1970 Whitewater State Warhawks football team

1970 Whitewater State Warhawks football
1970 Whitewater State Warhawks football
Conference	Wisconsin State University Conference
Record	6–4 (5–3 WSUC)
Head coach	Forrest Perkins (15th season);
Home stadium	Warhawks Stadium
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Whitewater State Warhawks football team represented Wisconsin State University—Whitewater—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater—as a member of the Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC) during the 1970 NAIA football season. In their fifteenth year under coach Forrest Perkins, the Warhawks compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a 5–3 mark in conference play, placing third in the WSUC.

1970 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Platteville State $^	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Eau Claire State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Whitewater State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Oshkosh State	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Superior State	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
La Crosse State	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Stout State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Stevens Point State	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	1
River Falls State	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

The 1970 season was the team's first in Warhawks Stadium, which was later renamed in honor of Coach Perkins. The stadium was dedicated with a Neil Diamond concert on September 11, the night before Whitewater State's first home game.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Trinity (TX)*	Warhawks Stadium Whitewater, WI	L 10–35	6,500–9,000	^[2]^[3]
September 19	Stevens Point State	Warhawks Stadium Whitewater, WI	W 27–3		^[4]
September 26	at Stout State	Menomonie, WI	W 28–7		^[5]
October 3	at Platteville State	Platteville, WI	L 0–27		^[6]
October 10	Superior State	Warhawks Stadium Whitewater, WI	W 35–0		^[7]
October 17	at St. Norbert*	De Pere, WI	W 23–20		^[8]^[9]
October 24	at Eau Claire State	Eau Claire, WI	L 0–10		^[10]^[11]
October 31	River Falls State	Warhawks Stadium Whitewater, WI	W 58–2	7,111	^[12]
November 7	La Crosse State	Warhawks Stadium Whitewater, WI	L 7–15		^[13]
November 14	at Oshkosh State	Oshkosh, WI	W 19–17		^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming