1923 California Golden Bears football team
1923 California Golden Bears football | |
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National champion (Houlgate) PCC champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| 1923 record | 9–0–1 (5–0 PCC) |
| Head coach | Andy Smith (8th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Short-punt |
Uniform | |
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1923 PCC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington^ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon Agricultural | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1923 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1923 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Andy Smith, the team compiled a 9–0–1 record (5–0 against PCC opponents), shut out nine of ten opponents, won the PCC championship, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 182 to 7.[1][2] The team was selected retroactively as the 1923 national champion by the Houlgate System, which was used to determine annual championships from 1929 to 1958.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 22 | California Alumni* | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California | W 3–0 | | |||||
| September 29 | Saint Mary's (CA)* | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California | W 49–0 | | |||||
| October 6 | Santa Clara* | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California | W 48–0 | | |||||
| October 13 | Olympic A. C.* | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California | W 16–0 | | |||||
| October 20 | Oregon Agricultural* | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California | W 26–0 | | |||||
| October 27 | vs. Washington State | Multnomah Field • Portland, Oregon | W 9–0 | | |||||
| November 3 | Nevada | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California | T 0–0 | | |||||
| November 10 | at USC | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles | W 13–7 | 72,000 | |||||
| November 17 | Washington | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California | W 9–0 | 28,000 | |||||
| November 24 | Stanford | California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California (Big Game) | W 9–0 | | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. | |||||||||
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References
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^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
^ "1923 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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