1979 California Golden Bears football team

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

1979 California Golden Bears football
Garden State Bowl, L 17–28 vs. Temple
ConferencePacific-10
1979 record7–5 (6–3 Pac-10)
Head coachRoger Theder (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorAl Saunders
Defensive coordinatorGunther Cunningham (1st season)
Captains
  • Ron Hill
  • Paul Jones
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
1979 Pacific-10 Conference 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

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8at No. 18 Arizona StateW 17–9
September 15at ArizonaW 10–752,124[4]
September 22San Jose State*W 13–10
September 29No. 11 Michigan*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 10–1457,000
October 6at OregonL 14–1936,636[5]
October 13Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 45–029,000[6]
October 20at UCLAL 27–2840,546
October 27No. 3 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 14–2476,780[7]
November 3No. 16 Washington
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 24–2825,000[8]
November 10at Washington StateW 45–1322,055[9]
November 17at StanfordW 21–1485,577
December 15vs. Temple*L 17–2840,207
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA
  • Game attendance: 22,155

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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. "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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