San Jose Apaches

{{Short description|American football team}}

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| founded = 1962

| folded = 1968

| league = Northern California Semi-Pro Football League
Pacific Football League
Continental Football League

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| arena = Spartan Stadium

| city = San Jose, California

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The San Jose Apaches were a professional American football team based in San Jose, California. The Apaches were formed as a semi-professional team in 1962 and were members of the Northern California Semi-Pro Football League{{cite news|title=Eureka Semi-Pro Team to Play in Newly Formed Loop|work=Humboldt Standard|date=April 10, 1963}} and Pacific Football League (sometimes known as the Pacific Coast Football League). In 1967 the Apaches and other members of the Pacific league joined the Continental Football League as the new Pacific Division.{{cite news|title=Continental Grid League Reports Teams in West|work=Redlands Daily Facts|agency=UPI|date=March 6, 1967}} Their head coach and general manager for the 1967 season was future Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Walsh. Walsh led the Apaches to 2nd place in the Pacific Division.

Prior to the start of the 1968 COFL season the Apaches ceased all football operations.