1969 Valley State Matadors football team
The 1969 Valley State Matadors football team represented Valley State during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Valley State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). For the 1969 season the CCAA changed significantly. Three schools left the conference and moved up to the University Division in the new Pacific Coast Athletic Association. Those schools were Fresno State, Cal State Long Beach, and Cal State Los Angeles. They were replaced in 1969 by Cal Poly Pomona and UC Riverside and in 1970 by Cal State Fullerton. The 1969 Matadors were led by  first-year head coach Leon McLaughlin. They played home games at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5, 1–1 CCAA). Team players in the NFL. No Valley State players were selected in the 1970 NFL Draft. The following finished their college career in 1969, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.