The 1923 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an
American football team that represented
Gonzaga University during the
1923 college football season
The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. As such, numerous schools claim a national championship for the 1923 season. Illinois (coached by Bob Zuppke) and Michigan (coached by Fielding "Hurry-U ...
. In their fourth year under head coach
Gus Dorais, the Bulldogs compiled a 4–3 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 119 to 64.
Halfback
Hust Stockton
John Houston Stockton (September 23, 1901 – April 27, 1967) was a professional football player, a back in the late 1920s in the National Football League. He played with the Frankford Yellow Jackets from 1925 until 1928, and was a member of Yel ...
starred for the 1923 team. The ''
Los Angeles Times'' called him "one of the most brilliant football players ever developed on the Pacific Coast". Stockton played five years in the NFL and is the grandfather of NBA great
John Stockton.
Gonzaga's football team under Dorais was sometimes referred to as "little Notre Dame".
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The team traveled 2,500 miles to play on Thanksgiving Day at the University of Detroit's new Dinan Field.]
Schedule
References
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Gonzaga
Gonzaga may refer to:
Places
* Gonzaga, Lombardy, commune in the province of Mantua, Italy
* Gonzaga, Cagayan, municipality in the Philippines
*Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, town in Brazil
*Forte Gonzaga, fort in Messina, Sicily
People with the surna ...
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