1976 California Golden Bears football team

The 1976 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Under head coach Mike White, the team compiled an overall record of 5–6 and 3–4 in conference.[1][2]

1976 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
1976 record5–6 (3–4 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
1976 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 USC $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 15 UCLA 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –1
Stanford 5 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
California 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Washington 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Oregon 1 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Oregon State 1 –6 –0  2 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The quarterback and leader of the previous season's team was Joe Roth. Because of that outstanding season he was one of the Heisman Trophy candidates at the beginning of the season. He had a great start, however halfway through it his performance started to drop. Unknown to almost everyone, Roth was diagnosed with melanoma the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Only coach White and his closest friends knew about it. With Roth continuing to play he still had a strong season and was named an All-American. His last game was in January 1977 at an all-star game in Japan and he died several weeks later in Berkeley. His former locker is dedicated in his honor and the annual home game against UCLA or USC is known as the Joe Roth game.[3][4]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11at No. 16 Georgia*No. 15
L 24–3647,000
September 18at No. 4 Oklahoma*
L 17–2872,026[5]
September 25at Arizona State*
W 31–22–
October 2San Jose State*
W 43–16–
October 9Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 27–1029,946[6]
October 16at Oregon State
L 9–1023,963[7]
October 23No. 4 UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
L 19–3562,228
October 30at No. 4 USC
L 6–2060,323[8]
November 6at Washington
W 7–042,932[9]
November 13Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 23–2230,000[10]
November 20Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
L 24–2776,780
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

Draft picks

The following players were claimed in the 1977 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Ted AlbrechtOffensive tackle115Chicago Bears
Wesley WalkerWide Receiver233New York Jets
Fred BesanaQuarterback5115Buffalo Bills
Jeff BarnesLinebacker5139Oakland Raiders
Phil HeckLinebacker11297Denver Broncos
Greg PetersOffensive guard12332Dallas Cowboys

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References
  1. "1976 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. "Remembering Joe Roth / Cancer took dynamic QB 30 years ago". SFGate. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  4. "Joe Roth Locker Dedication Nov. 9". calbears.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  5. "1976 OU Football Season". Soonerstats. Soonerstats. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 134.
  7. "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 170.
  8. USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  9. 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 197.
  10. '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  11. 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.
  12. "1977 NFL Draft". Retrieved September 28, 2019.
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