1953 California Golden Bears football team

1953 California Golden Bears football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1953 record 4–4–2 (2–2–2 PCC)
Head coach Pappy Waldorf (7th season)
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
1953 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 UCLA $ 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
No. 19 Stanford 5 –1 –1  6 –3 –1
USC 4 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
California 2 –2 –2  4 –4 –2
Washington State 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Oregon State 3 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Washington 2 –4 –1  3 –6 –1
Oregon 2 –5 –1  4 –5 –1
Idaho 0 –3 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1953 college football season. Under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the team compiled an overall record of 4–4–2 and 2–2–2 in conference.[1][2]

The 1953 season is partially associated with a recruiting scandal involving star freshman quarterback Ronnie Knox. In order to have Knox enroll at the university, the California football booster club promised him that Knox's step father to be hired as a scout, his high school coach would be hired as an assistant coach, and that Knox himself would be given a job writing for a local newspaper and also be paid $500 per year by the booster club.[3] Knox enrolled at Cal but California's administration found out and made sure that the benefits would not be provided. After one year at Cal, Knox transferred to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[3]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 19 No. 20 Baylor* No. 14 California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 0–25   34,000
September 26 at Oregon State No. 14 Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR W 26–0   13,442[4]
October 3 No. 6 Ohio State* California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 19–33   47,000
October 10 at No. 20 Penn* Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 40–0   52,000
October 17 San Jose State* No. 16 California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 34–14   39,000
October 24 No. 11 USC California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 20–32   78,000[5]
October 31 at No. 10 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry) L 7–20   70,037
November 7 Washington California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 53–25   36,000[6]
November 14 Oregon California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA T 0–0   24,000
November 21 at No. 16 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (56th Big Game) T 21–21   91,500
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "1953 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Kranz, Nick (2010-05-19). "The Sordid Tale of Ronnie Knox and the Dissolution of the PCC". California Golden Blogs. Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 167.
  5. ↑ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  6. ↑ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 192.
  7. ↑ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-26.


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