1975 Pacific Tigers football team

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1975 Pacific Tigers football
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
1975 record5–6–1 (2–3 PCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 28,000)
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Long Beach State 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
San Diego State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Pacific (CA) 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 1
Fresno State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Cal State Fullerton 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1975 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific (UOP) in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 1]

The team was led by head coach Chester Caddas, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins, six losses and one tie (5–6–1, 2–3 PCAA).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 6at Northeast Louisiana[note 3]*
T 3–3
September 13UC Davis[note 4]*
W 31–13
September 20at No. 17 Arizona*
L 0–16
September 26at Long Beach State[note 5]
L 12–286,347[1]
October 4UTEP*
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
W 40–10
October 11Cal State Fullerton
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
W 31–208,017[2]
October 18at San Jose State
L 13–41
October 25Fresno State[note 6]dagger
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
W 45–28
November 1No. 18 San Diego State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, California
L 13–3112,496[3]
November 8at Southwestern Louisiana[note 7]*
W 19–14
November 15at No. 8 Arizona State*
L 14–55
November 22at Hawaii*
L 10–1721,208[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

[5][6]

Team players in the NFL[]

No UOP players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft.[7][8][9]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.
  2. ^ Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
  3. ^ University of Louisiana at Monroe was known as Northeast Louisiana University from 1969 to 1999.
  4. ^ The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  5. ^ The official name of Long Beach State has been California State University, Long Beach since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Long Beach State.
  6. ^ The official name of Fresno State has been California State University, Fresno since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Fresno State.
  7. ^ University of Louisiana at Lafayette was known as University of Southwestern Louisiana from 1960 to 1999.

References[]

  1. ^ 1976 Media Guide; 49'er Football (pamphlet). Long Beach, California: CSULB Athletic Department. 1976.
  2. ^ "Pacific Holds Off Fullerton". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. October 12, 1975. p. III-4. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "Penrose riddles Pacific". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. November 2, 1975. p. S-7. Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. ^ "Hawaii Rainbow Warrior Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 131. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  5. ^ "1975 Pacific Tigers Schedule and Results". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "1975 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  7. ^ "1976 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  9. ^ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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