1957 Chico State Wildcats football team

1957 Chico State Wildcats football
Conference	Far Western Conference
Record	7–2 (4–1 FWC)
Head coach	Gus Manolis (4th season)
Home stadium	College Field

1957 Far Western Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Francisco State $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Chico State	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Humboldt State	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sacramento State	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Nevada	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Cal Aggies	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1957 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College—now known as California State University, Chico—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1957 college football season. Led by Gus Manolis in his fourth and final season as head coach, Chico State compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team was outscored its opponents 195 to 109 for the season. The Wildcats played home games at College Field in Chico, California.

Manolis died on January 28, 1958, near Alder Springs, California, after suffering an apparent heart attack while helping with the search for a missing boy in Grindstone Canyon in the Mendocino National Forest.^[1][2] He finished his tenure as Chico State with an overall record of 23–12–1, for a .653 winning percentage.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	Pacific (OR)*	College Field Chico, CA	W 48–6
September 28	Pepperdine*	College Field Chico, CA	W 19–13
October 5	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium[note 1] Reno, NV	W 20–19
October 12	at Lewis & Clark*	Griswold Stadium Portland, OR	W 13–8
October 19	Sacramento State	College Field Chico, CA	W 20–13
October 25	at Los Angeles State*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	L 13–14
November 2	Humboldt State	College Field Chico, CA	W 28–7
November 9	at Cal Aggies	Aggie Field Davis, CA	W 28–6
November 16	San Francisco State	College Field Chico, CA	L 6–23
*Non-conference game

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Notes

1. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.^[3]

References

1. Booth, Eddie (January 29, 1958). "Sports Fans Stunned By Manolis' Death in Hunt". Chico Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
2. Booth, Eddie (January 29, 1958). "CSC Coach, 34, Dies In Mountains (continued)". Chico Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
4. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 20, 2022.