1970 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team

1970 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football
FWC co-champion
Conference Far Western Conference
1970 record 7–4 (4–1 FWC)
Head coach Les Davis (5th season)
Home stadium Pioneer Stadium
(Capacity: 5,000)
1970 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Chico State + 4 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
Cal State Hayward + 4 –1 –0  7 –4 –0
UC Davis 3 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Humboldt State 2 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Sacramento State 2 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
San Francisco State 0 –5 –0  0 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from College Division poll

The 1970 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State College at Hayward[note 1] in the 1970 College Division football season. Cal State Hayward competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 2]

The Pioneers were led by head coach Les Davis in his fifth and last year at the school. They played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. The Pioneers finished the season as co-champion of the FWC, with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 4–1 FWC). They outscored their opponents 382–187 for the 1970 season.

In five years under coach Davis, the Pioneers won the conference title once (1969), shared the conference title once (1970) and finished with an overall record of 30–20–1, a .598 winning percentage. Of the four coaches Cal State Hayward football had in its 29 years of existence, Davis is the only one who won a conference title and who finished with a winning record.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 12 at Fresno State[note 3]* Ratcliffe Stadium • Fresno, CA L 12–28   7,581[1][2]
September 19 Whittier* Pioneer Stadium • Hayward, CA L 14–15  
September 26 at Cal Poly[note 4]* Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA L 20–41  
October 3 UC Riverside* Pioneer Stadium • Hayward, CA W 62–12  
October 17 at Chico State[note 5] College Field • Chico, CA W 43–22  
October 24 San Francisco* Pioneer Stadium • Hayward, CA W 58–0  
October 31 Sacramento State[note 6] Pioneer Stadium • Hayward, CA W 14–12  
November 7 at Humboldt State[note 7] Redwood Bowl • Arcata, CA L 35–37  
November 14 at UC Davis[note 8] Toomey Field • Davis, CA W 32–14  
November 21 San Francisco State[note 9] Pioneer Stadium • Hayward, CA W 72–0  
November 28 Southern (LA)* Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum • Oakland, CA W 20–6  
*Non-conference game.

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Team players in the NFL

No Cal State Hayward Pioneers players were selected in the 1971 NFL Draft.[5][6]

Notes

  1. ↑ California State University, East Bay was known as California State College at Hayward from 1963 to 1971.
  2. ↑ The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
  3. ↑ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
  6. ↑ California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
  7. ↑ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  8. ↑ The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the "Cal Aggies" from 1922 until the mid 1970s.
  9. ↑ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

  1. ↑ "Fresno State 1970 Schedule". Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1970 - Cal St.-Hayward". Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pioneer Football All-Time Results 1965-1993". Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ "1971 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cal State-Hayward Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 2, 2018.
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