1970 Fort Scott Greyhounds football team

The 1970 Fort Scott Greyhounds football team was an American football team that represented Fort Scott Community College as a member of the Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference (KJJCC) during the 1970 junior college football season. In their second and final year under head coach Dick Foster, the Greyhounds compiled a perfect 11–0 record, won the KJJCC championship, defeated the Mesa Hokams of Mesa, Arizona, in the Shrine Bowl, and were selected as the junior college national champion in the final JC Gridwire poll of 1970.

1970 Fort Scott Greyhounds football
Junior college national champion
Shrine Bowl, W 41–20 vs. Mesa (AZ)
ConferenceKansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference
Record11–0 (8–0 KJJCC)
Head coach
  • Dick Foster (2nd season)
1970 Kansas Jayhawk Junior College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fort Scott $ 8 0 011 0 0
Hutchinson 7 1 09 1 1
Garden City 6 2 07 3 0
Pratt 5 3 06 4 0
Cowley County 4 4 06 4 0
Butler County 3 5 04 6 0
Independence 1 7 02 8 0
Highland (KS) 1 7 01 8 0
Coffeyville 1 7 01 9 0
Dodge City 0 0 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

Fort Scott led all junior colleges in total offense and ranked second in total defense. The program took national individual honors with Dick Foster being named junior college coach of the year, Tommy Reamon back of the year, and Mitch Sutton lineman of the year. Reason also led the country in total offense, scoring, and rushing.

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