1979 San Francisco State Gators football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1979
| team = San Francisco State Gators
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Far Western Conference
| short_conf = FWC
| record = 3–7
| conf_record = 1–4
| head_coach = Vic Rowen
| hc_year = 19th
| captain =
| stadium = Cox Stadium
}}
{{1979 Far Western Conference football standings}}
The 1979 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1979 NCAA Division II football season. Led by 19th-year head coach Vic Rowen, San Francisco State finished the season with an overall record of 3–7 and a mark of 1–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the FWC with Cal State Hayward. For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 201 to 108. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 8
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Cal State Northridge
| site_stadium = Devonshire Downs
| site_cityst = Northridge, CA
| score = 17–14
| attend = 2,950
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1979|team=Santa Clara Broncos|title=Santa Clara}}
| site_stadium = Buck Shaw Stadium
| site_cityst = Santa Clara, CA
| score = 0–36
| attend = 6,410
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Cal Poly Pomona
| site_stadium = Kellogg Field
| site_cityst = Pomona, CA
| score = 17–6
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Kingsmen Beat Redlands, 28-7|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=September 23, 1979|page=III-18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9953820/kingsmen_beat_redlands/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 31, 2017}}{{Open access}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1979|team=United States International Gulls|title=United States International}}
| site_stadium = Balboa Stadium?
| site_cityst = San Diego, CA
| score = 3–26
| attend = 622
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = l
| opponent = Cal State Hayward
| site_stadium = Cox Stadium
| site_cityst = San Francisco, CA
| score = 14–15
| attend = 3,012
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Hornet Stadium
| site_cityst = Sacramento, CA
| score = 6–14
| attend = 2,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = l
| opponent = Humboldt State
| site_stadium = Cox Stadium
| site_cityst = San Francisco, CA
| score = 13–24
| attend = 2,000–2,834
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Humboldt State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/291/stats/12715 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=September 20, 2024 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = UC Davis
| site_stadium = Toomey Field
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 9–22
| attend = 4,800–5,000
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (UC Davis) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/108/stats/12715 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 12, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Portland State
| site_stadium = Cox Stadium
| site_cityst = San Francisco, CA
| score = 10–37
| attend = 1,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Chico State
| site_stadium = University Stadium
| site_cityst = Chico, CA
| score = 19–7
| attend = 1,000
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (San Francisco State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/628/stats/12715 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 10, 2022 }}
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