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Kansas Teams Rally and New Facilities Define 1970 Jayhawks
The 1970 KU sports year featured a 5-6 football record highlighted by a 21-15 upset of Kansas State in Manhattan, with John Riggins rushing for 1,131 yards. Basketball, track, swimming and other KU programs posted notable results including a 17-9 basketball finish, NCAA Indoor and Big Eight titles in track, and a third-place NCAA meet showing in gymnastics. The year also marked Memorial Stadium’s first season on artificial turf and the new Jayhawker Towers housing for athletes, plus administrative moves and probation impacts across sports.
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Kansas University
Jayhawk
Kansas Gridders
Kansas State
Manhattan
Wildcats
Lynn Dickey
Mark Geraghty
Lee Hawkins
Kansas
John Riggins
Riggins
Gale Sayers
Jayhawks
Dave Robisch
Chet Lawrence
Ted Owens
Bob Timmons
California
Jan Johnson
Chicago
Kirk Gardner
Jerry Carley
Dick Schubert
Iowa State
Floyd Temple
Keith Lieppman
Paul Womble
Skip James
Bill Stiegemeier
Temple
Vincent O’neil
Bossard
Thompson
Memorial Stadium
Doug Weaver
Kansas Grid
Jan Howell
Hal Higdon
Fort Hays
Larbi Oukada
John Carlos
Randy Matson
Ku’s
Salb
Wilhelm
John Mason
Glenn Cunningham
Allen Fieldhouse
New Mexico State
Drake
Houston
John Novotny
Monte Johnson
Chuck O’neal
Air Force
Novotny
Jayhawker Towers
Charles Oldfather
Laurence Woodruff
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