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1970 Southwest Conference Year Summary

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Record: 45-42-1, .517 W-L% (6th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 9.79 (4th of 13) ▪ SOS: 8.82 (4th of 13)

Conference Champion: Texas

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll:(Arkansas and Texas)
Ranked in Final AP Poll:(Arkansas and Texas)

Standings

Overall Conference Pts/G SRS
School W L T Pct W L T Pct Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
Texas 10 1 0 .909 7 0 0 1.000 38.5 13.5 28.29 10.93
Arkansas 9 2 0 .818 6 1 0 .857 36.5 13.1 20.68 5.49
Texas Tech 8 4 0 .667 5 2 0 .714 18.5 13.8 11.03 7.20
Rice 5 5 0 .500 3 4 0 .429 16.8 17.5 5.82 7.82
Southern Methodist 5 6 0 .455 3 4 0 .429 13.9 20.7 5.96 10.96
Texas Christian 4 6 1 .409 3 4 0 .429 17.2 24.1 4.20 7.47
Baylor 2 9 0 .182 1 6 0 .143 12.1 23.5 0.31 9.67
Texas A&M 2 9 0 .182 0 7 0 .000 15.5 27.6 2.01 11.01

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 11/30 12/7 Final
Texas 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3
Arkansas 4 11 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 4 9 11
Texas Tech           17         19     19  

