1970 SANFL season

1970 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Sturt 10th premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 34th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Barrie Robran North Adelaide (24 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Fred Phillis Glenelg (107 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	103
Total attendance	970,767 (9,425 per match)
Highest	48,757 (Grand Final, Sturt vs. Glenelg)

The 1970 South Australian National Football League season was the 91st season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1970 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	20	17	2	1	2219	1475	60.07	35
2	Sturt (P)	20	17	3	0	2209	1508	59.43	34
3	North Adelaide	20	12	8	0	2104	1709	55.18	24
4	Glenelg	20	11	9	0	2108	2039	50.83	22
5	Norwood	20	10	8	2	1872	1872	50.00	22
6	West Adelaide	20	8	11	1	1478	1775	45.43	17
7	Central District	20	7	13	0	1722	1873	47.90	14
8	West Torrens	20	7	13	0	1841	2016	47.73	14
9	Woodville	20	6	14	0	1621	2193	42.50	12
10	South Adelaide	20	3	17	0	1492	2206	40.35	6

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1970 SANFL Grand Final

	1970 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 26 September (2:10 pm)	Sturt	def.	Glenelg	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 48,757)
	1.4 (10) 4.6 (30) 8.10 (58) 12.13 (85)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.6 (24) 4.8 (32) 5.10 (40) 9.10 (64)