1929 Cal Aggies football team
American college football season
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The 1929 Cal Aggies football team represented the Northern Branch of the College of Agricultureânow known as the University of California, Davisâas a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1929 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Crip Toomey, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 6â2 with a mark of 5â0 in conference play, winning the FWC title. The team outscored its opponents 116 to 25 for the season with all six of their victories coming via shutout. The Cal Aggies played home games at Sacramento Stadium in Sacramento, California.
- Crip Toomey (2nd season)
| 1929 Cal Aggies football | |
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Far Western champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 6â2 (5â0 FWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Kermit Schmidt |
| Home stadium | Sacramento Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies $ | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kermit Schmidt, who played for the Cal Aggies from 1926 to 1929 and was the team's captain in 1929, later played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds.[1][2] Schmidt was the first Cal Aggie to play in the NFL. Following Schmidt, no other Aggie played in the NFL until Tom Williams in 1970.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | at Oregon State* | L 0â19 | ||||
| October 5 | 2:30 p.m. | BYU* | W 19â0 | 5,000 | [4][5][6] | |
| October 12 | at San Jose State |
| W 13â0 | [7] | ||
| October 19 | at Pacific (CA) |
| W 20â0 | |||
| October 26 | at Nevada | W 19â0 | ||||
| November 2 | vs. Loyola (CA) | L 0â6 | [9] | |||
| November 11 | 2:30 p.m. | Fresno State |
| W 22â0 | 8,000 | [10][11][12] |
| November 28 | at Chico State |
| W 23â0 | [13] | ||
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Notes
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[8]
