1939 Cal Aggies football team
| 1939 Cal Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 4–4 (0–3 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | A Street field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1939 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 1939 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Vern Hickey, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 4–4 with a mark of 0–3 in conference play, placing last out of five teams in the FWC. The team outscored its opponents 92 to 73 for the season.
The Cal Aggies were ranked at No. 233 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]
The Cal Aggies played home games at A Street field on campus in Davis, California.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 30 | at California* | L 14–32 | |||
| October 6 | at San Francisco State* |
| W 7–0 | 5,500 | [2] |
| October 14 | Humboldt State* |
| W 12–2 | ||
| October 20 | at Sacramento Junior College* | W 12–6 | [3] | ||
| October 28 | at Nevada | L 0–3 | |||
| November 4 | Cal Poly* |
| W 28–0 | ||
| November 10 | at Pacific (CA) |
| L 12–21 | ||
| November 18 | Chico State |
| L 7–9 | ||
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Notes
- ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[4]
References
- ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "California Aggies Beat San Francisco State, 7-0". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 7, 1939. p. 9. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Panthers Miss". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. October 21, 1939. p. 20. Retrieved May 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.