1986 San Francisco State Gators football team

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1986 San Francisco State Gators football
Conference Northern California Athletic Conference
Record2–9 (1–4 NCAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cox Stadium
Seasons
  1985
1987  
1986 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 UC Davis $^ 5 0 010 1 0
Chico State 4 1 07 3 0
Cal State Hayward 3 2 07 3 0
Sonoma State 2 3 04 6 0
San Francisco State 1 4 02 9 0
Humboldt State 0 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

The 1986 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season. Led by 26th-year head coach Vic Rowen, San Francisco State finished the season with an overall record of 1–10 and a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the NCAC. For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 390 to 123. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.

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After the season, Azusa Pacific was forced to forfeit their 1986 victories due to the use of ineligible players. That included their November 1 victory over San Francisco State. The forfeit improved the Gators' overall record to 2–9.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Wichita State *L 6–6918,836 [1]
September 13at Cal Lutheran *
L 0–312,108 [2]
September 20at Saint Mary's *
L 21–512,750
September 27 Cal State Northridge *L 0–37800–1,500 [3] [4]
October 11at Sonoma State
L 10–162,014
October 18No. 3 UC Davis
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 3–513,000
October 25at Santa Clara *L 24–276,277
November 1 Azusa Pacific *
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 17–28 (forfeit win)1,621 [5]
November 8 Chico State
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 0–48300
November 15 Humboldt State
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 28–12300
November 22at Cal State Hayward L 14–20300–500 [6]

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Team players in the NFL

No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1987 NFL draft. [8] [9] [10]

The following finished their college career in 1986, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Joe JacksonLinebacker 1987 Seattle Seahawks

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