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Compton College retired its longtime nickname this fall, adopting “Coyotes” in September 2025 in hopes of a fresh identity and maybe, just maybe, a fresh start.
It didn’t help.
The team formerly known as the Tartars (and no, not named after raw steak) closed the season 0–10, forfeiting its final two games. The Coyotes were outscored 480–12, extending a 35-game losing streak that dates back more than three years to a 37–7 win over L.A. Pierce in October 2022, the program’s last taste of victory.
In that 2022 season, Compton was 3–4 before being forced to forfeit its final three games because there were not enough players to compete.
This year’s roster featured a 45-year-old wide receiver and his son, along with a 50-year-old linebacker, which says as much about Compton’s perseverance as its enrollment numbers. Head coach David Banuelos, who also coached the 0–10 team in 2013, has now guided the program through four winless seasons and a streak that feels mathematically cruel. At 0–40, the hot seat is officially warming up.
It is a stunning fall for a school that once earned rings, including multiple Junior Rose Bowl championships. In 1955, Compton even hung a banner as national champions, the pride of JUCO football.
Seventy years later, the Coyotes are howling into the void. New name, same silence in the win column.
Compton football used to be about pride, power and packed bleachers. Now it is about survival.
The scoreboard has not budged. The roster keeps shrinking. The only thing consistent is the losing streak.
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