1981 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team
| 1981 Cal State Northridge Matadors football | |
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CCAA champion | |
| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 6–4–1 (2–0 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | North Campus Stadium |
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| CalState Northridge $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented California State University, Northridge as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1981 NCAA Division II football season. Led by third-year head coach Tom Keele, Cal State Northridge compiled an overall record of 6–4–1 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, winning the CCAA for the first and only time in program history. The team outscored its opponents 203 to 174 for the season. The Matadors played home games at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California.
1981 was the last season for CCAA football. All three 1981 football members of the CCAA (Cal State Northridge, Cal Poly Pomona, and Cal Poly) moved to the new Western Football Conference for the 1982 season.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | Cal State Hayward* | T 7–7 | 2,000 | [1] | ||
| September 19 | San Francisco State* |
| W 17–14 | 1,500 | [2] | |
| September 26 | at UC Davis* | W 20–17 | 7,700–8,000 | [3] | ||
| October 3 | Santa Clara* |
| W 27–14 | 2,753 | [4] | |
| October 10 | Chico State* | No. 9 |
| W 38–16 | 584 | [5] |
| October 17 | at Puget Sound* | No. 9 |
| L 7–24 | 5,000 | [6] |
| October 24 | Cal Lutheran* |
| L 0–10 | 5,619 | [7] | |
| October 31 | at Cal Poly Pomona |
| W 24–8 | 2,684 | [8] | |
| November 7 | at Sacramento State* | L 20–33 | 2,503 | [9] | ||
| November 14 | at Portland State* | L 13–17 | 2,000 | [10] | ||
| November 21 | Cal Poly |
| W 30–14 | 2,467 | [11] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 13, 1981. p. III-16. Retrieved April 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 8, 1981. p. III-19. Retrieved April 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 15, 1981. p. III-18. Retrieved April 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "CS Northridge 30, CP SLO 14". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 22, 1981. p. III-22. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final 1981 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ "1981 - Cal St.-Northridge". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.