1953 Cal Aggies football team
American college football season
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The 1953 Cal Aggies football team have 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 1953 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Ted Forbes, the Aggies compiled an overall record challenge of 1–6–1 with a mark of 1–2–1 in conference play, placing third in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 147 to 71 for the season. The Cal Aggies played some home games at Aggie Field in Davis, California.
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record1–6–1 (1–2–1 FWC)
Headcoach
- Ted Forbes (5th season)
CaptainDon Donsing
| 1953 Cal Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 1–6–1 (1–2–1 FWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Don Donsing |
| Home stadium | Aggie Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Oregon | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | Chico State | L 7–14 | |||
| October 3 | at Humboldt State | L 13–33 | 4,000 | [1] | |
| October 10 | California JV[note 1]* |
| L 20–21 | ||
| October 16 | Whittier* |
| L 0–40 | ||
| October 23 | Nevada* |
| L 0–13 | ||
| October 31 | vs. Santa Barbara[note 2]* | L 6–20 | |||
| November 6 | Southern Oregon |
| W 25–6 | ||
| November 13 | Chico State |
| T 0–0 | ||
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Notes
- The University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".
- 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.
