1959 San Francisco State Gators football team

1959 San Francisco State Gators football
FWC champion
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record10–0 (5–0 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCox Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1959 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1959 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Joe Verducci, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 10–0 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the FWC title for the fourth consecutive season. For the season the team outscored its opponents 302 to 85. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12at San Quentin State Prison*
W 20–163,000
September 19Humboldt State
W 28–03,000
September 26Cal Poly Pomona*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 34–142,500
October 3at Long Beach State*
W 12–04,000
October 10at San Quentin Prison[note 2]*
  • San Quentin Prison
  • San Quentin, CA
W 35–04,000
October 17at Nevada
W 30–147,500
October 24UC Santa Barbara*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 28–143,500
October 31UC Davis
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 46–04,500
November 7at Sacramento State
W 37–144,000
November 14at Chico State
W 32–134,000–6,000[2]
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

  1. ^ This was the fifth annual game against San Quentin Prison. All of the games were held within the walls of the prison itself.
  2. ^ A game against Occidental 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.
  3. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.