1986 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

1986 Sonoma State Cossacks football
1986 Sonoma State Cossacks football
Conference	Northern California Athletic Conference
Record	4–6 (2–3 NCAC)
Head coach	Tony Kehl (5th season);
Home stadium	Cossacks Stadium
	Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Tony Kehl in his fifth and final season as head coach, Sonoma State compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the NCAC. The team was outscored by its opponents 235 to 199 for the season. The Cossacks played home games at Cossacks Stadium^{[note 1]} in Rohnert Park, California.

1986 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 UC Davis $^	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Chico State	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Cal State Hayward	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Sonoma State	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
San Francisco State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Humboldt State	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Kehl finished his tenure at Sonoma State with an overall record of 13–39, for a .250 winning percentage.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	Cal State Northridge*	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	L 17–35	2,140	^[1]
September 20	at Cal Lutheran*	Mt. Clef Field Thousand Oaks, CA	L 21–37	1,935	^[2]
October 4	at Saint Mary's*	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	L 23–24	3,445
October 11	San Francisco State	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 16–10	2,014
October 18	Cal State Hayward	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	L 10–37	800–862	^[3]
October 25	at Menlo*	Atherton, CA	W 22–0	364
November 1	at No. 3 UC Davis	Toomey Field Davis, CA	L 6–12	6,650
November 8	Humboldt State	Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 24–17	1,491
November 15	at UC Santa Barbara*	Harder Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 47–29	8,815	^[4]
November 22	at Chico State	University Stadium Chico, CA	L 13–34	2,500–4,681	^[5]^[6]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.

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