1982 UC Davis Aggies football | |
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FWC champion
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Division II Quarterfinal, W 25–6 vs. Northern Michigan
Division II Semifinal W 19–14 vs. North Dakota State Palm Bowl - Division II Final L 17–26 vs. Southwest Texas State |
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Conference | Far Western Conference |
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Sports Network | No. 3 (Div. II Football Committee) |
1982 record | 12–1 (5–0 FWC) |
Head coach | Jim Sochor (13th season) |
Home stadium |
Toomey Field (Capacity: 10,111) |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Davis $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Hayward | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chico State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Humboldt State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1982 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 1982 NCAA Division II football season. UC Davis competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).
The Aggies were led by head coach Jim Sochor in his 13th year. They played home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the season as champion of the FWC for the 12th consecutive season and it was their 13th consecutive winning season. The Aggies finished the regular season undefeated, with a record of ten wins and no losses (10–0, 5–0 FWC) and were ranked Number 3 in the Division II rankings for the last four weeks of the regular season and going into the playoffs. With the 5–0 conference record, they stretched their conference winning streak to 9 games dating back to the previous season.
At the end of the season, the Aggies qualified for the Division II playoffs. In the quarterfinal game they defeated Number 6 Northern Michigan. In the semifinal game they defeated Number 2 North Dakota State. In the Palm Bowl - Division II Championship Game, the Aggies were beaten by Number 1 Southwest Texas State. That brought the Aggies final record to twelve wins and one loss (12–1, 5–0 FWC). The Aggies outscored their opponents 405–164 for the season.
No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 1983 NFL Draft.