American college football season

1970 Long Beach State 49ers football

PCAA co-champion

Pasadena Bowl, T 24–24 vs. Louisville

Conference| Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record| 9–2–1 (5–1 PCAA)
Head coach|

* Jim Stangeland (2nd season)

Home stadium| Veterans Stadium
(capacity: 11,600)

Seasons

<- 1969

1971 ->

1970 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
San Diego State \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Long Beach State \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 1
Fresno State | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
Pacific (CA) | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
San Jose State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
UC Santa Barbara | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
Cal State Los Angeles | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

The 1970 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State College, Long Beach[note 1] during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season.

Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA).[note 2] The team was led by second-year head coach Jim Stangeland, and played the majority of home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, with one well-attended game at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim on a Friday night.[1] They were PCAA co-champions, with a regular season record of nine wins and two losses (9–2, 5–1 PCAA).

Since they had beaten the other co-champion (San Diego State) at Anaheim, the 49ers qualified for a postseason bowl game, the 1970 Pasadena Bowl.[1] Played on December 19 against the Missouri Valley champion Louisville Cardinals at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, it ended in 24–24 tie,[2] and the 49ers finished the season at 9–2–1.

Running back Leon Burns received first-team honors on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Schedule
* 2 NFL Draft
* 3 Notes
* 4 References

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 12| 7:00 p.m.| vs. Montana State*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Great Falls, MT

| W 19–3| 6,000| [4][5]
September 19| | at Pacific (CA)|

* Pacific Memorial Stadium
* Stockton, CA

| L 6–9| 15,840| [6]
September 26| | Hawaii*|

* Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Long Beach, CA

| L 14–23| 10,351| [7]
October 3| | at San Jose State[note 3]|

* Spartan Stadium
* San Jose, CA

| W 7–3| |
October 10| | Boise State*|

* Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Long Beach, CA

| W 27–14| 6,472| [8]
October 17| | UC Santa Barbara|

* Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Long Beach, CA

| W 33–7| |
October 31| | Cal Poly[note 4]*|

* Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Long Beach, CA

| W 49–20| 5,724| [9]
November 7| | at Fresno State[note 5]|

* Ratcliffe Stadium
* Fresno, CA

| W 50–14| 7,500| [10]
November 12| | at Cal State Los Angeles|

* East L.A. College Stadium
* Monterey, CA

| W 40–7| 1,446| [11]
November 20| | No. 14 San Diego State[note 6]|

* Anaheim Stadium
* Anaheim, CA

| W 27–11| 39,005| [12]
November 28| | at Valley State[note 7]*|

* Birmingham High School
* Van Nuys, CA

| W 21–0| 200| [13]
December 19| | vs. Louisville*|

* Rose Bowl
* Pasadena, CA (Pasadena Bowl)

| T 24–24| 20,472| [2]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Pacific time

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* One game was played on Friday night (vs. San Diego State in Anaheim) and one was played on Thursday night (vs. Cal State Los Angeles in Monterey Park)

## NFL Draft[edit]

Two 49ers were selected in the 1971 NFL Draft.[15]

Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Club

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Leon Burns | Running back | 1 | 13 | San Diego Chargers
Jeff Severson | Defensive back | 12 | 297 | Washington Redskins

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach State) was known as California State College, Long Beach from 1964 to 1971.
2. ^ The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.
3. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
4. ^ The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
5. ^ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949 to 1971.
6. ^ San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
7. ^ California State University, Northridge was known as San Fernando Valley State College from 1958 to 1971.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "San Diego stunned by Long Beach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. September 21, 1970. p. 6.
2. ^ a b "Long Beach eleven ties Louisville". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). December 21, 1970. p. 11.
3. ^ "A.P.'s Little All-American". The Morning News. December 10, 1970. p. 42 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Ashley, Mayo (September 12, 1970). "It's Long Beach Power vs. MSU Pride". Great Falls Tribune. Great Falls, Montana. p. 9. Retrieved September 30, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ Ashley, Mayo (September 13, 1970). "Long Beach Trim Bobcats 19-3". Great Falls Tribune. Great Falls, Montana. p. 17. Retrieved September 30, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "UOP's defense shines in 9-6 win over Long Beach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). September 21, 1970. p. 8.
7. ^ "Aloha, Hawaii gets last laugh on 49ers". Independent Press Telegram. September 27, 1970. Retrieved February 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "2015 Boise State Football Media Guide". Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 157. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
9. ^ "Cal State (LB) Crushes Cal Poly (SLO), 49-20". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 1, 1970. p. D-9. Retrieved March 17, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Cal State (LB) Crushes Fresno State, 50-14". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 8, 1970. p. D-17. Retrieved February 19, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Cal State Long Beach Routs Diablos, 40-7". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 13, 1970. p. III-12. Retrieved February 3, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ Jim McCormack (November 21, 1970). "49ers Slay The Giant, 27-11". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. p. 1-B. Retrieved January 16, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Burns Leads 49ers". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 29, 1970. p. 1-B. Retrieved February 22, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "1970 Long Beach State Forty Niners Schedule". Retrieved December 6, 2016.
15. ^ "1971 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

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Big West Conference football champions

* San Diego State (1969)
* Long Beach State & San Diego State (1970)
* Long Beach State (1971)
* San Diego State (1972)
* San Diego State (1973)
* San Diego State (1974)
* San Jose State (1975)
* San Jose State (1976)
* Fresno State (1977)
* San Jose State and Utah State (1978)
* Utah State (1979)
* Long Beach State (1980)
* San Jose State (1981)
* Fresno State (1982)
* Cal State Fullerton (1983)
* Cal State Fullerton (1984)
* Fresno State (1985)
* San Jose State (1986)
* San Jose State (1987)
* Fresno State (1988)
* Fresno State (1989)
* San Jose State (1990)
* Fresno State & San Jose State (1991)
* Nevada (1992)
* Southwestern Louisiana & Utah State (1993)
* Nevada, Southwestern Louisiana, & UNLV (1994)
* Nevada (1995)
* Nevada & Utah State (1996)
* Nevada & Utah State (1997)
* Idaho (1998)
* Boise State (1999)
* Boise State (2000)

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