1940 Cal Aggies football team

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1940 Cal Aggies football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
1940 record4–4–1 (2–1 FWC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Fryer
Home stadiumA Street field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Far Western Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pacific (CA) $ 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Cal Aggies 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Chico State 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Humboldt State 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Cal Aggies football team represented the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture[note 1] in the 1940 college football season. The team was known as either the Cal Aggies or California Aggies, and competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 2]

The Aggies were led by fourth-year head coach Vern Hickey. They played home games at A Street field on campus in Davis, California. The Aggies finished with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie (4–4–1, 2–1 FWC). The Aggies outscored their opponents 120–81 for the 1940 season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21at Arizona State[note 3]*
L 13–21
September 28at California JV[note 4]*
L 7–15
October 5San Francisco State[note 5]*
W 35–0
October 12at Occidental*
T 6–6
October 18at Humboldt State[note 6]
W 20–0[1]
November 2Pacific (CA)[note 7]dagger
  • A Street field
  • Davis, CA
L 6–7
November 9Santa Barbara State[note 8]*
  • A Street field
  • Davis, CA
W 14–6
November 16at Cal Poly[note 9]*
L 7–20
November 21at Chico State[note 10]
W 12–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[2][3]

NFL draft[]

No Cal Aggies players were selected in the 1941 NFL Draft.[4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ University of California, Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922 to 1959.
  2. ^ The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
  3. ^ Arizona State University was known as Arizona State Teachers College from 1929 to 1944.
  4. ^ The University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".
  5. ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  6. ^ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  7. ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
  8. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara State College from 1921 to 1943.
  9. ^ California Polytechnic State University was known as California Polytechnic School from 1901 to 1946.
  10. ^ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ "Cal Aggies Triumph Over Humboldt Team". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 19, 1940. p. 15. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. ^ "California – Davis Yearly Results". Retrieved March 4, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "1941 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: California-Davis". Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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