1940 Cal Aggies football team
| 1940 Cal Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 4–4–1 (2–1 FWC) |
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| Captain | Bob Fryer |
| Home stadium | A Street field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 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 1940 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Vern Hickey, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 4–4 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team outscored its opponents 120 to 81 for the season.
The Cal Aggies were ranked at No. 301 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]
The Cal Aggies played home games at A Street field on campus in Davis, California.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 21 | at Arizona State* | L 13–21 | ||
| September 28 | at California JV[note 1]* | L 7–15 | ||
| October 5 | San Francisco State* |
| W 35–0 | |
| October 12 | at Occidental* |
| T 6–6 | |
| October 18 | at Humboldt State |
| W 20–0 | [2] |
| November 2 | Pacific (CA) |
| L 6–7 | |
| November 9 | Santa Barbara State* |
| W 14–6 | |
| November 16 | at Cal Poly* | L 7–20 | ||
| November 21 | at Chico State | W 12–6 | ||
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Notes
[edit]- ^ The University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".
References
[edit]- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cal Aggies Triumph Over Humboldt Team". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 19, 1940. p. 15. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
