1950 San Francisco State Gators football team

American college football season

1950 San Francisco State Gators football
FWC champion
Pear Bowl, L 7–61 vs. Lewis & Clark
Conference	Far Western Conference
Record	6–2 (4–0 FWC)
Head coach	Joe Verducci (1st season)
Home stadium	Cox Stadium
Seasons← 1949 1951 →

1950 Far Western Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
San Francisco State $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Cal Aggies	3	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Chico State	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Southern Oregon	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Humboldt State	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	4	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1950 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1950 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Verducci, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 6–2 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the FWC title, the program's first conference championship. As champion of the FWC, the Gators qualified for the fifth annual Pear Bowl in Medford, Oregon. San Francisco State lost the game to Lewis & Clark, 61–7. For the season the team outscored by its opponents 260 to 180. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	Caltech*	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 35–7
October 7	at Southern Oregon	Walter E. Phillips Field Ashland, OR	W 39–21
October 13	Whittier*	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 20–41
October 20	Humboldt State	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 53–0
October 28	Chico State	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 15–6
November 4	at Cal Aggies	Aggie Field Davis, CA	W 32–26
November 10	Cal Poly San Dimas*	Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 59–18
November 23	vs. Lewis & Clark*	Medford Stadium Medford, OR (Pear Bowl)	L 7–61
*Non-conference game

References

"Red Raiders Face First Rival". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. October 18, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"San Francisco State Loses To Whittier". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. October 14, 1950. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
"Humboldt Beaten By San Francisco". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. October 22, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
"'Gators Nip Chico 15-6". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. October 29, 1950. p. 13. Retrieved November 10, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
"San Francisco State's Gators Qualify For Pear Bowl". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. November 6, 1950. p. 12. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
"Football Slaughter". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. November 24, 1950. p. 19. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e San Francisco State Gators football
Venues	Ewing Field (1931–1935) Roberts Field (1936–1941) Cox Stadium (1946–1994)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

v t e Northern California Athletic Conference football champions
Far Western Conference (pre-WWII)	Saint Mary's (1925) Saint Mary's (1926) Saint Mary's (1927) Saint Mary's (1928) Cal Aggies (1929) Fresno State (1930) No champion (1931) Nevada & San Jose State (1932) Nevada (1933) Fresno State & San Jose State (1934) Fresno State (1935) Pacific (CA) (1936) Fresno State (1937) Pacific (CA) (1938) Nevada (1939) Pacific (CA) (1940) Pacific (CA) (1941) Pacific (CA) (1942)
Far Western Conference (post-WWII)	No champion (1946) Cal Aggies & Southern Oregon (1947) Southern Oregon & Chico State (1948) Cal Aggies (1949) San Francisco State (1950) Cal Aggies (1951) Humboldt State (1952) Chico State (1953) San Francisco State (1954) No champion (1955) Cal Aggies, San Francisco State, & Humboldt State (1956) San Francisco State (1957) San Francisco State (1958) San Francisco State (1959) Humboldt State (1960) Humboldt State & San Francisco State (1961) San Francisco State (1962) UC Davis, Humboldt State, & San Francisco State (1963) Sacramento State (1964) San Francisco State (1965) Sacramento State (1966) San Francisco State (1967) Humboldt State (1968) Cal State Hayward (1969) Cal State Hayward & Chico State (1970) UC Davis & Chico State (1971) UC Davis (1972) UC Davis & Chico State (1973) UC Davis (1974) UC Davis (1975) UC Davis (1976) UC Davis (1977) UC Davis (1978) UC Davis (1979) UC Davis (1980) Cal State Hayward & UC Davis (1981)
Northern California Athletic Conference	UC Davis (1982) UC Davis (1983) UC Davis (1984) UC Davis (1985) UC Davis (1986) UC Davis (1987) UC Davis (1988) UC Davis (1989) UC Davis (1990) Sonoma State (1991) UC Davis (1992) Chico State (1993) Chico State, Humboldt State, & Sonoma State (1994) Humboldt State (1995) Chico State (1996)

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