Saint Mary's Gaels football

For information on all Saint Mary's College of California sports, see Saint Mary's Gaels The Saint Mary's Gaels football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California. History Founding and early years The school's first football team was fielded in 1892, and was initially dropped in 1899 after going 7-6 in that span. The football program resumed again in 1915. In 1920 came one of the worst defeats in college football history, an 18-touchdown, 127-0 defeat from neighboring Cal. The Gaels gained only 16 yards of offense the entire game. This loss drove St. Mary's to turn the program around by hiring Knute Rockne's protege, Slip Madigan, who helped SMC win four consecutive conference championships from 1925-1928.