1969 San Francisco State Gators football team

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1969 San Francisco State Gators football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record3–7 (1–4 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCox Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 UPI Cal State Hayward $ 5 0 0 9 1 0
No. 12 AP Sacramento State 4 1 0 8 2 0
Chico State 3 2 0 8 2 0
Humboldt State 2 3 0 6 4 0
San Francisco State 1 4 0 3 7 0
UC Davis 0 5 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from small college polls

The 1969 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Vic Rowen, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the FWC. For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 305 to 151. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Cal Poly*L 7–711,500
September 27at Santa Clara*L 15–328,000
October 4Cal State Hayward
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 21–282,000–2,500[1]
October 11at No. 7 Sacramento StateL 6–192,500
October 18Humboldt State
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 14–301,500[2]
October 25at UC DavisW 21–165,500
November 1at Southern Oregon*
W 16–0700
November 8Nevada*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 27–261,000
November 15at Chico State
L 14–426,500–7,000[3]
November 22Long Beach State*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 10–411,000[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL[edit]

The following San Francisco State players were selected in the 1970 NFL Draft.[6][7][8]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Paul Dunn Running back 13 319 Cincinnati Bengals

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Repors". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Humboldt, Hayward, Hornets in tie for conference lead". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 20, 1969. p. 15. Retrieved March 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "Cal St. (LB) 41, San Francisco St. 10". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 23, 1969. p. D-16. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "1970 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  7. ^ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.