The team compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a tie for the Big 8 championship, lost to Penn State in the 1970 Orange Bowl, was ranked No.
6 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 365 to 191.
[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
[3] Terry McMillian broke the Big Eight single-season touchdown pass record of 16 and the single-game school record of Paul Christman.
The victory gave Missouri a share of the Big Eight title with Nebraska and a berth in the Orange Bowl.