1969 Valley State Matadors football team

1969 Valley State Matadors football
Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association
1969 record 4–5 (1–1 CCAA)
Head coach Leon McLaughlin (1st season)
Home stadium Birmingham High School, Van Nuys, CA
1969 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Cal Poly $ 2 – 0 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Valley State 1 – 1 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Cal Poly Pomona 1 – 2 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
UC Riverside 0 – 1 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Valley State Matadors football team represented Valley State[note 1] during the 1969 College Division football season.

Valley State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). For the 1969 season the CCAA changed significantly. Three schools left the conference and moved up to the University Division in the new Pacific Coast Athletic Association. Those schools were Fresno State, Cal State Long Beach, and Cal State Los Angeles. They were replaced in 1969 by Cal Poly Pomona and UC Riverside and in 1970 by Cal State Fullerton.

The 1969 Matadors were led by first-year head coach Leon McLaughlin. They played home games at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5, 1–1 CCAA).

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 28 at Sacramento State[note 2]* Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA W 28–24  
October 4 at Long Beach State[note 3]* Veterans Stadium • Long Beach, CA W 32–21  
October 11 Fresno State[note 4]* Birmingham High School • Van Nuys, CA L 14–38   5,200[1]
October 18 at UC Santa Barbara* Campus Stadium • Santa Barbara, CA L 2–26   6,000[2]
October 25 Cal Poly Birmingham High School • Van Nuys, CA L 19–28   6,200[3]
November 8 Cal Poly Pomona[note 5] Birmingham High School • Van Nuys, CA W 48–13   3,500[4]
November 15 New Mexico Highlands* Birmingham High School • Van Nuys, CA L 19–23   2,000[5]
November 22 at Cal State Hayward[note 6]* Pioneer Stadium • Hayward, CA L 17–25   2,800[6]
November 29 at Cal State Los Angeles* Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 47–6   1,371[7]
*Non-conference game.

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Team players in the NFL

No Valley State players were selected in the 1970 NFL Draft. [9][10][11]

The following finished their college career in 1969, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player Position First NFL Team
Bill Butler LB 1970 Denver Broncos

Notes

  1. ↑ California State University, Northridge was known as San Fernando Valley State College from 1958–1971. More commonly it was called Valley State. See: Cal State Northridge
  2. ↑ California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947–1971. See: Sacramento State
  3. ↑ The official name of Long Beach State was California State College, Long Beach from 1968–1971. However, it is still commonly known as Long Beach State. See: Long Beach State
  4. ↑ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949–1971. See: Fresno State
  5. ↑ Cal Poly Pomona was officially known as California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis from 1966–1971. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (Pomona). See: Cal Poly Pomona
  6. ↑ California State University, East Bay was known as California State College at Hayward from 1963–1971. See: Cal State Hayward

References

  1. ↑ "Cal Lutheran Takes 11th Straight". The Los Angeles Times. October 12, 1969. p. D-18. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Endemano-Led Stags Score First Win Over Oxy, 31-21". The Los Angeles Times. October 19, 1969. p. D-18. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ John Wolf (October 26, 1969). "Not Loyola's Day: Loses First, 21-20". The Los Angeles Times. p. D-12. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cal Western Blasts Cal Lutheran, 49-0". The Los Angeles Times. November 9, 1969. p. D-18. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ John Wolf (November 16, 1969). "Valley St. Toppled by Highlands, 23-19". The Los Angeles Times. p. D-16. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "CP (SLO) 34, CP (Pomona) 6". The Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1969. p. D-16. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Valley State Routs Winless Diablos, 47-6". The Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1969. p. D-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "1969 - Cal St.-Northridge". Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ "1970 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cal State-Northridge Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Draft History: Cal State-Northridge". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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