1986 San Francisco State Gators football team

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1986 San Francisco State Gators football
ConferenceNorthern California Athletic Conference
1986 record2–9 (1–4 NCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCox Stadium
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
1986 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 UC Davis $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Chico State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Cal State Hayward 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Sonoma State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
San Francisco State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Humboldt State 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Division II Football Committee poll

The 1986 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season.

San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 26th year at the helm. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of one wins and ten losses (1–10, 1–4 NCAC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 123–390.

After the season, Azusa Pacific was forced to forfeit their 1986 victories due to the use of ineligible players. That included their November 1 victory over San Francisco State. The forfeit brought the Gators adjusted record to 2–9, 1–4 NCAC.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Wichita State*
L 6–6918,836[1]
September 13at California Lutheran*
L 0–312,108[2]
September 20at Saint Mary's*
L 21–51
September 27Cal State Northridge*
L 0–371,500[3]
October 11at Sonoma State
L 10–16
October 18UC Davis
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
L 3–51
October 25at Santa Clara*
L 24–27
November 1Azusa Pacific*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
W 17–28
forfeit win		1,621[4]
November 8Chico State[note 1]
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
L 0–48
November 15Humboldt State
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
W 28–12
November 22at Cal State Hayward[note 2]
L 14–20
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL[]

No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1987 NFL Draft.[6][7][8]

The following finished their college career in 1986, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player Position First NFL team
Joe Jackson Linebacker 1987 Seattle Seahawks

Notes[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Gators' long trip will be longer coming home". The San Francisco Examiner. September 7, 1986. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 14, 1986. p. III-19. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 28, 1986. p. III-19. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. ^ "Saturday's Late Results". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 3, 1986. p. III-18. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. ^ "1986 - San Francisco St. (CA)". Retrieved March 4, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "1987 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  7. ^ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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