1955 Cal Aggies football team

American college football season

1955 Cal Aggies football

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

* Ted Forbes (6th season)

Captain| Duane Damron
Home stadium| Aggie Field

Seasons

<- 1954

1956 ->

1955 Far Western Conference football standings

* v
* t
* e

| Conf. |  |  | Overall

|
|
|
|

Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Chico State | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Cal Aggies | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
San Francisco State | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Humboldt State | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
Nevada | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Sacramento State | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0

* No conference champion was named for the 1955 season.

The 1955 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 1955 college football season. Led by Ted Forbes, who returned for his six and final season as head coach after having helmed the team from 1949 to 1953, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 3–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team outscored its opponents 128 to 79 for the season. The Cal Aggies played home games at Aggie Field in Davis, California.

In six seasons under Forbes, the Cal Aggies compiled an overall record of 21–29–2, for a winning percentage of .423. His teams won the FWC title in 1949 and 1951 and appeared in a postseason bowl game, the Pear Bowl, in both of those seasons.

## Schedule

[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

|
|
|
|

September 17| at Pacific (OR)*|

* Tom Reynolds Field
* Forest Grove, OR

| W 7–0|
September 23| California JV[note 1]*|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| L 6–7|
October 1| at Humboldt State|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| T 7–7|
October 7| at San Francisco State|

* Cox Stadium
* San Francisco, CA

| W 27–7|
October 15| Sacramento State|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA (rivalry)

| W 29–0| [1]
October 21| at Nevada|

* Mackay Stadium[note 2]
* Reno, NV

| W 26–7|
October 29| vs. Santa Barbara[note 3]*|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 7–0| [3]
November 4| Occidental*|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| L 6–30|
November 11| Chico State|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| L 13–21|

* *Non-conference game

[4]

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ The University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".
2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[2]
3. ^ 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

[edit]

1. ^ "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
3. ^ "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.

* v
* t
* e

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

Seasons|

* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943–1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Conf.]: Conference record
*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[T]: Ties