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In 1951, future Pro Football Hall of Famers Gino Marchetti, Bob St. Clair and Ollie Matson powered the University of San Francisco Dons to a 9–0 record. As one of the nation's top teams, USF seemed assured of their first-ever bowl bid and a payout that would save their cash-strapped program.
The venue was originally called simply Max Ulrich Field. After its 1953 construction, it was named after Max Ulrich, a San Francisco resident who donated in his will $358,000 to the university. The field took on its current name in 1980. [2] In that year, Dons baseball coach Dante Benedetti retired after 29 years in charge of the program. [4]
The San Francisco Dons is the nickname of the athletic teams at the University of San Francisco (USF). The Dons compete in NCAA Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC), of which USF is a charter member.
The Los Angeles Dons, an American football team that played in the defunct All-America Football Conference in 1946–49; The athletic teams of Loyola Blakefield school in Maryland; San Francisco Dons, the athletic teams of the University of San Francisco, California; Wimbledon Dons, an English motorcycle speedway team from Wimbledon, London
Leidesdorff Street in San Francisco, California [17] and Leidesdorff Street in Folsom, California are named for him. 15 miles (24 km) of U.S. Route 50 was dedicated the William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. Memorial Highway along the boundary of "Historic Leidesdorff Ranch", his 35,000-acre (140 km 2 ) cattle and wheat ranch along the southern ...
The 1954–55 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco in NCAA competition in the 1954–55 season. The Dons, a member of the California Basketball Association (now known as the West Coast Conference ), finished the season ranked #1 in the nation.
The 1951 San Francisco Dons football team was an American football team that represented the University of San Francisco as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Joe Kuharich , the Dons compiled a 9–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 338 to 86, and were ranked No. 14 in the ...
San Francisco won two straight NCAA titles behind a punishing defense led by Bill Russell, who turned shot blocking into an art form.He was also better scorer than history gives him credit for, averaging more than 20 points in both championship seasons.