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1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football
CCAA champion
Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association
1975 record 7–3 (4–0 CCAA)
Head coach Bob Toledo (2nd year)
Home stadium Highlander Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1975 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
UC Riverside $ 4 0 0     7 3 0
Cal Poly 3 1 0     6 4 0
Cal Poly Pomona 2 2 0     6 4 1
Cal State Northridge 1 3 0     4 6 1
Cal State Los Angeles 0 4 0     1 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season.

UC Riverside competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo. They played home games at Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season as champion of the CCAA, with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 4–0 CCAA). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 278–192 for the season.

Despite winning the conference championship for the second consecutive year, and in 3 of 4 seasons, on December 4, 1975 UC Riverside announced that they were discontinuing their football program. They primary reason given was lack of fan support (attendance). The Highlanders played for 21 seasons (1955–1975).

The following 1975 UC Riverside players were selected in the 1976 NFL Draft or later. Dan Bunz & Calvin Sweeney transferred to other colleges as a result of the disbanding of the UC Riverside football program then were drafted out of that new school.


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