San Francisco State Gators football
| San Francisco State Gators football | |
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| First season | 1931 |
| Last season | 1995 |
| Head coach |
Vic Rowen (long-time head coach) 29 year, 130–165–10 (.443) |
| Stadium | Cox Stadium |
| Seating capacity | 5,000 |
| Field surface | Grass |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Conference | NCAC |
| Bowl record | 0–4 (.000) |
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 a member of the Far West Conference from 1931 until the conference changed its name to become the Northern California Athletic Conference, where they remained through the 1995 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 "Staters"- for several seasons before announcing his resignation due to ill health on August 31, 1935. He would be replaced by his two assistants, Dan Farmer who had played and coached at Chico State, and Hal Hardin from Oregon State. Farmer would coach the backs while Hardin worked with the linemen. Farmer would take over the Head Coaching position and is described in the Berkeley Daily Gazette as "one of the greatest athletes ever to graduate from Chico," would also coach the "Gaters'" basketball team. During the 1935 season, veteran halfback Ralph Nathan was injured for two weeks but would return to the backfield to join quarterback Keith Cox against San Francisco Junior College.
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