Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football
{{Short description|American college football team}}
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{{Infobox college football team
| TeamName = Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football
| FirstYear = 1951; {{Time ago|1951}}
| LastYear = 1977; {{Time ago|1977}}
| HeadCoach = Ron Hull (final)
| HeadCoachYear = 2nd
| HCWins = 9
| HCLosses = 8
| HCTies = 1
| Stadium = Campus Field
| Location = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| Conference = CCAA
| ATWins = 102
| ATLosses = 139
| ATTies = 9
| BowlWins = 1
| BowlLosses = 0
| NatlTitles = 1 (1964 UPI small college)
| ConfTitles = 3
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Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team represented the California State University, Los Angeles from the 1951 season through the 1977 season.{{cite news|title=L.A. State's Grids Reverse National Trend|work=Los Angeles Times|date=30 August 1951|id={{ProQuest|166188317}}}}{{cite news|last1=Ostler|first1=Scott|title=Cal State L. A. Drops Football After 27 Seasons|work=Los Angeles Times|date=6 December 1977|id={{ProQuest|158534348}}}} Between 1947 and 1963, the university was known as the Los Angeles State College and the athletic teams were known as Los Angeles State.{{cite news|last1=Harris|first1=Robert E.G.|title=A Big, New, Different College in Los Angeles|work=Los Angeles Times|date=29 September 1949|id={{ProQuest|165982900}}}} When the university was renamed the California State College at Los Angeles, the athletic teams were re-branded as Cal State Los Angeles. In 1980, the university adopted the current Golden Eagles nickname.{{cite web|title=History of Cal State L.A.|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php|website=Cal State LA|date=22 October 2013 }}
The Diablos competed as the member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) from 1951 through the 1968 season. Between 1969 and 1973 the Diablos were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association,{{Cite web |url=http://www.bigwest.org/history/ |title=About The Big West Conference |website=Big West Conference |accessdate=October 31, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010810235116/http://www.bigwest.org/history/ |archivedate=August 10, 2001 }}{{cite news|title=Cal State (LA), UCSB Quit PCAA Conference|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 February 1973|id={{ProQuest|157249916}}}}{{Cite news |last=Miles |first=Jerry |date=May 16, 1969 |title=Pacific Eight Gets New Rival |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7689546 |newspaper=Progress Bulletin |location=Pomona, California |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=October 31, 2017}} before returning to the CCAA for the 1974 and 1975 seasons. They finished their final two seasons as an independent.{{cite news|last1=Strege|first1=John|title=Cal State L.A. Is 3-0 After a Year of Strife|work=Los Angeles Times|date=8 October 1976|id={{ProQuest|158203365}}}}
They played their home games throughout Los Angeles and played their final season at Campus Field on the university campus. In 27 years, the Diablos compiled an all-time record of 102 wins, 139 losses and 9 ties (102–139–9).
Seasons
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Leonard Adams
| conf = California Collegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1962
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| year = 1951
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 1–7
| conference = 0–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| year = 1952
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| year = 1953
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| year = 1954
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 2–6–1
| conference = 0–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| year = 1955
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 1–1
| confstanding = 4th
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| year = 1956
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 0–1
| confstanding = 4th
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| year = 1957
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 1–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| year = 1958
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 0–4–1
| confstanding = 6th
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| year = 1959
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| year = 1960
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 4–3–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
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| year = 1961
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| year = 1962
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Adams
| overall = 41–61–5
| confrecord = 11–32–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Homer Beatty
| conf = California Collegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1963
| endyear = 1965
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| championship = conference
| year = 1963
| name = Los Angeles State
| overall = 7–1
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = T–1st{{Citation
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| date = 2019
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| championship = national
| year = 1964
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 9–0
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = 1
| ranking2 = 1
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| championship = conference
| year = 1965
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Camellia Bowl
| bowloutcome = W
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| ranking = 2
| ranking2 = 1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Franz
| overall = 25–2
| confrecord = 13–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Jim Williams
| conf = California Collegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1966
| endyear = 1968
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| year = 1966
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–4th
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| year = 1967
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| year = 1968
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 3–3
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Williams
| overall = 8–18
| confrecord = 4–10
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Walt Thurmond
| conf = Pacific Coast Athletic Association
| startyear = 1969
| endyear = single
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| year = 1969
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 0–9
| conference = 0–4
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Thurmond
| overall = 0–9
| confrecord = 0–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bob Enger
| conf = Pacific Coast Athletic Association
| startyear = 1970
| endyear = single
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| year = 1970
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 0–4
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Enger
| overall = 1–9
| confrecord = 0–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Foster Andersen
| conf = Pacific Coast Athletic Association
| startyear = 1971
| endyear = 1973
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| year = 1971
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 0–3
| confstanding = 7th
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| year = 1972
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 0–0
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| year = 1973
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 4–6–1
| conference = 0–0
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Anderson
| overall = 9–21–1
| confrecord = 0–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Jim Williams
| conf = California Collegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1974
| endyear = 1975
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| year = 1974
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 5–4–1
| conference = 0–3–1
| confstanding = 5th
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| championship =
| year = 1975
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference = 0–4
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Williams
| overall = 6–11–2
| confrecord = 0–7–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Ron Hull
| conf = California Collegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1976
| endyear = 1977
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| championship =
| year = 1976
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 0–1
| confstanding = 4th
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| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Cal State Los Angeles
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding = NA
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Hull
| overall = 9–8–1
| confrecord = 0–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 102–139–9
| bowls =
| poll = two
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References
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{{Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football navbox}}
{{California State University, Los Angeles}}
Category:American football teams established in 1951
Category:1951 establishments in California