1963 San Francisco State Gators football team
American college football season
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The 1963 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Led by third-year head coach Vic Rowen, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 6–2–1 with a mark of 3–1–1 in conference play, sharing the FWC title with Humboldt State and UC Davis. The Gators won or shared the title for the conference for third consecutive season. The team outscored its opponents 157 to 128 on the season. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record6–2–1 (3–1–1 FWC)
Headcoach
- Vic Rowen (3rd season)
HomestadiumCox Stadium
| 1963 San Francisco State Gators football | |
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FWC co-champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 6–2–1 (3–1–1 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Cox Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | Cal Poly* | W 33–22 | 4,500 | [1] | |
| September 28 | Long Beach State* |
| W 20–16 | 2,500 | [2] |
| October 5 | at Cal Poly Pomona* |
| W 21–6 | 2,500 | [3] |
| October 12 | at Santa Clara* | L 6–21 | |||
| October 19 | at Sacramento State | L 0–13 | |||
| October 26 | at UC Davis | T 10–10 | 4,500 | [4] | |
| November 2 | Humboldt State |
| W 21–16 | 3,500 | [5][6] |
| November 9 | at Chico State |
| W 25–18 | 3,500 | [7] |
| November 16 | at Nevada | W 21–6 | |||
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Notes
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[8]
