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1963 UC Davis Aggies football
FWC co-champion
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record6–2–1 (3–1–1 FWC)
Head coach
CaptainDick Carriere
Home stadiumToomey Field
(capacity: 10,111)
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Humboldt State + 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 2
San Francisco State + 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
UC Davis + 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Sacramento State 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Nevada 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Chico State 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1963 UC Davis Aggies football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Led by Will Lotter in his eighth and final season as head coach, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 6–2–1 with a mark of 3–1–1 in conference play, sharing the FWC title with Humboldt State and San Francisco State. The team outscored its opponents 151 to 74 for the season. The Aggies played home games at Toomey Field in Davis, California.

In eight seasons under coach Lotter, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 26–43–3, for a winning percentage of .382. They won or shared the conference championship twice, in 1956 and 1963.

The UC Davis sports teams were commonly called the "Cal Aggies" from 1924 until the mid-1970s.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Santa Clara*
W 28–86,500
September 28at Pomona*
W 33–02,000
October 5Whittier*
  • Toomey Field
  • Davis, CA
L 14–175,000
October 12Chico State
  • Toomey Field
  • Davis, CA
W 28–134,000–4,200[1]
October 19at Humboldt State
L 0–105,500[2]
October 26San Francisco State
  • Toomey Field
  • Davis, CA
T 10–104,500
November 2vs. UC Santa Barbara[note 2]*
W 7–02,321
November 9at Nevada
W 14–82,500
November 16Sacramento State
W 17–88,000
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

  1. ^ Merritt Field was known as Alumni Field until 1991.
  2. ^ The game against UC 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.
  3. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Don Terbush (October 21, 1963). "'Jacks Blank Aggies, Host Nevada Next". Eureka Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. p. 15. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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