University of California Davis - El Rodeo Yearbook (Davis, CA)

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,v V s , '1-.. b$Tb9 TT ..$ 4'1 T. T . -.'....'.'.' . Val QIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'...$ a 5 : :$' 5.... $I::l. ---- l .'A .l..5 .. I.. ,. T, Illlllllllllllllll -v I4 4.V KLINGAMAN LUTZ PORTER SPILMAN THE BACKFIELD The 11923 Seasen First Game: Santa Clara 7 Varsity 6 The Aggies opened the season by entertaining Santa Clara on their own gridiron. The. highly touted Santa Clara team invaded the campus fully confident of thoroughly trouncing the Aggies and consequently received the biggest surprise of their lives when they went home with a Victory by the scant margin of one point. Late in the second quarter after a long punting duel, Santa Clara tried for a goal from field but the ball fell short and Porter, Aggies half- back, kicked out of danger. The fourth quarter was hard fought and full of thrills. Santa Clara again tried a drop kick but failed and several times had the ball within scoring distance but our defense was too strong. Then with barely three minutes to go, after completing a long pass, Santa Clara,s full back plunged over from the one yard line for a touchdown and converted. Not yet licked the Aggies came back full of tight and soon after Smith kicked off Santa Clara fumbled on an attempted end run and Stevenson, Aggiek scrappy little left end: scooped up the ball and galloped over for a score from the 40 yard hne. The Aggies failed to convert. The playing of Stevenson was sensational; he was 1nt0 every play and stopped everything that came his way. Second Game: Nevada 41 Varsity 0 In our annual ttBig Gameii with Nevada our Aggie Football Team received their biggest reversal of the season. It seemed too had that 1t H531

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twat . 3 t. ' D I'IIIIIIIIII . . wylnlnnlllnlllllnllav I :l'lodllllllllllllllllllo b XyMa'HAx dewixt FRESNO STATE ACTION had to come as our second game of the year when our men were hardly in condition and on a foreign field. But nevertheless we were beaten by a superior, heavier and more experienced team. The score does not indicate the quality of the game at all. Nevada earned every point she got and the Aggies fought hard all the time. The first quarter was hotly contested with Nevada 0n the defensive. Nevada scored two touchdowns on passes and then scored again from scrimmage before the half ended. The second half was a punting duel for some time with first Porter and then Spilman doing the kicking for the Aggies. The Aggies did not seem to be able to launch a determined drive after in their opponents territory, while the fast moving Nevada backfield seemed to puzzle the Aggles unexperienced men. Third Game: Stanford Fresh 6 Varsity 7 the 31:18:19;an was e good, clean, hard-fought battle from the start to a series 0t 1. e Aggles drew first blood in the first quarter when, after a tou ch d lne bUCkS and a forward pass or two, Lutz plowed over for own and Porter converted with a place kick. The rest of the h l , a f sthhagd feught Wlth neither team gaining an advantage. to add to Shiseiggmg 0f the secmid half the Aggies came back determined to the iiBabestt e and after getting Possession of the ball bucked 1t down now thought it vgyard line, but Porter failed on a place kick. The F rOSh runs succeeded i as thEir tum SO With line bucks and some beautiful end n SCOring but failed to convert. After this the game was to em hre am 10 lint am p0: Fri the 3111 1111 SDI