1969 San Jose State Spartans football team

1969 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record	2–8 (1–1 PCAA)
Head coach	Joe McMullen (1st season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium
Seasons ←  1968 1970  →

1969 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego State $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
Long Beach State	3	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Pacific (CA)	2	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
San Jose State	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
UC Santa Barbara	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Fresno State	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Cal State Los Angeles	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1969 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College ^{[note 1]} during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.

San Jose State's 1969 season was part of the inaugural season for the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. ^{[note 2]} The team was led by head coach Joe McMullen, in his first year, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–1 PCAA).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	1:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Stanford *	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 21–63	31,000
September 27	7:15 p.m.	at Utah *	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 7–42	22,078	[1]
October 4	8:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 21–55	9,271	[2]
October 11	1:30 p.m.	at Oregon *	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 36–34	21,500	[3]
October 18		Arizona State *	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 11–45	11,893	[4]
October 25		at No. 16 Wyoming *	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 7–16	18,791	[5]
November 1	2:00 p.m.	New Mexico *	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 24–27	9,132	[6]
November 8	12:30 p.m.	at BYU *	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 3–21	23,412	[7]
November 15	1:31 p.m.	at California *	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 7–31	18,001
November 22		Pacific (CA)	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Victory Bell)	W 15–12	8,147
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1970 NFL draft. ^[10]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
John Carlos	Wide receiver	15	371	Philadelphia Eagles

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. "Utah hits fast, rolls 42–7 over San Jose State". The Sacramento Bee. September 28, 1969. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Aztecs Deck Sparta, 55-21". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. October 5, 1969. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 12, 1969). "Spirited Spartans ambush Oregon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
4. "Arizona St. zips by San Jose State". The San Francisco Examiner. October 19, 1969. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Defense. Jacobs' toe spark Wyoming by San Jose 16 to 7". Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald. October 26, 1969. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "New Mexico edges past San Jose". The Sacramento Bee. November 2, 1969. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Spartans pounded by BYU". The San Francisco Examiner. November 9, 1969. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "San Jose State 1969 Schedule" . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
9. "Schedule/Results (1969 San Jose State)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 26, 2025.
10. "1970 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.