1920 University Farm football team

1920 University Farm football
Conference Independent
1920 record 3–4
Head coach Eugene Van Gent (1st season)

The 1920 University Farm football team represented University Farm[note 1] in the 1920 college football season. Although University Farm was the formal name for the school and team, in many newspaper articles from the time it was called "Davis Farm". The team had no nickname in 1920, with the "Aggie" term being introduced in 1922.

The team competed as an independent and was led by head coach Eugene Van Gent in his only season as head coach for the school. They played home games in Davis, California. University Farm finished with a record of three wins and four losses (3–4) and were outscored by their opponents 61–67 for the 1920 season.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 18 USS Boston[note 2] Davis, CA W 27–0[1]  
September 25 at Nevada Mackay Stadium[note 3] • Reno, NV L 3–7[2]  
October 2 California 3rd Varsity W 18–0  
October 9 at Santa Clara Mission Field • Santa Clara, CA L 0–19[3]  
October 16 at Stanford Freshmen Stanford, CA W 13–7[4]  
October 30 California Freshmen California Field • Berkeley, CA L 0–13[5]  
November 12 Olympic Club Sacramento, CA L 0–21[6]  

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Notes

  1. ↑ University of California, Davis was known as University Farm from 1908 to 1921.
  2. ↑ The USS Boston was a cruiser that was launched in 1883. It was decommissioned in 1907, but recommissioned as a Receiving ship in 1918 and towed to Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay
  3. ↑ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season."University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium". Retrieved January 4, 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "Davis Farm Team Beat Sailor Boys". Woodland Daily Democrat. Woodland, California. September 21, 1920. p. 3. Retrieved March 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Nevada's Football Team Too Much For Davis". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. September 27, 1920. p. 8. Retrieved March 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Santa Clarans Win From Davis Farm Aggies, 19-0". San Jose Mercury News. San Jose, California. October 10, 1920. p. 20 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  4. ↑ "Seventeen Grid Games Are on Schedule Today". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. October 16, 1920. p. 9 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  5. ↑ "Cal. Frosh Beat Davis Farm 13-0 In Hard Game". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. October 31, 1920. p. 21 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  6. ↑ "Olympic Club Eleven Defeats Davis Farm". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 12, 1920. p. 26. Retrieved March 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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