1923 California Golden Bears football
National champion (Houlgate)
PCC champion
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record9–0–1 (5–0 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeShort-punt
CaptainDonald Nichols
Home stadiumCalifornia Field
California Memorial Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ Selected as Rose Bowl representative

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 a 1923 national champion by Deke Houlgate, who used his math system to award annual national titles from 1929 to 1958.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22California Alumni*
W 3–0
September 29Saint Mary's (CA)*
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 49–0
October 6Santa Clara*
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 48–010,000[4]
October 13Olympic A. C.*
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 16–0
October 20Oregon Agricultural*
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 26–0[5]
October 27vs. Washington State
W 9–0
November 3Nevada
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
T 0–0
November 10at USC
W 13–772,000
November 17Washington
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 9–028,000
November 24Stanford
W 9–0
  • *Non-conference game

[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "1923 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. 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Henry R. Cantlen (October 7, 1923). "Golden Bears Show Strong Offense, Swamp Mission, 48-0". The San Francisco Examiner – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bears crush Aggies". The Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1923. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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