1984 San Francisco State Gators football team

The 1984 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1984 NCAA Division II football season.

1984 San Francisco State Gators football
ConferenceNorthern California Athletic Conference
1984 record1–8–1, 3 wins forfeited (1–4–1 NCAC, 1 win forfeited)
Head coach
Home stadiumCox Stadium
1984 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 UC Davis $^ 6 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
Sacramento State 5 –1 –0  6 –5 –0
Cal State Hayward 4 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Chico State 2 –3 –1  4 –5 –1
Sonoma State 2 –4 –0  2 –8 –0
San Francisco State 1 –4 –1  1 –8 –1
Humboldt State 0 –6 –0  0 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • Records are after 3 SF State forfeit losses: 1 to Sonoma State & 2 non-conference
Rankings from Division II Football Committee poll

San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 24th year at the helm. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1, 2–3–1 NCAC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 209–240.

After the season ended, it was determined that San Francisco state had used two ineligible players in all of their victories plus the tie and that they would have to forfeit those games. The five forfeits brought their final record to no wins and ten losses (0-10, 0-6 NCAC).[1]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8at California Lutheran*
L 13–38900[2]
September 22Cal State Northridge*
L 21–17
forfeit loss		1,000[3]
September 29Azusa Pacific*
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
L 41–21
forfeit loss		1,600[4]
October 6at Cal State Hayward[note 1]
L 23–43
October 13at Sonoma State
L 45–21
forfeit loss
October 20UC Davis
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
L 7–21
October 27at Santa Clara*
L 6–12
November 3at Sacramento State[note 2]
L 14–412,790[5]
November 10Chico State[note 3]
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
T 14–14
forfeit loss
November 17Humboldt State
  • Cox Stadium
  • San Francisco
W 25–19
forfeit loss
  • *Non-conference game

[6]

Team players in the NFL

No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1985 NFL Draft.[7][8][9]

Notes
  1. California State University, East Bay was known as California State University, Hayward from 1972 to 2004.
  2. The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.
  3. The official name of Chico State has been California State University, Chico since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Chico State.

References
  1. "San Francisco St. To Forfeit Games". The New York Times. New York, New York. January 2, 1985. p. III-15.
  2. "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 9, 1984. p. III-22. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Aztecs' Critical Fumble Saves Oklahoma St., 19-16". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 23, 1984. p. III-10. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Saturday's Late Summaries". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 1, 1984. p. III-19. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (S.F. State)" (PDF). Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  6. "1984 - San Francisco St. (CA)". Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  7. "1985 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  8. "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  9. "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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