1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record7–3 (4–1 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRedwood Bowl
1975 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UC Davis $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Sacramento State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
San Francisco State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Chico State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Cal State Hayward 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Bud Van Deren, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC.[1] The team outscored its opponents 240 to 156 for the season. Humboldt State played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Humboldt State alumni*
W 41–142,500
September 20Puget Sound*
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
L 9–202,400
September 27Linfield*
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 24–33,100
October 4at Cal State Hayward
W 25–241,000
October 11Sacramento State
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 28–74,500–4,700[2]
October 18at Simon Fraser*
W 20–05,000
October 25No. 10 UC Davis
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
L 10–205,000
November 1at San Francisco State
W 27–161,000
November 8at Santa Clara*
L 23–296,610
November 15at Chico State
W 33–231,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

[3][4]

Team players in the NFL

No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1976 NFL draft.[5][6][7] The following finished their college career in 1975, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player Position First NFL team
Steve Kincannon Quarterback 1976 Houston Oilers

References

  1. ^ "Far Western Conference". Times-Standard. Eureka, California. November 17, 1975. p. 9. Retrieved May 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  2. ^ "Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Sacramento State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Final 1975 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Humboldt State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Humboldt State Jacks 2014 Football Media Guide". p. 104. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  5. ^ "1976 NFL Draft". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Humboldt St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "Draft History: Humboldt State". Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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