1969 Valley State Matadors football team

1969 Valley State Matadors football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–5 (1–1 CCAA)
Head coach	Leon McLaughlin (1st season)
Home stadium	Birmingham High School

1969 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cal Poly $	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Valley State	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
UC Riverside	0	–	1	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1969 Valley State Matadors football team represented San Fernando Valley State College—now known as California State University, Northridge—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Leon McLaughlin, Valley State compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 1–1 in conference play, placing second in the CCAA. The Matadors played home games at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California.

CCAA football changed significantly in 1969. Three teams—Fresno State, Long Beach State, and Cal State Los Angeles—left the conference and moved up to NCAA University Division competition, joining in the newly-formed Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They were replaced by Cal Poly Pomona and UC Riverside.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Sacramento State*	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 28–24	5,100	[1]
October 4	at Long Beach State*	Veterans Stadium Long Beach, CA	W 32–21
October 11	Fresno State*	Birmingham High School Van Nuys, CA	L 14–38	5,200	[2]
October 18	at UC Santa Barbara*	Campus Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	L 2–26	6,000	[3]
October 25	Cal Poly	Birmingham High School Van Nuys, CA	L 19–28	6,200	[4]
November 8	Cal Poly Pomona	Birmingham High School Van Nuys, CA	W 48–13	3,500	[5]
November 15	New Mexico Highlands*	Birmingham High School Van Nuys, CA	L 19–23	2,000	[6]
November 22	at No. 14 Cal State Hayward*	Pioneer Stadium Hayward, CA	L 17–25	2,800–5,000	[7][8]
November 29	at Cal State Los Angeles*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	W 47–6	1,371–2,000	[9][10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

No Valley State players were selected in the 1970 NFL draft.^[12][13][14]

The following finished their college career in 1969, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player	Position	First NFL team
Bill Butler	LB	1970 Denver Broncos

References

1. "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
2. "Cal Lutheran Takes 11th Straight". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 12, 1969. p. D-18. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Endemano-Led Stags Score First Win Over Oxy, 31-21". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 19, 1969. p. D-18. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
4. John Wolf (October 26, 1969). "Not Loyola's Day: Loses First, 21-20". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D-12. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Cal Western Blasts Cal Lutheran, 49-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 9, 1969. p. D-18. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
6. John Wolf (November 16, 1969). "Valley St. Toppled by Highlands, 23-19". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D-16. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "CP (SLO) 34, CP (Pomona) 6". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 30, 1969. p. D-16. Retrieved February 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
9. "Valley State Routs Winless Diablos, 47-6". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 23, 1969. p. D-6 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
11. "1969 - Cal St.-Northridge". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
12. "1970 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
13. "Cal State-Northridge Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 21, 2017.
14. "Draft History: Cal State-Northridge". Retrieved March 18, 2017.