Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football

Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football
First season	1951; 73 years ago
Last season	1977; 47 years ago
Head coach	Ron Hull (final) 2nd season, 9–8–1 (.528)
Stadium	Campus Field
Location	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Conference	CCAA
All-time record	102–139–9 (.426)
Bowl record	1–0 (1.000)
Claimed national titles	1 (1964 UPI small college)
Conference titles	3

Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team represented the California State University, Los Angeles from the 1951 season through the 1977 season.^[1][2] Between 1947 and 1963, the university was known as the Los Angeles State College and the athletic teams were known as Los Angeles State.^[3] When the university was renamed the California State College at Los Angeles, the athletic teams were re-branded as Cal State Los Angeles. In 1980, the university adopted the current Golden Eagles nickname.^[4]

The Diablos competed as the member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) from 1951 through the 1968 season.^[1] Between 1969 and 1973 the Diablos were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association,^[5][6][7] before returning to the CCAA for the 1974 and 1975 seasons. They finished their final two seasons as an independent.^[8]

They played their home games throughout Los Angeles and played their final season at Campus Field on the university campus. In 27 years, the Diablos compiled an all-time record of 102 wins, 139 losses and 9 ties (102–139–9).

Seasons

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Leonard Adams (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1951–1962)
1951	Los Angeles State	1–7	0–4	5th
1952	Los Angeles State	4–4	1–3	4th
1953	Los Angeles State	2–7	1–4	T–5th
1954	Los Angeles State	2–6–1	0–4	5th
1955	Los Angeles State	3–6	0–1	4th
1956	Los Angeles State	3–5–1	0–1	4th
1957	Los Angeles State	5–4	1–1	T–3rd
1958	Los Angeles State	4–4–1	0–4–1	6th
1959	Los Angeles State	7–3	3–2	T–2nd
1960	Los Angeles State	4–3–1	2–2–1	3rd
1961	Los Angeles State	4–4–1	2–2–1	T–3rd
1962	Los Angeles State	2–8	0–6	7th
Adams:		41–61–5	10–33–3
Homer Beatty (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1963–1965)
1963	Los Angeles State	7–1	3–1	T–1st[9]
1964	Cal State Los Angeles	9–0	5–0	1st		1	1
1965	Cal State Los Angeles	9–1	5–0	1st	W Camellia Bowl	2	1
Franz:		25–2	13–1
Jim Williams (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1966–1968)
1966	Cal State Los Angeles	4–6	2–3	T–4th
1967	Cal State Los Angeles	1–9	0–5	6th
1968	Cal State Los Angeles	3–3	2–2	T–2nd
Williams:		8–18	4–10
Walt Thurmond (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1969)
1969	Cal State Los Angeles	0–9	0–4	7th
Thurmond:		0–9	0–4
Bob Enger (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1970)
1970	Cal State Los Angeles	1–9	0–4	7th
Enger:		1–9	0–4
Foster Andersen (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1971–1973)
1971	Cal State Los Angeles	2–8	0–3	7th
1972	Cal State Los Angeles	3–7	0–0
1973	Cal State Los Angeles	4–6–1	0–0
Anderson:		9–21–1	0–3
Jim Williams (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1974–1975)
1974	Cal State Los Angeles	5–4–1	0–3–1	5th
1975	Cal State Los Angeles	1–7–1	0–4–0	5th
Williams:		6–11–2	0–7–1
Ron Hull (NCAA Division II independent) (1976–1977)
1976	Cal State Los Angeles	5–3–1
1977	Cal State Los Angeles	4–5
Hull:		9–8–1
Total:		102–139–9
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

1. "L.A. State's Grids Reverse National Trend". Los Angeles Times. 30 August 1951. ProQuest 166188317.
2. Ostler, Scott (6 December 1977). "Cal State L. A. Drops Football After 27 Seasons". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 158534348.
3. Harris, Robert E.G. (29 September 1949). "A Big, New, Different College in Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165982900.
4. "History of Cal State L.A." Cal State LA. 22 October 2013.
5. "About The Big West Conference". Big West Conference. Archived from the original on August 10, 2001. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
6. "Cal State (LA), UCSB Quit PCAA Conference". Los Angeles Times. 16 February 1973. ProQuest 157249916.
7. Miles, Jerry (May 16, 1969). "Pacific Eight Gets New Rival". Progress Bulletin. Pomona, California. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Strege, John (8 October 1976). "Cal State L.A. Is 3-0 After a Year of Strife". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 158203365.
9. 2019 San Diego State Football Media Guide (PDF), 2019