The 1969 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. UC Riverside competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). For the 1969 season the CCAA changed significantly. Three schools left the conference and moved up to the University Division in the new Pacific Coast Athletic Association. Those schools were Fresno State, Cal State Long Beach, and Cal State Los Angeles. They were replaced in 1969 by Cal Poly (Pomona) and UC Riverside and in 1970 by Cal State Fullerton.