1957 Cal Aggies football team

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1957 Cal Aggies football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
1957 record1–7–1 (0–5 FWC)
Head coach
CaptainMyrel Moore
Home stadiumAggie Field
(capacity: 10,111)
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Far Western Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Francisco State $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Chico State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Humboldt State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sacramento State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Nevada 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Cal Aggies 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 Cal Aggies football team represented the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture[note 1] in the 1957 NCAA College Division 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 third-year head coach Will Lotter. They played home games at Aggie Field.[note 3] The Aggies finished the season with a record of five wins and four losses (1–7–1, 0–5 FWC). They were outscored by their opponents 59–210 for the 1957 season, including being held to a touchdown or less in six of their nine games.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 21at Willamette (OR)*
T 13–13
September 27California JV[note 4]*
W 21–0
October 4Long Beach State[note 5]*
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
L 6–12
October 12Nevada
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
L 13–21
October 19at Humboldt State[note 6]
L 0–25
October 26at San Francisco State[note 7]
L 0–46
November 2vs. UC Santa Barbara[note 8]*
L 0–39
November 9Chico State[note 9]
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
L 6–28
November 15Sacramento State[note 10]
L 0–26
  • *Non-conference game

[1][2]

NFL Draft[]

No Cal Aggies players were selected in the 1958 NFL Draft.[3][4]

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. ^ The University of California JV team was commonly known as the “Cal Ramblers”.
  5. ^ California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
  6. ^ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  7. ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  8. ^ The game against UC 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.
  9. ^ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
  10. ^ California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ "California – Davis Yearly Results". Retrieved March 4, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "1958 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "Draft History: California-Davis". Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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