1959 San Francisco State Gators football team
| 1959 San Francisco State Gators football | |
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FWC champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 10–0 (5–0 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Cox Stadium |
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| No. 17 San Francisco State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College[note 1] during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season.
San Francisco State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 2] The Gators were led by 10th-year head coach Joe Verducci. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season undefeated, as champion of the FWC, with a record of ten wins and no losses (10–0, 5–0 FWC). This was the fourth straight title for the Gators. For the season the team outscored its opponents 302–85.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 12 | at San Quentin State Prison* |
| W 20–16 |
| September 19 | Humboldt State[note 4] | W 28–0 | |
| September 26 | Cal Poly Pomona[note 5]* |
| W 34–14 |
| October 3 | at Long Beach State[note 6]* | W 12–0 | |
| October 10 | at San Quentin Prison[note 7]* |
| W 35–0 |
| October 17 | at Nevada | W 30–14 | |
| October 24 | UC Santa Barbara* |
| W 28–14 |
| October 31 | UC Davis[note 9] |
| W 46–0 |
| November 7 | at Sacramento State[note 10] | W 37–14 | |
| November 14 | at Chico State[note 11] |
| W 32–13 |
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Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft.[2][3][4]
Notes
- ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
- ^ The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
- ^ This was the fifth annual game against San Quentin Prison. All of the games were held within the walls of the prison itself.
- ^ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
- ^ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was known as Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit from 1957 to 1965. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (Pomona).
- ^ California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
- ^ A game against Occidental College had been scheduled for this date. However, several members of the Occidental team came down with food poisoning, so a second game against San Quentin Prison was scheduled.
- ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season."University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium". Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
- ^ California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
- ^ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
References
- ^ "1959 - San Francisco St. (CA)". Retrieved March 4, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1960 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.