The 1969 Valley State Matadors football team represented San Fernando Valley State College—now known as California State University, Northridge—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Leon McLaughlin, Valley State compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 1–1 in conference play, placing second in the CCAA. The Matadors played home games at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California.
| 1969 Valley State Matadors football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 4–5 (1–1 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Birmingham High School |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valley State | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CCAA football changed significantly in 1969. Three teams—Fresno State, Long Beach State, and Cal State Los Angeles—left the conference and moved up to NCAA University Division competition, joining in the newly-formed Pacific Coast Athletic Association. They were replaced by Cal Poly Pomona and UC Riverside.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | at Sacramento State* | W 28–24 | 5,100 | [1] | |
| October 4 | at Long Beach State* | W 32–21 | |||
| October 11 | Fresno State* | L 14–38 | 5,200 | [2] | |
| October 18 | at UC Santa Barbara* | L 2–26 | 6,000 | [3] | |
| October 25 | Cal Poly |
| L 19–28 | 6,200 | [4] |
| November 8 | Cal Poly Pomona |
| W 48–13 | 3,500 | [5] |
| November 15 | New Mexico Highlands* |
| L 19–23 | 2,000 | [6] |
| November 22 | at No. 14 Cal State Hayward* | L 17–25 | 2,800–5,000 | [7][8] | |
| November 29 | at Cal State Los Angeles* |
| W 47–6 | 1,371–2,000 | [9][10] |
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Team players in the NFL
No Valley State players were selected in the 1970 NFL Draft.[12][13][14]
The following finished their college career in 1969, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
| Player | Position | First NFL team |
| Bill Butler | LB | 1970 Denver Broncos |