1959 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team

The 1959 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit[note 1] during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly played as an independent in 1959.

1959 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
1959 record7–1–1
Head coach
1959 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Hofstra      9 0 0
Howard (AL)      9 1 0
Buffalo      8 1 0
Carnegie Tech      7 1 0
Cal Poly Pomona      7 1 1
North Park Vikings football      6 1 1
Santa Clara      4 1 0
Northern Michigan      6 2 0
UC Riverside      5 2 0
Carthage      5 3 1
Memphis State      6 4 0
Mississippi Southern      6 4 0
Sewanee      4 3 1
Abilene Christian      5 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace      4 4 0
Wabash      3 5 1
Xavier      4 6 0
Arlington State      4 3 0
Rose Poly      2 4 1
Hawaii      3 6 0
La Verne      3 6 0
Pepperdine      2 5 1
Chattanooga      3 7 0
Tampa      3 7 0
Drake      2 7 0
Northeastern      1 6 1
Washington University      1 7 0

Cal Poly Pomona was led by third-year head coach Don Warhurst. They played home games on campus in Pomona, California. The Broncos finished the season with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 231–96 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 19Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Águilas Blancas
El Centro, CAW 22–6
September 26at San Francisco State[note 2]L 14–34
October 3San DiegoPomona, CAW 42–12
October 10at La VerneW 40–0
October 17Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Águilas Blancas
W 28–0
October 24Pepperdine[note 3]Pomona, CAW 30–14
October 31at Long Beach State[note 4]W 28–7
November 7Arizona State College[note 5]T 7–7
November 14at Redlands
W 20–16

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Team players in the NFL/AFL

No Cal Poly Pomona players were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

The following finished their Cal Poly Pomona career in 1959, were not drafted, but played in the NFL/AFL.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL/AFL Team
Fred FordHalfback1960 Buffalo Bills
Vern ValdezDefensive Back1960 Los Angeles Rams

Notes

  1. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was known as Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis Unit from 1957 to 1965. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (Pomona).
  2. San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  3. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  4. California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
  5. Northern Arizona University was known as Arizona State College from 1958 to 1965.
  6. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season

References

  1. "1959 - Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  2. "Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. "1960 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. "Cal Poly-Pomona Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. "Draft History: Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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