title: 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
text: # 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 |
  