1923 California Golden Bears football team
American college football season
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The 1923 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1923 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Andy Smith, the team compiled a 9â0â1 record (5â0 against PCC opponents), shut out nine of ten opponents, won the PCC championship, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 182 to 7.[1][2] The team was selected retroactively as a 1923 national champion by Deke Houlgate, who used his math system to award annual national titles from 1929 to 1958.[3]
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record9â0â1 (5â0 PCC)
Headcoach
- Andy Smith (8th season)
OffensiveschemeShort-punt
| 1923 California Golden Bears football | |
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National champion (Houlgate) PCC champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 9â0â1 (5â0 PCC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Short-punt |
| Captain | Donald Nichols |
| Home stadium | California Field California Memorial Stadium |
Uniform | |
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California $ | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington^ | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 10 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 0 | â | 4 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | California alumni* | W 3â0 | [4] | ||
| September 29 | Saint Mary's* |
| W 49â0 | [5] | |
| October 6 | Santa Clara* |
| W 48â0 | 10,000 | [6] |
| October 13 | Olympic Club* |
| W 16â0 | [7] | |
| October 20 | Oregon Agricultural* |
| W 26â0 | [8] | |
| October 27 | vs. Washington State | W 9â0 | 8,000 | [9] | |
| November 3 | Nevada |
| T 0â0 | [10] | |
| November 10 | at USC | W 13â7 | 72,000 | [11] | |
| November 17 | Washington |
| W 9â0 | 28,000 | [12] |
| November 24 | Stanford |
| W 9â0 | 75,000 | [13] |
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Roster
- Ball, C
- Stewart N. Beam, T
- Berlin, T
- Arthur Le Roy Best, G
- William F. Blewett, FB
- Brown, FB
- Bunger, T
- Dana Carey, G
- James A. Dixon, HB
- Dodson, HB
- Richard M. Dunn, HB
- F. Howard Evans, QB
- Francis, T
- Edwin C. Horrell, C
- Hufford, E
- Talma W. Imlay, QB
- King, QB
- Charles N. Mell, E
- Don Newmeyer, T
- Donald Nichols, HB
- Nickelman, G
- Donald C. Perry, G
- Powers, C
- Walter F. Rau
- Saunby, G
- Pete Schaffnit, E
- James E. Spalding, HB
- Tait, QB
- Thatcher, E
- Topham, C
- Francis S. West
- White, T
- John I. Witter, FB
- Young, E
