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1957 San Francisco State Gators Football Team
The 1957 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 1957 NCAA College Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Joe Verducci, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the FWC title for the second consecutive season. For the season the team outscored its opponents 256 to 124. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco. Schedule Notes References {{Northern California Athletic Conference football champion navbox San Francisco State San Francisco State Gators football seasons Northern California Athletic Conference football champion seasons San Francisco State Gators football The San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University (formerly San Francisco State Teacher's College) from the 1931 throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern California Athletic Conference
The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was an NCAA Division II college athletic association that sponsored American football that was founded in 1925. It disbanded in 1998 after the majority of its member schools were forced to drop football. History The NCAC was founded as the Far Western Conference (FWC) in 1925 by its charter member schools: California State University, Fresno, Fresno State, Saint Mary's College of California, Saint Mary's, University of California, Davis, UC Davis, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, San Jose State University, San Jose State and University of the Pacific (United States), Pacific. Nevada's departure from the conference in 1940 left the conference with only four members; Chico State, Fresno State, College of the Pacific and UC Davis. The conference looked to four nominees in Humboldt State, San Francisco State, Santa Barbara State and California Poly of San Luis Obispo. Shortly after World War II, all of these charter members, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Cal Aggies Football Team
The 1957 Cal Aggies football team represented the College of Agriculture at Davis—now known as the University of California, Davis—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1957 NCAA College Division football season The 1957 NCAA College Division football season was the second season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level. Conference standings See also * 1957 NCA .... Led by third-year head coach Will Lotter, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 1–7–1 with a mark of 0–5 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 210 to 59 for the season and was held to a touchdown or less in six of their nine games. The Cal Aggies played home games at Aggie Field in Davis, California. Schedule Notes References {{UC Davis Aggies football navbox Cal Aggies UC Davis Aggies football seasons Cal Agg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Far Western Conference Football Season
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until 1957, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the University Division and the College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of Division I, Division II, and Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships. Generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Cal Poly Mustangs Football Team
The 1957 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State College—now known as California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1957 NCAA College Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach LeRoy Hughes, Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, placing first in the CCAA, although no conference champion was recognized. The team outscored its opponents 210 to 108 for the season. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. Schedule Team players in the NFL The following were selected in the 1958 NFL Draft. Notes References {{Cal Poly Mustangs football navbox Cal Poly Cal Poly Mustangs football seasons Cal Poly Mustangs football The Cal Poly Mustangs are the football team representing California Polytechnic State University located in San Luis Obispo, California. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico, California
Chico ( ; Spanish for "little") is the most populous city in Butte County, California. Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, reflecting an increase from 86,187 in the 2010 Census. Chico is the cultural and economic center of the northern Sacramento Valley, as well as the largest city in California north of the capital city of Sacramento. The city is known as a college town, as the home of California State University, Chico, and for Bidwell Park, one of the largest urban parks in the world. History The first known inhabitants of the area now known as Chico—a Spanish word meaning "little"—were the Mechoopda Maidu Native Americans. The City of Chico was founded in 1860 by John Bidwell, a member of one of the first wagon trains to reach California in 1843. During the American Civil War, Camp Bidwell (named for John Bidwell, by then a brigadier general of the California Militia), was es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Chico State Wildcats Football Team
The 1957 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College—now known as California State University, Chico—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1957 NCAA College Division football season. Led by Gus Manolis in his fourth and final season as head coach, Chico State compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team was outscored its opponents 195 to 109 for the season. The Wildcats played home games at College Field in Chico, California. Manolis died on January 28, 1958, near Alder Springs, California, after suffering an apparent heart attack while helping with the search for a missing boy in Grindstone Canyon in the Mendocino National Forest. He finished his tenure as Chico State with an overall record of 23–12–1, for a .653 winning percentage. Schedule Notes References {{Chico State Wildcats football navbox Chico State Chico State Wildcats football seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacramento, California
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1957 Sacramento State Hornets Football Team
The 1957 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State College—now known as California State University, Sacramento—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1957 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach John W. Baker, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the FWC. The team finished with the first winning record in its four years of existence. For the season Sacramento State was outscored by its opponents 174 to 173. The Hornets played home games at Grant Stadium in Sacramento, California. Schedule Notes References {{Sacramento State Hornets football navbox Sacramento State California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California ... Sac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California in the southern part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach is approximately south of downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the Gateway Cities region. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city is over an oilfield with minor wells both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. The city is known for its waterfront attractions, including the permanently docked and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach also hosts the Grand Prix of Long Beach, an IndyCar race and the Long Beach Pride Festival and Parade. California State University, Long Beach, one of the largest universities in California b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)
Veterans Memorial Stadium (also known as Veterans Stadium, Vets Stadium or simply The Vet) is an 11,600-seat stadium located south of the Liberal Arts Campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. It is the home stadium to a number of local area high school football teams, as well as Long Beach City College's football team. It was also home to Long Beach State's football team until the program disbanded in 1991. The stadium is also popular as a movie set for a number of Hollywood motion pictures. It also hosted the 1985 and 1988 Motorcycle Speedway World Team Cup Finals. History Veterans Stadium opened in 1950, and was owned by the City of Long Beach for nearly four decades. The city used the stadium as a temporary location for Fire Station 19 (now located on Clark Avenue, a few blocks away). The fire station was housed at the south end of the stadium under the bleacher area, and the large door that was installed for the fire engine to exit can still be seen. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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