2 Bowl Games

Date Bowl Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
1971-01-01 Cotton Bowl Notre Dame 24 Texas 11 Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX)
1970-12-19 Sun Bowl Georgia Tech 17 Texas Tech 9 Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions
1. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 160
2. Steve Judy (TXX) 113
3. Lex James (TXAM) 111
4. Bill Montgomery (AR) 110
5. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 86
6. Si Southall (BAY) 56
7. Joe Ferguson (AR) 48
8. Eddie Phillips (TX) 39
  Philip Wood (RICE) 39
10. Gary Carter (SMETH) 29
  Bruce Gadd (RICE) 29
Pass Attempts
1. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 285
2. Steve Judy (TXX) 247
3. Lex James (TXAM) 225
4. Bill Montgomery (AR) 195
5. Si Southall (BAY) 160
6. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 155
7. Philip Wood (RICE) 112
8. Eddie Phillips (TX) 96
9. Joe Ferguson (AR) 86
10. Laney Cook (BAY) 62
Pass Completion Percentage
1. Bill Montgomery (AR) 56.4
2. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 56.1
3. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 55.5
4. Lex James (TXAM) 49.3
5. Steve Judy (TXX) 45.7
6. Si Southall (BAY) 35.0
Passing Yards
1. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 1763
2. Bill Montgomery (AR) 1662
  Lex James (TXAM) 1662
4. Steve Judy (TXX) 1327
5. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 979
6. Si Southall (BAY) 905
7. Joe Ferguson (AR) 744
8. Eddie Phillips (TX) 695
9. Philip Wood (RICE) 489
10. Bruce Gadd (RICE) 329
Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Bill Montgomery (AR) 8.5
2. Lex James (TXAM) 7.4
3. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 6.3
4. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 6.2
5. Si Southall (BAY) 5.7
6. Steve Judy (TXX) 5.4
Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Bill Montgomery (AR) 7.5
2. Lex James (TXAM) 5.7
3. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 4.3
4. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 4.0
5. Si Southall (BAY) 3.2
6. Steve Judy (TXX) 2.7
Passing Touchdowns
1. Bill Montgomery (AR) 10
  Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 10
3. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 9
4. Lex James (TXAM) 6
5. Si Southall (BAY) 5
  Steve Judy (TXX) 5
  Philip Wood (RICE) 5
8. Joe Mac King (TXAM) 4
  Joe Ferguson (AR) 4
  Eddie Phillips (TX) 4
Passing Interceptions
1. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 18
2. Steve Judy (TXX) 17
3. Gary Carter (SMETH) 13
4. Si Southall (BAY) 11
  Lex James (TXAM) 11
  Charles Napper (TXTECH) 11
7. Philip Wood (RICE) 9
  Bill Montgomery (AR) 9
9. Laney Cook (BAY) 5
  Joe Ferguson (AR) 5
  Bruce Gadd (RICE) 5
Passing Efficiency Rating
1. Bill Montgomery (AR) 135.7
2. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 113.5
3. Lex James (TXAM) 110.4
4. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 107.0
5. Steve Judy (TXX) 83.8
6. Si Southall (BAY) 79.1
Rush Attempts
1. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 228
2. Doug McCutchen (TXTECH) 227
3. Matthew Williams (BAY) 208
4. Ray Rhodes (TXX) 176
5. Steve Worster (TX) 160
6. Eddie Phillips (TX) 149
7. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 148
8. Philip Wood (RICE) 132
9. James Hodges (TXX) 121
10. Steve Burks (TXAM) 113
  Charles Napper (TXTECH) 113
Rushing Yards
1. Doug McCutchen (TXTECH) 1068
2. Steve Worster (TX) 898
3. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 891
  Gary Hammond (SMETH) 891
5. Ray Rhodes (TXX) 786
6. Matthew Williams (BAY) 711
7. Eddie Phillips (TX) 666
8. Larry Hargrave (TXTECH) 553
9. James Hodges (TXX) 492
10. Miles Langehennig (TXTECH) 468
Rushing Yards Per Attempt
1. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 6.0
2. Steve Worster (TX) 5.6
3. Bobby Davis (TXX) 5.3
4. Miles Langehennig (TXTECH) 5.2
5. Russ Garber (AR) 5.0
6. Stahle Vincent (RICE) 5.0
7. Larry Hargrave (TXTECH) 4.9
8. Doug McCutchen (TXTECH) 4.7
9. Eddie Phillips (TX) 4.5
10. Ray Rhodes (TXX) 4.5
Rushing Touchdowns
1. Steve Worster (TX) 14
2. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 13
3. Eddie Phillips (TX) 12
  Bill Burnett (AR) 12
5. Jon Richardson (AR) 9
6. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 6
  Bill Montgomery (AR) 6
  Matthew Williams (BAY) 6
9. Mike Saint (AR) 5
  Miles Langehennig (TXTECH) 5
  Philip Wood (RICE) 5
Receptions
1. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 50
2. Derek Davis (BAY) 48
3. Chuck Dicus (AR) 38
4. Raymond Mapps (SMETH) 33
5. Frankie Grimmett (TXX) 27
  Randy Dossett (SMETH) 27
7. Johnny Odom (TXTECH) 26
  Homer May (TXAM) 26
9. Ken Fleming (SMETH) 25
10. Robby Best (TXTECH) 24
  Gordon Gilder (SMETH) 24
Receiving Yards
1. Derek Davis (BAY) 780
2. Chuck Dicus (AR) 577
3. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 489
4. Homer May (TXAM) 479
5. Louis Scott (SMETH) 442
6. Hugh McElroy (TXAM) 407
7. Joey Herr (TXAM) 403
8. Jim Hodge (AR) 397
9. Randy Dossett (SMETH) 380
10. Danny Lester (TX) 365
Receiving Yards Per Reception
1. Homer May (TXAM) 18.4
2. Joey Herr (TXAM) 18.3
3. Lane Bowen (TXX) 16.8
4. Derek Davis (BAY) 16.2
5. Chuck Dicus (AR) 15.2
6. Randy Dossett (SMETH) 14.1
7. Johnny Odom (TXTECH) 12.7
8. Robby Best (TXTECH) 12.4
9. Frankie Grimmett (TXX) 10.6
10. Ken Fleming (SMETH) 10.5
Receiving Touchdowns
1. Homer May (TXAM) 5
2. Chuck Dicus (AR) 4
  Derek Davis (BAY) 4
  Johnny Odom (TXTECH) 4
5. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 3
  Tom Clanton (RICE) 3
  Bobby Nichols (AR) 3
8. Pat Morrison (AR) 2
  Raymond Mapps (SMETH) 2
  Jim Hodge (AR) 2
  Danny Lester (TX) 2
  Louis Scott (SMETH) 2
  Lane Bowen (TXX) 2
  Randy Dossett (SMETH) 2
  Bob Brown (RICE) 2
  Larry Speake (TXX) 2
  Rollin Hunter (BAY) 2
  Robby Best (TXTECH) 2
Plays From Scrimmage
1. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 278
2. Doug McCutchen (TXTECH) 236
3. Matthew Williams (BAY) 210
4. Ray Rhodes (TXX) 188
5. Steve Worster (TX) 161
6. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 154
7. Eddie Phillips (TX) 149
8. James Hodges (TXX) 133
9. Philip Wood (RICE) 132
10. Steve Burks (TXAM) 122
Yards From Scrimmage
1. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 1380
2. Doug McCutchen (TXTECH) 1171
3. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 980
4. Ray Rhodes (TXX) 945
5. Steve Worster (TX) 909
6. Derek Davis (BAY) 773
7. Matthew Williams (BAY) 712
8. Jon Richardson (AR) 681
9. Eddie Phillips (TX) 666
10. Larry Hargrave (TXTECH) 648
Touchdowns From Scrimmage
1. Steve Worster (TX) 14
2. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 13
  Bill Burnett (AR) 13
4. Eddie Phillips (TX) 12
5. Jon Richardson (AR) 10
6. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 9
7. Matthew Williams (BAY) 6
  Bill Montgomery (AR) 6
9. Mike Saint (AR) 5
  Homer May (TXAM) 5
  Miles Langehennig (TXTECH) 5
  Philip Wood (RICE) 5
Total Plays
1. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 358
2. Steve Judy (TXX) 357
3. Lex James (TXAM) 326
4. Bill Montgomery (AR) 281
5. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 268
6. Eddie Phillips (TX) 245
7. Philip Wood (RICE) 244
8. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 240
9. Doug McCutchen (TXTECH) 227
10. Matthew Williams (BAY) 208
Total Yards
1. Bill Montgomery (AR) 1819
2. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 1687
3. Steve Judy (TXX) 1512
4. Lex James (TXAM) 1494
5. Eddie Phillips (TX) 1361
6. Charles Napper (TXTECH) 1135
7. Doug McCutchen (TXTECH) 1068
8. Gary Hammond (SMETH) 1034
9. Steve Worster (TX) 898
10. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 891
Total Touchdowns
1. Eddie Phillips (TX) 16
  Bill Montgomery (AR) 16
3. Steve Worster (TX) 14
4. Jim Bertelsen (TX) 13
5. Bill Burnett (AR) 12
6. Chuck Hixson (SMETH) 11
  Charles Napper (TXTECH) 11
8. Philip Wood (RICE) 10
9. Lex James (TXAM) 9
  Jon Richardson (AR) 9