1970 Xavier Musketeers football team

The 1970 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coach Dick Selcer, the Musketeers compiled a 1–9 record.^[1]

1970 Xavier Musketeers football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–9
Head coach	Dick Selcer (1st season)
Home stadium	Xavier Stadium
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame			–					10	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Air Force			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech			–					9	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Houston			–					8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tulane			–					8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					7	–	4	–	0
Florida State			–					7	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	4	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	5	–	0
Utah State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					3	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					3	–	7	–	0
Marshall			–					3	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	9	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	9	–	0
Army			–					1	–	9	–	1
Xavier			–					1	–	9	–	0
Holy Cross			–					0	–	10	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	8:00 p.m.	at Dayton	Baujan Field Dayton, OH	L 22–45	12,338	[2]
September 19	4:30 p.m.	vs. Miami (OH)	Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 7–28	19,871–22,000	[3]
September 26	8:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 0–18	3,645	[4]
October 3	8:00 p.m.	Marshall	Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 14–31	6,535	[5]
October 10	8:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)	L 0–42	15,573	[6]
October 17	2:00 p.m.	Temple	Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 15–28	6,851	[7]
October 24	8:00 p.m.	at Tampa	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	L 10–33	19,123–19,132	[8]
October 31	1:30 p.m.	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 14–42	10,012	[9]
November 7		Quantico Marines	Corcoran Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 35–27		[10]
November 21		at Kent State	Memorial Stadium Kent, OH	L 6–34	2,321	[11]
All times are in Eastern time

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