# Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football

Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team represented the California State University, Los Angeles from the 1951 season through the 1977 season. Between 1947 and 1963, the university was known as the Los Angeles State College and the athletic teams were known as Los Angeles State. When the university was renamed the California State College at Los Angeles, the athletic teams were re-branded as Cal State Los Angeles. In 1980, the university adopted the current Golden Eagles nickname.
The Diablos competed as the member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) from 1951 through the 1968 season. Between 1969 and 1973 the Diablos were members of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, before returning to the CCAA for the 1974 and 1975 seasons. They finished their final two seasons as an independent.
They played their home games throughout Los Angeles and played their final season at Campus Field on the university campus. In 27 years, the Diablos compiled an all-time record of 102 wins, 139 losses and 9 ties (102–139–9).

## Seasons

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches$^#$ | AP$^°$ |
| Leonard Adams (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1951–1962) ||||||||
| 1951 | Los Angeles State | 1–7 | 0–4 | 5th | | | |
| 1952 | Los Angeles State | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4th | | | |
| 1953 | Los Angeles State | 2–7 | 1–4 | T–5th | | | |
| 1954 | Los Angeles State | 2–6–1 | 0–4 | 5th | | | |
| 1955 | Los Angeles State | 3–6 | 1–1 | 4th | | | |
| 1956 | Los Angeles State | 3–5–1 | 0–1 | 4th | | | |
| 1957 | Los Angeles State | 5–4 | 1–1 | T–3rd | | | |
| 1958 | Los Angeles State | 4–4–1 | 0–4–1 | 6th | | | |
| 1959 | Los Angeles State | 7–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd | | | |
| 1960 | Los Angeles State | 4–3–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | | | |
| 1961 | Los Angeles State | 4–4–1 | 2–2–1 | T–3rd | | | |
| 1962 | Los Angeles State | 2–8 | 0–5 | 6th | | | |
| Adams: | Adams: | 41–61–5 | 11–32–3 | | | | |
| Homer Beatty (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1963–1965) ||||||||
| 1963 | Los Angeles State | 7–1 | 3–1 | T–1st | | | |
| 1964 | Cal State Los Angeles | 9–0 | 5–0 | 1st | | 1 | 1 |
| 1965 | Cal State Los Angeles | 9–1 | 5–0 | 1st | W Camellia Bowl | 2 | 1 |
| Franz: | Franz: | 25–2 | 13–1 | | | | |
| Jim Williams (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1966–1968) ||||||||
| 1966 | Cal State Los Angeles | 4–6 | 2–3 | T–4th | | | |
| 1967 | Cal State Los Angeles | 1–9 | 0–5 | 6th | | | |
| 1968 | Cal State Los Angeles | 3–3 | 2–2 | T–2nd | | | |
| Williams: | Williams: | 8–18 | 4–10 | | | | |
| Walt Thurmond (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1969) ||||||||
| 1969 | Cal State Los Angeles | 0–9 | 0–4 | 7th | | | |
| Thurmond: | Thurmond: | 0–9 | 0–4 | | | | |
| Bob Enger (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1970) ||||||||
| 1970 | Cal State Los Angeles | 1–9 | 0–4 | 7th | | | |
| Enger: | Enger: | 1–9 | 0–4 | | | | |
| Foster Andersen (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) (1971–1973) ||||||||
| 1971 | Cal State Los Angeles | 2–8 | 0–3 | 7th | | | |
| 1972 | Cal State Los Angeles | 3–7 | 0–0 | | | | |
| 1973 | Cal State Los Angeles | 4–6–1 | 0–0 | | | | |
| Anderson: | Anderson: | 9–21–1 | 0–3 | | | | |
| Jim Williams (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1974–1975) ||||||||
| 1974 | Cal State Los Angeles | 5–4–1 | 0–3–1 | 5th | | | |
| 1975 | Cal State Los Angeles | 1–7–1 | 0–4 | 5th | | | |
| Williams: | Williams: | 6–11–2 | 0–7–1 | | | | |
| Ron Hull (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1976–1977) ||||||||
| 1976 | Cal State Los Angeles | 5–3–1 | 0–1 | 4th | | | |
| 1977 | Cal State Los Angeles | 4–5 | 0–0 | NA | | | |
| Hull: | Hull: | 9–8–1 | 0–1 | | | | |
| Total: | Total: | 102–139–9 | | | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||||
| $^†$Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. $^#$Rankings from final Coaches Poll. $^°$Rankings from final AP Poll. ||||||||