1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football team
| 1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football | |
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CCAA champion | |
| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1975 record | 7–3 (4–0 CCAA) |
| Head coach | Bob Toledo (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Highlander Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season.
UC Riverside competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo. They played home games at Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season as champion of the CCAA, with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 4–0 CCAA). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 278–192 for the season.
Despite winning the conference championship for the second consecutive year, and in 3 of 4 seasons, on December 4, 1975 UC Riverside announced that they were discontinuing their football program. They primary reason given was lack of fan support (attendance).[1] The Highlanders played for 21 seasons (1955–1975).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 13 | at Northern Arizona* | Lumberjack Stadium • Flagstaff, AZ | L 30–34 | ||||||
| September 20 | UC Davis* | Highlander Stadium • Riverside, CA | L 22–31 | 1,700[2] | |||||
| September 27 | at Whittier* | Memorial Stadium • Whittier, CA | W 41–0 | 2,000[3] | |||||
| October 4 | at Santa Clara* | Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA | W 25–24 | 6,710[4] | |||||
| October 11 | at Cal State Los Angeles | Campus Field • Los Angeles, CA | W 48–30 | 3,000[5] | |||||
| October 18 | at Cal State Fullerton* | Santa Ana Stadium • Santa Ana, CA | L 31–32 | 1,200[6] | |||||
| October 25 | Cal Poly Pomona | Highlander Stadium • Riverside, CA | W 24–20 | ||||||
| November 1 | Cal Poly | Highlander Stadium • Riverside, CA | W 10–7 | ||||||
| November 8 | Cal State Hayward[note 1]* | Highlander Stadium • Riverside, CA | W 17–0 | ||||||
| November 15 | at Cal State Northridge | Devonshire Downs • Northridge, CA | W 30–14 | 2,900[7] | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
The following 1975 UC Riverside players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft or later. Dan Bunz & Calvin Sweeney transferred to other colleges as a result of the disbanding of the UC Riverside football program then were drafted out of that new school.[9][10][11]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
| Russ Bolinger | Guard - Tackle | 3 | 68 | 1976 Detroit Lions |
| Butch Johnson | Wide Receiver | 3 | 87 | 1976 Dallas Cowboys |
| Dan Bunz | Linebacker | 1 | 24 | 1978 San Francisco 49ers |
| Calvin Sweeney | Wide Receiver | 4 | 110 | 1980 Pittsburgh Steelers |
Notes
- ↑ California State University, East Bay was known as California State University, Hayward from 1972–2004. See: Cal State Hayward
References
- ↑ "UC Riverside Quits Football". The Los Angeles Times. December 5, 1975. p. III-20. Retrieved March 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Long Beach Routs Fullerton". The Los Angeles Times. September 21, 1975. p. III-14. Retrieved March 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Aztecs Beat Utah State, 19-10". The Los Angeles Times. September 28, 1975. p. III-14. Retrieved March 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Lusk Scores Four TD's in Long Beach St. Win". The Los Angeles Times. October 5, 1975. p. III-16. Retrieved March 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "UC Riverside 48, Cal State L.A. 30". The Los Angeles Times. October 12, 1975. p. III-15. Retrieved February 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Dave Distel (October 19, 1975). "Titans Get a Big Kick From Choukair". The Los Angeles Times. p. III-14. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Brewer's 2 Touchdowns Spark 26-24 Win by 49ers". The Los Angeles Times. November 16, 1975. p. III-11. Retrieved February 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1975 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ↑ "1976 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ↑ "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.