1971 Valley State Matadors football team
American college football season
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The 1971 Valley State Matadors football team represented San Fernando Valley State College—now known as California State University, Northridge—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Rod Humenuik, Valley State compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 1–2 in conference play, placing third in the CCAA. The Matadors played home games at the new campus stadium, North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California.
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 4–7 (1–2 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | North Campus Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valley State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Cal State Hayward* | L 3–26 | 5,000 | [1] | |
| September 25 | San Francisco State* |
| W 34–0 | 2,000–4,000 | [2][3] |
| October 2 | at Long Beach State* | L 7–34 | 6,559 | [4] | |
| October 9 | UC Santa Barbara* |
| W 15–14 | 4,500 | [5] |
| October 16 | at Cal State Fullerton | L 8–36 | 4,950 | [6] | |
| October 23 | Cal Poly |
| L 0–19 | 4,500 | [7] |
| October 30 | at Northern Arizona* | L 0–48 | 5,870 | [8] | |
| November 6 | Cal Poly Pomona |
| W 37–31 | 1,500 | [9] |
| November 13 | at Fresno State* | L 7–23 | 5,457 | [10] | |
| November 20 | at Cal State Los Angeles* |
| W 31–7 | 1,000–1,500 | [11][12] |
| November 27 | Weber State* |
| L 7–44 | 1,000 | [13][14] |
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Team players in the NFL
The following Valley State players were selected in the 1972 NFL draft.[16][17][18]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Leon Pettigrew | Tackle | 13 | 331 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Ted Covington | Wide receiver | 13 | 333 | Oakland Raiders |
