1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

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1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football
CCAA champion
Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record7–3 (4–0 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumHighlander Stadium
Seasons
  1974
1975 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
UC Riverside $ 4 0 07 3 0
Cal Poly 3 1 06 4 0
Cal Poly Pomona 2 2 06 4 1
Cal State Northridge 1 3 04 6 1
Cal State Los Angeles 0 4 01 7 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1975 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos 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.

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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. [1] The Highlanders played for 21 seasons (1955–1975).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13at Northern Arizona *L 30–348,000
September 20 UC Davis *
L 22–311,700–4,000 [2] [3]
September 27at Whittier *
W 41–01,000–2,000 [4]
October 4at Santa Clara *W 25–246,710 [5]
October 11at Cal State Los Angeles
W 48–301,500–3,000 [6] [7]
October 18at Cal State Fullerton *L 31–321,000–1,200 [8]
October 25 Cal Poly Pomona
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 24–203,200
November 1 Cal Poly
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 10–74,779–4,975 [9]
November 8 Cal State Hayward *
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 17–03,000
November 15at Cal State Northridge W 30–142,450–2,934 [10] [11]
  • *Non-conference game

[12] [13]

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 transferred to other colleges as a result of the disbanding of the UC Riverside football program then were drafted out of that new school. [14] [15] [16]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Russ Bolinger Guard, tackle368 1976 Detroit Lions
Butch Johnson Wide receiver387 1976 Dallas Cowboys
Dan Bunz Linebacker124 1978 San Francisco 49ers
Calvin Sweeney Wide receiver4110 1980 Pittsburgh Steelers

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