1942 San Francisco State Gaters football team

American college football season

1942 San Francisco State Gaters football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–6
Head coach	Ray Kaufman (1st season; first 4 games) Dan Farmer (5th season, final 2 games)
Home stadium	Campus field
Seasons← 1941 1945 →

1942 Western college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 17 Santa Clara		–		7	–	2	–	0
Portland		–		5	–	2	–	0
Idaho Southern Branch		–		4	–	2	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		6	–	3	–	1
San Francisco		–		6	–	4	–	0
Loyola (CA)		–		5	–	4	–	1
Nevada		–		4	–	3	–	1
Cal Poly		–		4	–	3	–	0
San Francisco State		–		0	–	6	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 San Francisco State States football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as an independent during the 1942 college football season. San Francisco State was led by first-year head coach Ray Kaufman for the first four games of the season. When he was called into the military, Dan Farmer, who had served as co-head coach from 1935 to 1938, took over the team for the final two games of the season. The Gaters finished the season with an overall record of 0–6 and were outscored by their opponents 156 to 12. They played home games at a new stadium in San Francisco, which was later named Cox Stadium. San Francisco State did not field another team until 1945.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 3	at McClellan Field	Grant Union High School Sacramento, CA	L 6–26
October 9	at Chico State	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	L 0–15
October 17	Salinas Junior College	Salinas, CA	L 0–25
October 23	San Francisco Junior College	Campus field San Francisco, CA	L 0–6	2,500
October 30	Santa Rosa Junior College*	Campus field San Francisco, CA	L 6–33
November 7	Cal Poly	Campus field San Francisco, CA	L 0–51
November 14	at Mather Field Air Corps	Sacramento, CA	Cancelled
*Non-conference game

Notes

McClellan Air Force Base was a United States Air Force Base from 1935 to 2001. It was known as McClellan Field from 1939 to 1947.
Mather Air Force Base was a United States Air Force Base from 1918 to 1993.

References

"San Francisco State Gets Another Coach". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 27, 1942. p. 7. Retrieved July 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"Scores of Games on U.S. Grid". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. October 4, 1942. p. 18. Retrieved July 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"Football Scores". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 10, 1942. p. 9. Retrieved July 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"Football Results". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. October 18, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"S.F. Jaycee Wins Over S.F. State". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. October 24, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved July 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"Bear Cubs Defeat Gaters 33 to 6". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. October 31, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved July 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"S. F. State Swamped By Cal Poly, 51 to 0". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 8, 1942. p. 17. Retrieved July 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"Game Cancelled". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 13, 1942. p. 15. Retrieved July 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Ewing Field (1931–1935) Roberts Field (1936–1941) Cox Stadium (1946–1994)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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