Sonoma State Football History
The players, programs and memories behind Sonoma State’s football tradition.
The inaugural 1969 season
Sonoma State College fielded its first football team in 1969. The surviving September 20, 1969 game program and original team photograph are important pieces of that history.
From the first season onward, the program became part of the lives of players, coaches, families and supporters. This archive is collecting the records and recollections that tell that story.
The first game program
Preserving a surviving program from September 20, 1969.
Help fill the gaps
Have a roster, schedule, yearbook, clipping, game photograph or story from any season? The archive welcomes contributions and corrections.
More than scores and statistics
Team photographs, season records and firsthand memories together tell the story of Sonoma State football. We will expand this timeline as additional source material becomes available.