1990 Long Beach State 49ers football team

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1990 Long Beach State 49ers football
Conference Big West Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 Big West)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Pete Kettela (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Ken Visser (10th season)
Home stadium Veterans Stadium
Seasons
  1989
1991  
1990 Big West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 San Jose State $ 7 0 09 2 1
Fresno State 5 1 18 2 1
Utah State 5 1 15 5 1
Long Beach State 4 3 06 5 0
UNLV 3 4 04 7 0
Pacific (CA) 2 5 04 7 0
New Mexico State 1 6 01 10 0
Cal State Fullerton 0 7 01 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1990 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach [note 1] during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

Cal State Long Beach competed in the Big West Conference. The team was led by ex-NFL head coach George Allen, and played home games at Veterans Stadium on the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. The 49ers offense scored 249 points while the defense allowed 331 points. [1]

Allen died shortly after the end of the 1990 season and was inducted posthumously into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 110:00 amat No. 10 Clemson *L 0–5972,500 [3] [4]
September 812:00 pmat Utah State L 13–2715,687 [5]
September 157:05 pmat San Diego State *L 20–3819,170 [6]
September 221:00 pm Pacific (CA) W 28–75,366 [7]
September 291:00 pm Boise State
  • Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Long Beach, CA
W 21–204,106 [8]
October 61:00 pm New Mexico State
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Long Beach, CA
W 31–273,925 [9]
October 136:00 pmat San Jose State L 29–4614,938 [10]
October 207:00 pmat Fresno State L 16–2832,219 [11] [12]
October 271:00 pm Cal State Fullerton Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Long Beach, CA
W 37–357,042 [13]
November 101:00 pm Cal State Northridge
  • Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Long Beach, CA
W 25–243,090 [14]
November 171:00 pm UNLV
  • Veterans Stadium
  • Long Beach, CA
W 29–204,649 [15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[16] [17]

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft. [18]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Shawn WilbournDefensive back5138 Buffalo Bills

Notes

  1. The official name of Long Beach State has been California State University, Long Beach since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Long Beach State.

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