1961 San Francisco State Gators football team
| 1961 San Francisco State Gators football | |
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FWC co-champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| 1961 record | 8–2 (4–1 FWC) |
| Head coach | Vic Rowen (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Cox Stadium |
| 1961 Far Western Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco St. + | 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 College Division football season.
San Francisco State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). 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 | ||||||
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| September 16 | UC Santa Barbara* | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | W 59–0 | ||||||
| September 23 | Long Beach State[note 2]* | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | W 14–9 | ||||||
| September 30 | at Cal Poly Pomona[note 3]* | Kellogg Field ? • Pomona, CA ? | W 26–19 | ||||||
| October 7 | Humboldt State | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | L 6–7 | ||||||
| October 14 | at Los Angeles State[note 4]* | L.A. State Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | L 21–28 | ||||||
| October 21 | Nevada | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | W 48–0 | ||||||
| October 28 | UC Davis | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | W 13–8 | ||||||
| November 4 | at San Diego* | Torero Stadium • San Diego, CA | W 25–6 | ||||||
| November 11 | at Sacramento State[note 5] | Charles C. Hughes Stadium • Sacramento, CA | W 7–0 | ||||||
| November 18 | at Chico State[note 6] | University Stadium • Chico, CA | W 42–25 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL / AFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1962 NFL Draft.[2][3][4]
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 1935–1971. See: San Francisco State
- ↑ California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950–1963. See: Long Beach State
- ↑ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona was known as Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis from 1957–1965. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (Pomona). See: Cal Poly Pomona
- ↑ California State University, Los Angeles was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947–1963. See: Cal State LA
- ↑ California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947–1971. See: Sacramento State
- ↑ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935–1971. See: Chico State
References
- ↑ "1961 - San Francisco St. (CA)". Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ↑ "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.
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