1971 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1971
DeWayne King (2nd season)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
1971 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Long Beach State $ 5 1 0 8 4 0
San Jose State 4 1 0 5 6 1
Fresno State 3 2 0 6 5 0
San Diego State 2 3 0 6 5 0
UC Santa Barbara 2 3 0 3 8 0
Pacific (CA) 1 4 0 3 8 0
Cal State Los Angeles 0 3 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1971 San Jose State Spartans football team represented

Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. With a 55–10 road rout of UC Santa Barbara
, the Spartans ended the regular season at an even .500 with five wins, five losses, and one tie (5–5–1, 4–1 PCAA).

This season, San Jose State made its first bowl appearance as a major college program in the Pasadena Bowl. They faced the Memphis State Tigers on Saturday, December 18, but lost 9–28 to finish at 5–6–1.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at
rivalry)
L 7–148,526[2]
September 25at California*L 10–3419,851
October 2at Houston*L 20–3431,754
October 8at Long Beach StateW 30–2810,490[3]
October 16New Mexico*T 21–2115,374[4]
October 23at
Oregon*
L 14–3414,000
October 30Pacific (CA)dagger
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 28–1812,162[5]
November 6San Diego State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 45–716,394[6]
November 13at No. 10 Stanford*W 13–12
November 20No. 9 Arizona State*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 6–49
November 27at UC Santa BarbaraW 55–10
December 18vs. Memphis State*L 9–2815,244[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[7][8]

NFL Draft

Two Spartans were selected in the

1972 NFL Draft.[9]

Player Position Round Overall NFL club
Dave Chaney Linebacker 14 360 Kansas City Chiefs
Eric Dahl Defensive back 16 400 New England Patriots

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. ^ a b "Memphis State takes 28-9 win over San Jose State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 19, 1971. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 12, 2016.
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  4. ^ "San Jose State 1971 Schedule". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "1972 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.