1969 San Jose State Spartans football team

American college football season

1969 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
Record2–8 (1–1 PCAA)
Head coach
  • Joe McMullen (1st season)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 San Diego State $ 6 0 0 11 0 0
Long Beach State 3 1 0 8 3 0
Pacific (CA) 2 2 0 7 3 0
San Jose State 1 1 0 2 8 0
UC Santa Barbara 1 3 0 6 4 0
Fresno State 1 3 0 6 4 0
Cal State Los Angeles 0 4 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1969 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.

San Jose State's 1969 season was part of the inaugural season for the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 2] The team was led by head coach Joe McMullen, in his first year, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–1 PCAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at No. 16 Stanford*L 21–63
September 27at Utah*L 7–42
October 4San Diego StateL 21–559,271[1]
October 11at Oregon*W 36–3421,500
October 18Arizona State*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 11–45
October 25at No. 16 Wyoming*
L 7–16
November 1New Mexico*dagger
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 24–27
November 8at BYU*L 3–21
November 15at California*L 7–3118,001
November 22Pacific (CA)
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 15–12
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1970 NFL Draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
John Carlos Wide receiver 15 371 Philadelphia Eagles

Notes

  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
  2. ^ The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.

References

  1. ^ "Aztecs Deck Sparta, 55-21". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. October 5, 1969. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "San Jose State 1969 Schedule". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "1970 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
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