1982 Long Beach State 49ers football team

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1982 Long Beach State 49ers football
ConferencePacific Coast Athletic Association
Record6–5 (5–1 PCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumAnaheim Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fresno State $ 6 0 0 11 1 0
Long Beach State 5 1 0 6 5 0
San Jose State 4 2 0 8 3 0
Utah State 2 3 0 5 6 0
Pacific (CA) 2 4 0 2 9 0
UNLV 1 4 0 3 8 0
Cal State Fullerton 0 6 0 3 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1982 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach[note 1] during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 2] The team was led by sixth-year head coach Dave Currey, and played the majority of their home games at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, with one game at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins, five losses (6–5, 5–1 PCAA).

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 111:30 pmat No. 18 UCLA*L 10–4145,396
September 1812:30 pmat Wyoming*L 27–3616,844
October 17:30 pmCal State FullertonW 7–35,030
October 910:30 amat Cincinnati*L 14–3413,187
October 167:00 pmat San Jose StateW 22–2117,147
October 237:30 pmat San Diego State*L 17–5124,938
October 301:30 pmat Fresno StateL 22–4024,333[1]
November 67:30 pmPacific (CA)
  • Anaheim Stadium
  • Anaheim, CA
W 32–314,658
November 137:30 pmUNLV
  • Anaheim Stadium
  • Anaheim, CA
W 24–134,660
November 207:30 pmBowling Green*
  • Anaheim Stadium
  • Anaheim, CA
W 24–74,415
November 277:30 pmUtah State
  • Anaheim Stadium
  • Anaheim, CA
W 44–178,871

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Team players in the NFL[edit]

No Long Beach State 49ers were selected in the 1983 NFL Draft.[5]

The following finished their college career in 1982, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.[6]

Player Position First NFL team
Darrell Pattillo Defensive back 1983 San Diego Chargers
Darren Long Tight end 1986 Los Angeles Rams

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The official name of Long Beach State has been California State University, Long Beach since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Long Beach State.
  2. ^ The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 31, 1982. p. III-19. Retrieved April 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ "1982 Long Beach State Forty Niners Schedule". Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  3. ^ 49er; Football 1982; Media Guide (pamphlet). Long Beach, California: CSULB Athletic Department. 1982.
  4. ^ Forty Niner; 1983 Football Media Guide (pamphlet). Long Beach, California: CSULB Athletic Department. 1983.
  5. ^ "1983 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  6. ^ "Long Beach St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 8, 2016.