1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
# 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 84th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 10 May 1970 and ended on 27 September 1970.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 27 September 1970, Kerry won the championship following a 2-19 to 0-18 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their 22nd All-Ireland title, their second in succession.

Meath's Tony Brennan was the championship's top scorer with 0-33. Kerry's Tom Prendergast was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

## Rule change

As a result of a decision taken at the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) annual congress the previous year, as of 1970 all provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and the All-Ireland final itself were extended to 80 minutes playing time. Prior to this all championship matches were sixty minutes in duration.

## Leinster Championship format change

The Second Round dropped from the Leinster football championship this year.

## Results

### Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

### Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

## Championship statistics

### Miscellaneous

* On 12 July 1970, the Connacht final between Galway and Roscommon becomes the first championship game to be played over the course of 80 minutes.
* Kerry win their 5th 2 in a row as All Ireland Champions.

### Top scorers

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tony Brennan | Meath | 0-33 | 33 | 5 | 6.60 |
| 2 | Tony McTague | Offaly | 1-27 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| 3 | Mick O'Dwyer | Kerry | 0-26 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 4 | Andy McCallin | Antrim | 3-15 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Denis Coughlan | Cork | 3-14 | 23 | 2 | 11.50 |
| 6 | Jim Hanniffy | Longford | 1-18 | 21 | 3 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Seán O'Connell | Derry | 2-15 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 8 | Mickey Fay | Meath | 2-14 | 20 | 5 | 4.0 |
| 9 | John Keenan | Galway | 0-19 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 9 | Brendan Lynch | Kerry | 0-19 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |

**Single game**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Denis Coughlan | Cork | 1-10 | 13 | Tipperary |
| 2 | Michael "Babs" Keating | Tipperary | 3-1 | 10 | Cork |
| 2 | Mickey Freyne | Roscommon | 2-4 | 10 | Leitrim |
| 2 | Denis Coughlan | Cork | 2-4 | 10 | Kerry |
| 2 | Tom Joe Bradley | Laois | 1-7 | 10 | Westmeath |
| 2 | Tony Brennan | Meath | 0-10 | 10 | Offaly |
| 2 | Mickey Fay | Meath | 0-10 | 10 | Kerry |
| 8 | Murt Connor | Offaly | 2-3 | 9 | Meath |
| 8 | Tony McTague | Offaly | 1-6 | 9 | Westmeath |
| 8 | Jackie Devine | Longford | 1-6 | 9 | Offaly |
| 8 | Tony McTague | Offaly | 0-9 | 9 | Longford |
| 8 | Mick O'Dwyer | Kerry | 0-9 | 9 | Derry |
