1952 Cal Aggies football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1952
| team = Cal Aggies
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Far Western Conference
| short_conf = FWC
| record = 2–7
| conf_record = 2–1
| head_coach = Ted Forbes
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Don Niboli
| captain2 = Phil Wintz
| stadium = Aggie Field
}}
{{1952 Far Western Conference football standings}}
The 1952 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 1952 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ted Forbes, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 263 to 112 for the season. The Cal Aggies played home games at Aggie Field in Davis, California.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Fresno State
| site_stadium = Ratcliffe Stadium
| site_cityst = Fresno, CA
| score = 7–41
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Occidental Tigers|title=Occidental}}
| site_stadium = Aggie Field
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 6–22
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Nevada
| site_stadium = Mackay Stadium{{#tag:ref|This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.{{cite web |author=|title=Mackay Stadium |url=http://www.unr.edu/around-campus/mackay-stadium |publisher=University of Nevada, Reno |access-date=January 4, 2017 }}|group=note}}
| site_cityst = Reno, NV
| score = 13–26
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Whittier Poets|title=Whittier}}
| site_stadium = Hadley Field
| site_cityst = Whittier, CA
| score = 13–27
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = California JVThe University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".
| site_stadium = Aggie Field
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 19–40
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = l
| opponent = Humboldt State
| site_stadium = Aggie Field
| site_cityst = Davis, CA
| score = 21–28
| source = {{cite news|title=HSC Wins Conference Championship|newspaper=The Times Standard|location=Eureka, California|date=October 27, 1952|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18896439/hsc_wins_conference_championship/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 3, 2018}}{{Open access}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Santa BarbaraThe game against Santa Barbara was part of an "All-UC Doubleheader" that was held annually from 1948 to 1963. The other game of the double-header was California vs. UCLA. The games were always held at the home stadium of either Cal or UCLA.
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 0–48
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1952|team=Southern Oregon Red Raiders|title=Southern Oregon}}
| site_stadium = Walter E. Phillips Field ?
| site_cityst = Ashland, OR
| score = 13–12
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Chico State
| site_stadium = Chico High School Stadium
| site_cityst = Chico, CA
| score = 20–19
| source = {{cite news|title=Cal Aggies Nip Chico, 20 to 19|newspaper=The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California)|date=November 16, 1952|page=3B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15026479/cal_aggies_nip_chico_20_to_19/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/108/stats/13012 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 11, 2022 }}{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucda/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15FBGuide.pdf#page=48|title=UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide|access-date=April 22, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308182711/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucda/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15FBGuide.pdf#page=48|url-status=dead}}
Notes
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