1962 Valley State Matadors football team

1962 Valley State Matadors football
1962 Valley State Matadors football
Conference	California Collegiate Athletic Association
Record	3–6 (0–0 CCAA)
Head coach	Sam Winningham (1st season);
Home stadium	Monroe High School
	Seasons 1963 →

1962 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
San Diego State $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Fresno State	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Long Beach State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Cal Poly	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
UC Santa Barbara	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Los Angeles State	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Valley State	0	–	0	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Games with Valley State did not count in the conference standings.

The 1962 Valley State Matadors football team represented San Fernando Valley State College—now known as California State University, Northridge—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. This was the first year the school played a varsity football schedule. Led by first-year head coach Sam Winningham, Valley State compiled an overall record of 3–6. The Matadors played fives games against conference members, winning two and losing three, but those contests did not count in the CCAA standings.^[1] The team played home games at Monroe High School in Sepulveda, California.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at UC Riverside*	Highlander Stadium Riverside, CA	W 7–6
September 29	Claremont-Mudd*	Monroe High School Sepulveda, CA	L 7–11
October 6	at Cal Poly*	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	L 7–38
October 13	Occidental*	Monroe High School Sepulveda, CA	L 7–34
October 20	Long Beach State*	Monroe High School Sepulveda, CA	L 6–41
October 27	at UC Santa Barbara*	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 13–6	6,500	^[2]
November 3	at San Diego State*	Aztec Bowl San Diego, CA	L 0–39	6,500	^[3]
November 10	San Diego Marines^{[note 1]}*	? San Diego, CA	L 0–41
November 17	Los Angeles State*	Monroe High School Sepulveda, CA	W 15–13
*Non-conference game

^ The Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego fielded a team that played against colleges and other military teams from 1922 to 1964.

^ "49ers Tie For 3rd". Independent. Long Beach, California. November 20, 1962. p. C3. Retrieved January 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
^ Howard Hagen (November 4, 1962). "Aztecs Trounce San Fernando 39-0". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-1.
^ "1962 - Cal St.-Northridge". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.