1979 California Golden Bears football team

1979 California Golden Bears football
Conference Pacific-10
1979 record 7–5 (6–3 Pac-10)
Head coach Roger Theder (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Al Saunders
Defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham
Captain Ron Hill
Captain Paul Jones
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
1979 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 –0 –1  11 –0 –1
No. 11 Washington 5 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
Arizona 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –1
Oregon 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
California 5 –4 –0  6 –6 –0
Stanford 3 –3 –1  5 –5 –1
Arizona State † 3 –4 –0  6 –6 –0
UCLA 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Oregon State 1 –7 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.[2][3]:165

Cal claims a loss to Oregon as a victory, as "Oregon forfeited due to ineligible player."[3]:168

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 8 at No. 18 Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ W 17–9   –
September 15 at Arizona Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 10–7   52,124[4]
September 22 San Jose State* California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 13–10   –
September 29 No. 11 Michigan* California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 10–14   57,000
October 6 at Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR L 14–19   36,636[5]
October 13 Oregon State California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 45–0   29,000[6]
October 20 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry) L 27–28   40,546
October 27 No. 3 USC California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 14–24   76,780[7]
November 3 No. 16 Washington California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L 24–28   25,000[8]
November 10 at Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA W 45–13   22,055[9]
November 17 at Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (82nd Big Game) W 21–14   85,577
December 15 vs. Temple* Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl) L 17–28   40,207
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Note: Oregon forfeited victory due to use of ineligible player.

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Game summaries

Washington State

1 234Total
• California 7 17714 45
Washington State 6 007 13

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References

  1. ↑ "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ "1979 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide (PDF). University of Arizona. p. 107.
  5. ↑ Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 134.
  6. ↑ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 170.
  7. ↑ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  8. ↑ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 197.
  9. ↑ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  10. ↑ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-26.
  11. ↑ "Campbell gets another record beating WSU." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Nov 11.
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