1923_California_Golden_Bears_football_team

1923 California Golden Bears football team

1923 California Golden Bears football team

American college football season

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "1923 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. [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. [3]
    National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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    Henry R. Cantlen (October 7, 1923). "Golden Bears Show Strong Offense, Swamp Mission, 48-0". The San Francisco Examiner – via Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "Bears crush Aggies". The Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1923. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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