Long Beach State 49ers football The Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University , Long Beach from the 1955 through 1991 seasons . The 49ers originally competed as an Independent before joining the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 1958 . By the 1969 season , the 49ers would join the Pacific Coast Athletic Association ( now the Big West ) as a founding member , where they remained until the program was suspended following the 1991 season . Long Beach played its home games at multiple stadiums throughout their history with the most recent being Veterans Memorial Stadium , in Long Beach , California . During their 37 years of competition , the 49ers compiled an all - time record of 199 wins , 183 losses and 4 ties . History . The Long Beach State football team traces its roots to 1955 when looking to capitalize on the boosters for both USC and UCLA who resided in Long Beach , the 49ers program was established . The program would see modest success , culminating with conference titles following both the 1970 and 1971 seasons , including the 49ers lone bowl , the 1970 Pasadena Bowl . Between the 1977 and 1982 seasons , Long Beach played the majority of their home games at Anaheim Stadium prior to moving back to Veterans Memorial Stadium for the 1983 season . The 49ers would again win the Big West championship following the 1980 season . Following the only undefeated home schedule in the history of the program under George Allen for the 1990 season , Allen would pass away on December 31 , 1990 , leaving the future of the program in doubt . On December 10 , 1991 , University President Curtis McCray announced the 49ers football program would be disbanded immediately . Disbanding the football team was carried out due to financial shortfalls resulting from California ' s budget crisis , coupled with increased costs of operating the program and declining fan support . Although the 49ers have not played a game since 1991 , Long Beach is still the NCAA record holder in several categories . These records include : the most passes caught by a running back for both a single game and season with 18 and 99 respectively by Mark Templeton . During the 1986 season , and leading the nation in total offense with an average of 326 . 8 yards per game for the 1982 season . Bring Back 49er Football . Student Efforts to revive a Division 1AA Football program began in April 2008 at CSULB . Jason Aula ( a regular annoyance at CSULB ) , Courtney Day , and Chris O ' Brien were the student leaders that lead the campaign until the referendum that took place in March 2011 . Bring Back 49er Football gathered 2 , 200 signatures well over the 5 % needed to legally warrant a campus wide vote according to the ASI constitution . The signatures were submitted to the CSULB Dean of Students in December 2010 . Thereafter the Dean of Students notified the ASI Executive Director that in fact a referendum would have to take place . The Referendum took place March 21 - March 24 online , only current CSULB students were able to cast a vote on this matter . 3084 people voted total with 52 % of the student body voting " no " and 48 % voting " yes " .