1961 San Francisco State Gators football team
Appearance
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FWC co-champion | |
Conference | Far Western Conference |
Record | 8–2 (4–1 FWC) |
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Home stadium | Cox Stadium |
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No. 13/16 Humboldt State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Davis | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chico State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1961 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College[note 1] during the 1961 NCAA College Division football season.
San Francisco State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 2] The Gators were led by first-year head coach Vic Rowen. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season as co-champion of the FWC, with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2, 4–1 FWC). For the season the team outscored its opponents 261–102.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | UC Santa Barbara* | W 59–0 | ||
September 23 | Long Beach State[note 3]* |
| W 14–9 | |
September 30 | at Cal Poly Pomona[note 4]* |
| W 26–19 | |
October 7 | Humboldt State[note 5] |
| L 6–7 | 6,200[1] |
October 14 | at Los Angeles State[note 6]* |
| L 21–28 | |
October 21 | Nevada |
| W 48–0 | |
October 28 | UC Davis[note 7] |
| W 13–8 | |
November 4 | at San Diego* | W 25–6 | ||
November 11 | at Sacramento State[note 8] | W 7–0 | ||
November 18 | at Chico State[note 9] |
| W 42–25 | |
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Team players in the NFL / AFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1962 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]
The following finished their college career in 1961, were not drafted, but played in the AFL.
Player | Position | First NFL Team |
Willie Simpson | Fullback | 1962 Oakland Raiders |
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.
- ^ California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
- ^ California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
- ^ 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
- ^ Don Terbush (October 9, 1961). "Humboldt State Nips San Francisco In FWC Opener". Eureka Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. p. 10. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1961 - San Francisco St. (CA)". Retrieved March 4, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1962 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.