1953 Cal Aggies football team

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1953 Cal Aggies football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
1953 record1–6–1 (0–1–1 FWC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Donsing
Home stadiumAggie Field
(capacity: 10,111)
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Far Western Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chico State $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Humboldt State 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Cal Aggies 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
San Francisco State 0 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Southern Oregon 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference record includes both Chico State vs. Northern Branch games

The 1953 Cal Aggies football team represented the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture[note 1] in the 1953 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 fifth-year head coach Ted Forbes. They played home games at Aggie Field.[note 3] The Aggies finished the season with a record of one win, six losses and one tie (1–6–1, 0–1–1 FWC). They were outscored by their opponents 71–147 for the 1953 season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26Chico State[note 4]
L 7–14
October 3at Humboldt State[note 5]
L 13–334,000[1]
October 10California JV[note 6]*
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
L 20–21
October 16Whittier*
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
L 0–40
October 23Nevada*
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
L 0–13
October 31vs. Santa Barbara[note 7][note 8]*
L 6–20
November 6Southern Oregon[note 9]
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
W 25–6
November 13Chico State
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
T 0–0
  • *Non-conference game

[2][3]

NFL Draft[]

No Cal Aggies players were selected in the 1954 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. ^ Toomey Field was known as Aggie Field from its opening in 1949 through 1961.
  4. ^ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
  5. ^ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  6. ^ The University of California JV team was commonly known as the “Cal Ramblers”.
  7. ^ The game against Santa Barbara was part of an "All-UC Doubleheader" that was held annually from 1948 to 1963. The other game of the double-header was California vs. UCLA. The games were always held at the home stadium of either Cal or UCLA.
  8. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
  9. ^ Southern Oregon University was known as Southern Oregon College of Education from 1939 to 1955.

References[]

  1. ^ "Lumberjacks Travel to Ashland For AFternoon Game; Comf From Behind To Beat Call-Aggies, 33-13". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. October 5, 1953. p. 18. 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. ^ "1954 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: California-Davis". Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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