1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

1975 UC Riverside Highlanders football
CCAA champion
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record7–3 (4–0 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumHighlander Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1975 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UC Riverside $ 4 0 0 7 3 0
Cal Poly 3 1 0 6 4 0
Cal Poly Pomona 2 2 0 6 4 1
Cal State Northridge 1 3 0 4 6 1
Cal State Los Angeles 0 4 0 1 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1975 UCR Highlanders football team represented the University of California, Riverside as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo, UC Riverside compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the CCAA title. The team outscored its opponents 278 to 192 for the season. The Highlanders played home games Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California.

Despite winning the conference championship for the second consecutive year and for the third time in four seasons, UC Riverside announced, on December 4, 1975, that they were discontinuing their football program. They primary reason given was lack of fan support attendance.[1] The Highlanders played for 21 seasons (1955–1975).

  1. ^ "UC Riverside Quits Football". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 5, 1975. p. III-20. Retrieved March 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon