1971 Long Beach State 49ers football team
American college football season
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The 1971 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State College, Long Beach[note 1] during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.
- Jim Stangeland (3rd season)
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PCAA champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
| Record | 8–4 (5–1 PCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 2] The team was led by third year head coach Jim Stangeland, and played the majority of their home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. One home game was played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California. They finished the season as Champions of the PCAA, with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 5–1 PCAA).
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | 5:30 p.m. | at Ole Miss* | L 13–29 | 33,500 | [1] | |
| September 18 | 5:30 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | L 38–48 | 11,687 | [2] | |
| September 25 | 7:30 p.m. | Pacific (CA) | W 15–14 | 6,853 | [3] | |
| October 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Valley State* |
| W 34–7 | 6,559 | [4] |
| October 8 | 7:30 p.m. | San Jose State | L 28–30 | 10,490–10,500 | [5][6] | |
| October 16 | 7:30 p.m. | Cal State Los Angeles |
| W 36–7 | 4,128 | [7] |
| October 23 | 7:30 p.m. | at UC Santa Barbara | W 31–10 | 8,500 | [8] | |
| October 30 | 7:30 p.m. | at Cal Poly* | W 20–7 | 6,633 | [9] | |
| November 5 | 7:30 p.m. | Fresno State |
| W 30–13 | 10,310 | [10] |
| November 13 | 7:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | W 12–7 | 28,468 | [11] | |
| November 20 | 11:00 p.m. | at Hawaii* | W 46–21 | 14,510 | [12] | |
| November 27 | 6:00 p.m. | at UTEP* | L 32–38 | 6,530 | [13] | |
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Team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1972 NFL draft.[17]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| John Kahler | Defensive end | 6 | 153 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Jim Fassel | Quarterback | 7 | 167 | Chicago Bears |
| John Turner | Tight end | 11 | 270 | San Diego Chargers |
| Jim Kirby | Wide receiver | 16 | 407 | Los Angeles Rams |
The following finished their college career in 1970, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.[18]
| Player | Position | First NFL team |
| Reggie Berry | Defensive back | 1972 San Diego Chargers |
Notes
- California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach State) was known as California State College, Long Beach from 1964 to 1971.
- The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.
