Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 16 | | Pepperdine* | | W 21–0 | | |
September 22 | 8:00 p.m. | at Cal Poly Pomona* | | L 12–27 | 1,500 | [1][2][3] |
September 30 | | at Long Beach State* | | L 18–21 | 4,400 | [4] |
October 7 | | Southern Oregon* | - Charles C. Hughes Stadium
- Sacramento, CA
| W 25–6 | | |
October 14 | | No. 2 Humboldt State | - Charles C. Hughes Stadium
- Sacramento, CA
| W 19–7 | 6,000 | [5] |
October 21 | | at Chico State | | W 14–10 | 6,600 | [6] |
November 4 | | Nevada | - Charles C. Hughes Stadium
- Sacramento, CA
| L 8–14 | 6,500 | [7] |
November 11 | | San Francisco State | - Charles C. Hughes Stadium
- Sacramento, CA
| L 0–7 | 4,282 | [8] |
November 17 | | at UC Davis | | L 0–14 | | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Pacific time
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- ^ Miles, Jerry (September 23, 1961). "Poly Routs State". Progress-Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 7, section 1. Retrieved February 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ Don Terbush (October 16, 1961). "HSC Upset By Sacramento State In FWC Contest". Eureka Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. p. 26. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.