On the night of November 14, 1970, a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 carrying the Marshall University football team, coaches, ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the offseason, The Athletic is celebrating the 150th anniversary of college football, one decade at a time. For more on the 1970s, read Matt Brown on the best players, teams, ...

Editor’s note: Ohio State has never played a game on Dec. 19, so this week we will look back at an anniversary season in OSU history. Today: Gold, 1970. The seeds of the 1970 Ohio State football ...

The date was September 18, 1970. The United States was still embroiled in the Vietnam War. Richard Milhous Nixon was in his first term as President of the United States, four years before he would ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Mourning over the plane crash involving the Wichita State football team extended well beyond the program’s inner circle. And it continues 55 years later. Among those immediately ...

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 1970 to 1979 top 25 AP college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out, but received votes? According to the final AP ...

The 1970 Topps Football set is special not only because of some of the big names, but also because it’s one of the toughest sets of cards to find in good condition. As the first post-merger NFL ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 21, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. Are you ready for some football? On Sept. 21, 1970, ...