Year: | 1951 |
Team: | Cal Aggies |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Far Western Conference |
Short Conf: | FWC |
Record: | 5–4 |
Conf Record: | 3–1 |
Head Coach: | Ted Forbes |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Captain: | Don Lehman |
Stadium: | Aggie Field |
Champion: | FWC champion |
Bowl: | Pear Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 7–25 vs. |
The 1951 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 1951 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Ted Forbes, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, winning the FWC title. As FWC champion, they were invited to a postseason bowl game, the Pear Bowl, played in Medford, Oregon, where they lost to the of Forest Grove, Oregon, co-champions of the Northwest Conference. The Cal Aggies outscored their opponents 175 to 160 for the season. They played home games at Aggie Field in Davis, California.