1938 San Francisco State Staters football team

The 1938 San Francisco State States football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as an independent during the 1938 college football season. Led by Dan Farmer and Hal Hardin in their fourth and final season as co-head coaches, San Francisco State compiled a record of 2–5 and was outscored by its opponents 79 to 53. The team played home games at Roberts Field in San Francisco. Although the "Gator" was voted to be the mascot for the team in 1931, local newspaper articles called the team the "Staters" from 1935 through 1940.

1938 San Francisco State Staters football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	Dan Farmer & Hal Hardin (4th season)
Home stadium	Roberts Field

1938 Western college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Jose State			–					11	–	1	–	0
Cal Poly			–					7	–	2	–	0
Santa Clara			–					6	–	2	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					6	–	2	–	0
San Francisco			–					5	–	2	–	1
Humboldt State			–					4	–	2	–	0
Idaho Southern Branch			–					4	–	3	–	0
Portland			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hawaii			–					4	–	4	–	0
Loyola (CA)			–					4	–	5	–	0
San Francisco State			–					2	–	5	–	0
La Verne			–					1	–	4	–	0
Santa Barbara State			–					2	–	8	–	0
Gonzaga			–					1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Placer Junior College	Roberts Field San Francisco, CA	L 0–6
October 1	at Cal Aggies	A Street field Davis, CA	L 0–20	1,000
October 7	Sacramento Junior College	Roberts Field San Francisco, CA	W 0–7
October 15	at Chico State	Chico High School Stadium Chico, CA	L 6–14
October 21	Cal Poly	Roberts Field San Francisco, CA	L 2–20
October 28	San Francisco Junior College	Roberts Field San Francisco, CA	W 19–0	7,000
November 4	Linfield	Roberts Field San Francisco, CA	W 26–12
November 11	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	Cancelled