1983 San Francisco State Gators football team

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1983 San Francisco State Gators football
ConferenceNorthern California Athletic Conference
1983 record2–8 (1–5 NCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCox Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 UC Davis $^ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Sacramento State 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Chico State 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Cal State Hayward 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Humboldt State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
San Francisco State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Sonoma State 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Division II Football Committee poll

The 1983 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season.

San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). This was a new name for the conference, as it had been called the Far Western Conference (FWC) since it was started in 1925. 1983 also saw the addition of Sonoma State to the league.

The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 23rd year at the helm. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–5 FWC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 116–251.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 10at Cal State Northridge*
  • North Campus Stadium
  • Northridge, California
L 3–24350[1]
September 17Sonoma State
W 31–6
September 24Cal Poly[note 1]*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
L 8–50
October 1Santa Clara*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
W 17–16
October 8Cal State Hayward[note 2]
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
L 7–13
October 15Saint Mary's*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
L 0–16
October 29at UC Davis
L 9–41
November 5Sacramento State[note 3]
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
L 25–37
November 12at Humboldt State
L 9–22
November 19at Chico State[note 4]
L 7–26
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL[]

No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ California State University, East Bay was known as California State University, Hayward from 1972 to 2004.
  3. ^ The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.
  4. ^ The official name of Chico State has been California State University, Chico since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Chico State.

References[]

  1. ^ "Far West Summaries". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 11, 1983. p. III-15. Retrieved April 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. ^ "1983 – San Francisco St. (CA)". Retrieved March 4, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "1984 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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