1981 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1981
| team = Cal State Hayward Pioneers
| sport = football
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| conference = Far Western Conference
| short_conf = FWC
| record = 6–4–1
| conf_record = 4–1
| head_coach = Tim Tierney
| hc_year = 7th
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| stadium = Pioneer Stadium
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{{1981 Far Western Conference football standings}}
The 1981 Cal State Hayward Pioneers football team represented California State University, Hayward—now known as California State University, East Bay—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1981 NCAA Division II football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Tim Tierney, Cal State Hayward compiled an overall record of 6–4–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, sharing the FWC title with UC Davis. The team outscored its opponents 201 to 135 for the season. The Pioneers played home games at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, California.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1981
| rankdivision = NCAA Division II
| poll = NCAA Division II Football Committee
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Cal State Northridge
| site_stadium = North Campus Stadium
| site_cityst = Northridge, CA
| score = 7–7
| attend = 2,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=September 13, 1981|page=III-16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963203/southland_19810913/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1981|team=Santa Clara Broncos|title=Santa Clara}}
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 31–14
| attend = 2,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1981|team=Puget Sound Loggers|title=Puget Sound}}
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = Baker Stadium
| site_cityst = Tacoma, WA
| score = 9–17
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1981|team=Saint Mary's Gaels|title=Saint Mary's}}
| site_stadium = Saint Mary's Stadium
| site_cityst = Moraga, CA
| score = 15–17
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1981|team=Eastern Washington Eagles|title=Eastern Washington}}
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 10–24
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| opponent = Chico State
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 17–10
| attend = 1,717
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1981 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/95/stats/13169 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 22, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Cal Poly Pomona
| site_stadium = Kellogg Field
| site_cityst = Pomona, CA
| score = 22–0
| attend = 861
| source = {{cite news|title=Southland|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=October 25, 1981|page=III-22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9963356/southland_19811025/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}{{Open access}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Hornet Stadium
| site_cityst = Sacramento, CA
| score = 27–10
| attend = 3,461
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1981 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/102/stats/13169 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=April 26, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = w
| opponent = Humboldt State
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 36–7
| attend = 2,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = l
| opponent = UC Davis
| site_stadium = Pioneer Stadium
| site_cityst = Hayward, CA
| score = 14–23
| attend = 1,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = San Francisco State
| site_stadium = Cox Stadium
| site_cityst = San Francisco, CA
| score = 13–6
| attend = 812
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1981 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/628/stats/13169 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 10, 2022 }}
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1981 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/98/stats/13169 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 16, 2022 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbaypioneers.com/sports/2013/7/19/footballhistory.aspx|title=Pioneer Football All-Time Results 1965-1993|access-date = February 2, 2018}}
References
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{{Northern California Athletic Conference football champion navbox}}
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