1951 Cal Aggies football team

American college football season

1951 Cal Aggies football

FWC champion

Pear Bowl, L 7–25 vs. Pacific (OR)

Conference| Far Western Conference
Record| 5–4 (3–1 FWC)
Head coach|

* Ted Forbes (3rd season)

Captain| Don Lehman
Home stadium| Aggie Field

Seasons

<- 1950

1952 ->

1951 Far Western Conference football standings

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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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September 22| | Fresno State*|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| L 0–27| 2,000| [1]
September 28| | at Occidental*|

* Patterson Field
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 13–14| | [2]
October 13| | at Humboldt State|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 27–13| |
October 20| | California JV[note 1]*|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| W 30–21| |
October 27| | Southern Oregon|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| W 39–7| |
November 3| | vs. Santa Barbara[note 2]*|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 13–7| |
November 9| 8:00 p.m.| Chico State|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| W 34–21| | [3][4]
November 16| | at San Francisco State|

* Cox Stadium
* San Francisco, CA

| L 12–25| |
November 24| | vs. Pacific (OR)*|

* Medford Stadium
* Medford, OR (Pear Bowl)

| L 7–25| | [5]

* *Non-conference game
* All times are in Pacific time

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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 .
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 .
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 .
5. ^ "Pacific Victor In Pear Bowl". Albany Democrat-Herald (Albany, Oregon). November 26, 1951. p. 9. Retrieved July 11, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
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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UC Davis Aggies football

Venues|

* Moreing Field (1925–1927)
* Sacramento Stadium (1928–1931)
* A Street Field (1932–1948)
* Toomey Field (1949–2006)
* UC Davis Health Stadium (2007–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Cal Poly: Battle for the Golden Horseshoe
* Sacramento State: Causeway Classic

Culture & lore|

* Gunrock the Mustang
* UC Davis Marching Band
* Aggie Fight
* KHTK

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

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Northern California Athletic Conference football champions

Far Western Conference (pre-WWII)|

* Saint Mary's (1925)
* Saint Mary's (1926)
* Saint Mary's (1927)
* Saint Mary's (1928)
* Cal Aggies (1929)
* Fresno State (1930)
* No champion (1931)
* Nevada & San Jose State (1932)
* Nevada (1933)
* Fresno State & San Jose State (1934)
* Fresno State (1935)
* Pacific (CA) (1936)
* Fresno State (1937)
* Pacific (CA) (1938)
* Nevada (1939)
* Pacific (CA) (1940)
* Pacific (CA) (1941)
* Pacific (CA) (1942)

Far Western Conference (post-WWII)|

* No champion (1946)
* Cal Aggies & Southern Oregon (1947)
* Southern Oregon & Chico State (1948)
* Cal Aggies (1949)
* San Francisco State (1950)
* Cal Aggies (1951)
* Humboldt State (1952)
* Chico State (1953)
* San Francisco State (1954)
* No champion (1955)
* Cal Aggies, San Francisco State, & Humboldt State (1956)
* San Francisco State (1957)
* San Francisco State (1958)
* San Francisco State (1959)
* Humboldt State (1960)
* Humboldt State & San Francisco State (1961)
* San Francisco State (1962)
* UC Davis, Humboldt State, & San Francisco State (1963)
* Sacramento State (1964)
* San Francisco State (1965)
* Sacramento State (1966)
* San Francisco State (1967)
* Humboldt State (1968)
* Cal State Hayward (1969)
* Cal State Hayward & Chico State (1970)
* UC Davis & Chico State (1971)
* UC Davis (1972)
* UC Davis & Chico State (1973)
* UC Davis (1974)
* UC Davis (1975)
* UC Davis (1976)
* UC Davis (1977)
* UC Davis (1978)
* UC Davis (1979)
* UC Davis (1980)
* Cal State Hayward & UC Davis (1981)

Northern California Athletic Conference|

* UC Davis (1982)
* UC Davis (1983)
* UC Davis (1984)
* UC Davis (1985)
* UC Davis (1986)
* UC Davis (1987)
* UC Davis (1988)
* UC Davis (1989)
* UC Davis (1990)
* Sonoma State (1991)
* UC Davis (1992)
* Chico State (1993)
* Chico State, Humboldt State, & Sonoma State (1994)
* Humboldt State (1995)
* Chico State (1996)

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