1960 San Francisco State Gators football team

1960 San Francisco State Gators football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record9–1 (4–1 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCox Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2/3 Humboldt State $ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
San Francisco State 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Chico State 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Sacramento State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Nevada 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
UC Davis 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll

The 1960 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1960 college football season. Led by Joe Verducci in his 11th and final year as head coach, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. For the season the team outscored its opponents 247 to 47. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.

The Gators were dominant through much of the season, allowing touchdown or less in nine of the ten games. Their only loss was to FWC champion Humboldt State. In 11 years under Verducci, the Gators had a record of 74–31, for a winning percentage of .704. Verducci's teams won the conference title six times and they appeared in one bowl game the Pear Bowl in 1950.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at UC Santa Barbara*
W 14–07,500
September 24Long Beach State*
W 20–03,100–4,000[1]
October 18:00 p.m.at Cal Poly Pomona*
W 20–03,500[2][3]
October 8at Humboldt State
L 18–217,000
October 15Los Angeles State*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 35–64,000
October 22Nevada
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 18–75,000
October 28at UC Davis
W 41–02,000–2,200[4]
November 5San Diego*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 35–04,000
November 11Sacramento State
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 14–61,500
November 19Chico State
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 32–74,000
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL / AFL

The following San Francisco State players were selected in the 1961 NFL draft.[6][7][8]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Charley Fuller Halfback 16 220 San Francisco 49ers

The following San Francisco State players were selected in the 1961 AFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall AFL team
Charley Fuller Halfback 19 148 Oakland Raiders

The following player did not play football at San Francisco State, but completed his graduate degree at San Francisco State while playing in the NFL.

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Carl Kammerer Defensive end, linebacker 2 22 San Francisco 49ers

References

  1. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Miles, Jerry (October 1, 1960). "Poly Eyes Upset Tonight". Progress-Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 7, section 1. Retrieved February 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Miles, Jerry (October 2, 1960). "S.F. State Defeats Cal Poly 20-0". Progress-Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 1, section 3. Retrieved February 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "1961 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  7. ^ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.