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1951 Cal Aggies football team

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1951 Cal Aggies football
FWC champion
Pear Bowl, L 7–25 vs. Pacific (OR)
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record5–4 (3–1 FWC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Lehman
Home stadiumAggie Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cal Aggies $ 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
San Francisco State 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Humboldt State 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Southern Oregon 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Chico State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Cal Aggies football team represented the College of Agriculture at Davis—now known as the University of California, Davis—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Ted Forbes, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, winning the FWC title. As FWC champion, they were invited to a postseason bowl game, the Pear Bowl, played in Medford, Oregon, where they lost to the Pacific Badgers of Forest Grove, Oregon, co-champions of the Northwest Conference. The Cal Aggies outscored their opponents 175 to 160 for the season. They played home games at Aggie Field in Davis, California.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Fresno State*
L 0–272,000[1]
September 28at Occidental*
L 13–14[2]
October 13at Humboldt State
W 27–13
October 20California JV[note 1]*
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
W 30–21
October 27Southern Oregon
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
W 39–7
November 3vs. Santa Barbara[note 2]*
W 13–7
November 98:00 p.m.Chico State
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
W 34–21[3][4]
November 16at San Francisco State
L 12–25
November 24vs. Pacific (OR)*
L 7–25[5]

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Notes

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  1. ^ The University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".
  2. ^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Oxy Edges Out Aggies, 14-13". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 29, 1951. p. 4, part III. Retrieved February 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Aggie Defeat Santa Barbara1 13-7, Meet Chico State Here Tomorrow". Davis Enterprise. Davis, California. November 8, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Smolich, Marco (November 10, 1951). "Favored Aggies Come From Behind To Beat Chico, 34-21". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Pacific Victor In Pear Bowl". Albany Democrat-Herald (Albany, Oregon). November 26, 1951. p. 9. Retrieved July 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1951 Cal Aggies)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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