1980 California Golden Bears football team

The 1980 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under head coach Roger Theder, the team compiled an overall record of 3–8 and 3–5 in conference.[1][2]

1980 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1980 record3–8 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAl Saunders
Defensive coordinatorGunther Cunningham (2nd season)
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 1 0  9 3 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 2 0  9 2 0
No. 11 USC 4 2 1  8 2 1
Arizona State 5 3 0  7 4 0
Oregon 4 3 1  6 3 2
Stanford 3 4 0  6 5 0
Arizona 3 4 0  5 6 0
Washington State 3 4 0  4 7 0
California 3 5 0  3 8 0
Oregon State 0 8 0  0 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13vs. Florida*L 13–4141,388
September 20at Army*L 19–26
September 27ArizonaL 24–3141,000[3]
October 4at Michigan*L 13–38104,621
October 11Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 31–635,000[4]
October 18Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 27–630,454[5]
October 25No. 3 UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
L 9–3253,000
November 1at No. 7 USCL 7–6055,658[6]
November 8at Arizona StateL 6–34
November 15Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 17–3130,000[7]
November 22Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
W 28–2378,258[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[9]

Personnel

1980 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL Brian Bailey
WR Matt Bouza
WR Michael Buggs
QB Rich Campbell Sr
OL Jesse Covarrubias
WR Floyd Eddings
RB Mark Funderburk
OL Tim Galas
QB Gale Gilbert
TE David Lewis
RB Edgardo Mixco
RB Carl Montgomery
TE Dan Mosley
RB Dave Palmer
WR Tyrone Portee
OL Harvey Salem
WR Holden Smith
OL Bruce Sorensen
TE Don Sprague
OL Greg Stubblefield
QB J Torchio So
RB John Tuggle
RB Terry Wiley
RB Tyran Wright
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Ahmed Anderson
DB Gregg Beagle
LB Steve Cacciara
DL Reggie Camp
DB Ron Coccimiglio
LB Rich Dixon
DL Pat Graham
DL Kirk Karacozoff
DB Mike Lozica
LB Ulysses Madison
DL Dupre Marshall
DB Kevin Moen
LB Paul Najarian
DL Rich Stachowski
DB John Sullivan
DB Fred Williams
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P Mike Ahr
P Mike Fortunato
K Mick Luckhurst
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

Stanford

Stanford Cardinal (6–4) at California Golden Bears (2–8)
1 2 34Total
Stanford 7 0 01623
California 7 14 0728

at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

  • Date: November 22
  • Game attendance: 78,258
  • [10]

Cal made a goal-line stand with 1:07 remaining to preserve the victory.

References

  1. "1980 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. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide (PDF). University of Arizona. p. 107.
  4. Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 134.
  5. "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 170.
  6. USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  7. '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  8. "1980 California Golden Bears". Totalfootballstats.com. Totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.
  10. "Cal shuffles the Cards, 28-23." Eugene Register-Guard. Pg. 4B. 1980 Nov 23. Retrieved 2020-Nov-28.
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