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1975 Cal State Hayward Pioneers Football Team
The 1975 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State University, Hayward—now known as California State University, East Bay—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Tim Tierney, Cal State Hayward compiled an overall record of 0–10 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 240 to 99 for the season. The Pioneers played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California. Schedule Team players in the NFL No Cal State Hayward Pioneers players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft. The following finished their college career in 1975, were not drafted, but played in the NFL. References {{Cal State Hayward Pioneers football navbox Cal State Hayward Cal State Hayward Pioneers football seasons Cal State Hayward Pioneers football The Cal State East Bay Pioneers (also CSU East Bay ... [...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] |
1975 San Francisco State Gators Football Team
The 1975 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Vic Rowen, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 4–4–1 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third place in the FWC. For the season the team outscored its opponents 165 to 149. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco. Schedule Team players in the NFL The following San Francisco State players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft. The following finished their college career in 1975, were not drafted, but played in the NFL. References {{San Francisco State Gators football navbox San Francisco State San Francisco State Gators football seasons San Francisco State Gators football The San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University (formerly San Francisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Far Western Conference Football Season
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1976 Oakland Raiders Season
The 1976 Oakland Raiders season was the team's 17th season, and 7th in the National Football League (NFL). After having appeared in the three previous AFC Championship Games – and having lost all three—the 1976 Raiders finally won the conference championship, and went on to win their first Super Bowl. After posting a 13–1 regular season record and winning their sixth AFC West championship in seven seasons, the Raiders won against both the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers to achieve the team's second Super Bowl berth. Then, on January 9, 1977, at the Rose Bowl, the Raiders won Super Bowl XI by rolling over the Minnesota Vikings 32–14. With this victory, the Raiders achieved a overall record. They were the best team in the NFL in 1976. In 2012, the 1976 Oakland Raiders were named the greatest team of all time by NFL.com's "Bracketology"; a 15-day, six-round fan vote tournament that featured the 64 greatest teams from the Super Bowl era. Oakland beat the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Blankenship
Gregory Allen Blankenship (born March 24, 1954) is a former American football linebacker who played one season in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Early life Blankenship was born in Vallejo, California and attended Vallejo High School. College football He matriculated at Cal State-Hayward (since renamed California State University, East Bay). As a sophomore, Blankenship was named to the third-team Associated Press small college All-America football team in 1973. In 1974, he was named to the UPI Little All-Coast football team. After his senior season he was named to the Associated Press College Division All-America team as a first-team selection. Blankenship has been inducted into the California State University, East Bay Athletics Hall of Fame. Pro football career Blankenship went undrafted in the 1976 NFL Draft, but was signed by the Oakland Raiders. He played four games for the Raiders before being cut. He was picked up by the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 NFL Draft
The 1976 National Football League draft was an annual player selection meeting held April 8–9, 1976, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, New York. The draft lasted 17 rounds, with the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks making the first two selections. The Buccaneers were awarded the first overall pick of the draft after winning a draw over the Seahawks, and used that pick to select defensive tackle Lee Roy Selmon. The expansion teams were also given a pair of extra picks at the end of each of rounds 2-5. The 1976 draft was the final NFL draft to last seventeen rounds; it was reduced to twelve rounds in 1977, and it was the first draft to officially have the infamous unofficial award, "Mr. Irrelevant", for the final player selected. Like 1974, the 1976 draft is generally regarded as one of the worst quarterback draft classes of all time. No quarterback from the 1976 draft class ever reached the Pro Bowl, an All-Pro team or a Super Bowl, and according to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacramento, California
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Hornet Stadium (Sacramento)
Fred Anderson Field at Hornet Stadium is a 21,195-seat college football and track stadium in the western United States, on the campus of California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State). it is the home field of the Sacramento State Hornets of the Big Sky Conference. Opened on September 20, 1969, it has also been the home stadium of the Sacramento Surge of the WLAF, the Sacramento Gold Miners of the Canadian Football League and the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. It hosted the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field in 2000 and 2004. Its alignment is nearly north-south, offset slightly northwest, and the street-level elevation is approximately above sea level. The field was natural grass for its first 41 seasons; FieldTurf was installed in 2010. Stadium improvements 1992 * Temporary seating was installed at the end zones to increase capacity to 26,000 for the Sacramento Surge. These seats were removed in 1993 to accommodate for the larger CF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Sacramento State Hornets Football Team
The 1975 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Ray Clemons Raymond Gordon Clemons (April 2, 1921 – December 27, 2005) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers in 1947. Clemons served as the head foo ... in his 15th and final season as head coach, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third place in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 181 to 139 for the season. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. Schedule References {{Sacramento State Hornets football navbox Sacramento State Sacramento State Hornets football seasons Sacramento State Hornets football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and in Riverside County, and is about southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Riverside is the 61st-most-populous city in the United States and 12th-most-populous city in California. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 314,998. Along with San Bernardino, Riverside is a principal city in the nation's 13th-largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA); the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (pop. 4,599,839) ranks in population just below San Francisco (4,749,008) and above Detroit (4,392,041). Riverside was founded in the early 1870s. It is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn, the nation's largest Mission Revival Style building. It is also home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 UC Riverside Highlanders Football Team
The 1975 UCR Highlanders football team represented the University of California, Riverside as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo, UC Riverside compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the CCAA title. The team outscored its opponents 278 to 192 for the season. The Highlanders played home games Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California. Despite winning the conference championship for the second consecutive year and for the third time in four seasons, UC Riverside announced, on December 4, 1975, that they were discontinuing their football program. They primary reason given was lack of fan support attendance. The Highlanders played for 21 seasons (1955–1975). Schedule Team players in the NFL The following 1975 UC Riverside players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft or later. Dan Bunz and Calvin Sweeney transf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Chico State Wildcats Football Team
The 1975 Chico State Wildcats football team represented California State University, Chico as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Dick Trimmer, Chico State compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tied for third in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 295 to 118 for the season. The Wildcats played home games at University Stadium in Chico, California. Schedule Team players in the NFL The following Chico State players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft. The following finished their Chico State career in 1975, were not drafted, but played in the NFL. References {{Chico State Wildcats football navbox Chico State California State University, Chico, or commonly, Chico State, is a public university in Chico, California. Founded in 1887, it is the second oldest campus in the California State University system. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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