_stadium = Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Brookings, SD
| score = 36–3
| attend = 10,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = l
| opponent = North Dakota State
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Grand Forks, ND
| gamename = Nickel Trophy
| score = 3–20
| attend = 12,600
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86501620/ndsu-tops-und-203/|work=Star Tribune|title=NDSU tops UND 20–3|date=October 18, 1970|accessdate=October 3, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1970|team=Morningside Chiefs|title=Morningside}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Sioux City, IA
| score = 30–8
| attend = 4,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Northern Iowa
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Grand Forks, ND
| score = 41–6
| attend = 1,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Arkansas State
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Kays Stadium
| site_cityst = Jonesboro, AR
| score = 18–23
| attend = 10,200–10,400
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/30/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=October 9, 2022 }}
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/494/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 23, 2022 }}
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