1960 San Francisco State Gators football team
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Conference | Far Western Conference |
Record | 9–1 (4–1 FWC) |
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Home stadium | Cox Stadium |
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No. 2/3 Humboldt State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chico State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Davis | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 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 1960 college football season. Led by Joe Verducci in his 11th and final year as head coach, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. For the season the team outscored its opponents 247 to 47. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.
The Gators were dominant through much of the season, allowing touchdown or less in nine of the ten games. Their only loss was to FWC champion Humboldt State. In 11 years under Verducci, the Gators had a record of 74–31, for a winning percentage of .704. Verducci's teams won the conference title six times and they appeared in one bowl game the Pear Bowl in 1950.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 16 | at UC Santa Barbara* |
| W 14–0 | 7,500 | ||
September 24 | Long Beach State* | W 20–0 | 3,100–4,000 | [1] | ||
October 1 | 8:00 p.m. | at Cal Poly Pomona* |
| W 20–0 | 3,500 | [2][3] |
October 8 | at Humboldt State | L 18–21 | 7,000 | |||
October 15 | Los Angeles State* |
| W 35–6 | 4,000 | ||
October 22 | Nevada |
| W 18–7 | 5,000 | ||
October 28 | at UC Davis | W 41–0 | 2,000–2,200 | [4] | ||
November 5 | San Diego* |
| W 35–0 | 4,000 | ||
November 11 | Sacramento State |
| W 14–6 | 1,500 | ||
November 19 | Chico State |
| W 32–7 | 4,000 | ||
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Team players in the NFL / AFL
[edit]The following San Francisco State players were selected in the 1961 NFL draft.[6][7][8]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
Charley Fuller | Halfback | 16 | 220 | San Francisco 49ers |
The following San Francisco State players were selected in the 1961 AFL Draft.
Player | Position | Round | Overall | AFL team |
Charley Fuller | Halfback | 19 | 148 | Oakland Raiders |
The following player did not play football at San Francisco State, but completed his graduate degree at San Francisco State while playing in the NFL.
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
Carl Kammerer | Defensive end, linebacker | 2 | 22 | San Francisco 49ers |
References
[edit]- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ Miles, Jerry (October 1, 1960). "Poly Eyes Upset Tonight". Progress-Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 7, section 1. Retrieved February 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Miles, Jerry (October 2, 1960). "S.F. State Defeats Cal Poly 20-0". Progress-Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 1, section 3. Retrieved February 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "1961 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.