1957 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1957 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1957 record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
(Capacity: 18,155)
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 NCAA University Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Navy   –   9 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Notre Dame   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Drake   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   6 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 1
Oklahoma State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pacific (CA)   –   5 – 3 – 2
Rutgers   –   5 – 4 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 4 – 1
Florida State   –   4 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 6 – 0
Air Force   –   3 – 6 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 6 – 0
San Jose State   –   3 – 7 – 0
Texas Tech   –   2 – 8 – 0
Marquette   –   0 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1957. The team was led by first-year head coach Bob Titchenal, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1957 season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 123–196 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Stanford
L 7–46
September 27at Denver
W 27–20
October 5Arizona State[note 2]
L 6–44
October 12at Oregon
L 0–2610,300
October 19San Diego State[note 3]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
W 46–08,000[1]
October 26North Texas State[note 4]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
L 6–12[2]
November 2at Cal Poly[note 5]
L 7–14
November 9Pacific (CA)[note 6]
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
L 6–21
November 16at Fresno State[note 7]
L 6–138,570[3]
November 30at Hawaii
W 12–013,000[4]

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Team players in the NFL[]

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1958 NFL Draft.[7][8]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Hal Boutte End 12 145 Detroit Lions
Bill Atkins Tackle 25 296 Los Angeles Rams

The following finished their San Jose State career in 1957, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player Position First NFL team
Tony Teresa Halfback 1958 San Francisco 49ers

Notes[]

  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
  2. ^ Arizona State University was known as Arizona State College from 1945 to 1957.
  3. ^ San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
  4. ^ University of North Texas was known as North Texas State College from 1949 to 1960.
  5. ^ The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
  6. ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
  7. ^ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ Howard Hagen (October 20, 1957). "Spartans Rip Aztecs, 46-0". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-1.
  2. ^ "North Texas State nips San Jose State, 12–6, as melee breaks out after final gun". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 27, 1957. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Hawaii Rainbow Warrior Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 128. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  5. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "San Jose State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 1, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "1958 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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