1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team

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1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans football
Conference Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record4–7 (2–3 PCAA)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Tom Hayes (1st season)
Home stadium Falcon Stadium
Seasons
  1978
1980  
1979 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Utah State $ 5 0 08 3 0
Long Beach State 3 2 07 4 0
Fresno State 3 2 05 6 0
Cal State Fullerton 2 3 04 7 0
San Jose State 2 3 03 8 0
Pacific (CA) 0 5 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Records adjusted for San Jose State forfeits

The 1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University, Fullerton as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Jim Colletto in his fifth and final season as head coach, Cal State Fullerton finished the season with an overall record of 3–8 and a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the PCAA. The Titans played home games at Falcon Stadium on the campus of Cerritos College in Norwalk, California.

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After the season, San Jose State was found to have used an ineligible player in three of their victories and one tie, and had to forfeit those games. One of the forfeited victories was to Cal State Fullerton, which improved the Titan's record to 4–7 overall and 2–3 in conference play, and put the two team info fourth-place tie in the PCAA standings.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at UNLV *L 14–3521,000 [1]
September 15 Boise State *L 3–223,439 [2] [3]
September 29at Pacific (CA) W 17–716,400 [4] [5]
October 6at San Jose State W 0–23 (forfeit win)10,900 [6] [7]
October 13at No. 7 Eastern Kentucky *L 7–3310,100 [8]
October 20at Northeast Louisiana *L 17–2815,208 [9]
October 27at Cal State Northridge *W 49–34,500 [10]
November 3at Utah State L 7–3516,600 [11]
November 10at Fresno State L 24–288,357 [12]
November 17at Idaho State *W 42–73,865 [13]
November 24 Long Beach State
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Norwalk, CA
L 13–165,250 [14]

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Roster

1979 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Bobby Kemp Jr
DB Lucious Smith Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

No Cal State Fullerton Titans were selected in the 1980 NFL draft. [17] [18]

The following finished their college career in 1979, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Lucious Smith Defensive back 1980 Los Angeles Rams

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