San Francisco State Gaters football

San Francisco State Gators football
First season	1931
Last season	1994
Stadium	Cox Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)
Field surface	Grass
Location	San Francisco, California
Conference	Northern California Athletic Conference
Bowl record	0–4 (.000)
Colors	Purple and Gold

The San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University (formerly San Francisco State Teacher's College) from the 1931 through 1995 seasons. The Gators originally competed as an independent prior to World War II, then as a member of the Far West Conference from 1946 until the conference changed its name to become the Northern California Athletic Conference, where they remained through the 1994 season. San Francisco State played its home games at multiple stadiums throughout their history with the most recent being Cox Field in San Francisco. San Francisco State was known as the "Cradle of Coaches", having produced coaching greats such as Mike Holmgren, Andy Reid, Bob Toledo, and many others.

San Francisco State Teachers College was first coached by Dave Cox, who had previously coached at Polytechnic High, starting in the 1931 season. Dave Cox coached the team- then known as the "Golden Gaters"- for four seasons before announcing his resignation due to ill health on August 31, 1935. He was replaced by his two assistants, Dan Farmer who had played and coached at Chico State, and Hal Hardin from Oregon State. Farmer coached the backs while Hardin worked with the linemen. Farmer took over the head coaching position and was described in the Berkeley Daily Gazette as "one of the greatest athletes ever to graduate from Chico," He also coached the "Gaters'" basketball team. During the 1935 season, veteran halfback Ralph Nathan was injured for two weeks but returned to the backfield to join quarterback Keith Cox against San Francisco Junior College. In most newspaper accounts from 1935–1940, the team was referred to as the "Staters".

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