1951 Cal Aggies football team

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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	Chico State	Aggie Field Davis, CA	W 34–21
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		^[3]
*Non-conference game

^ 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.

^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^ "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 .
^ "Pacific Victor In Pear Bowl". Albany Democrat-Herald (Albany, Oregon). November 26, 1951. p. 9. Retrieved July 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.