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 record6–6 (5–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
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 State
W 17–9
September 15at Arizona
W 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 Oregon
L 14–1936,636[5]
October 13Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 45–029,000[6]
October 20at UCLA
L 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 State
W 45–1322,055[9]
November 17at Stanford
W 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.

[10]

Personnel
1979 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Rich Campbell Jr
RB Paul Jones (C)
WR Jack Rose
RB John Tuggle
WR Greg Woodard
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Ron Coccimiglio
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Mick Luckhurst
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Game summaries

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

    [11]

    at Stanford
    See also: 1979 Stanford Cardinals football team
    California Golden Bears (5–5) at Stanford Cardinals (5–4–1)
    1 2 34Total
    California 14 0 0721
    Stanford 0 7 7014

    at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

    • Date: November 17
    • Game attendance: 85,577
    • Referee: John Barger
    • [12]

    Cal stopped Stanford on the two-yard line with 40 seconds left to claim victory. [13]

    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.
    12. Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Nov 18.
    13. "Bears stop Cards at the 2 and win Big Game, 21-14." Eugene Register-Guard. Pg. 7B. 1979 Nov 18. Retrieved 2020-Nov-30.
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