1950 California Golden Bears football team
American college football season
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The 1950 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1950 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Golden Bears compiled a 9–1–1 record (5–0–1 in PCC, first), won a third consecutive PCC title, lost to Michigan in the Rose Bowl, was ranked No. 5 in the final AP Poll, and outscored its opponents 224 to 90.[1][2] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.
| 1950 California Golden Bears football | |
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PCC champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 5 |
| Record | 9–1–1 (5–0–1 PCC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Home stadium | California Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 California $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Washington | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The star of this season was guard and linebacker Les Richter, who years later became the first Golden Bear to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[3]
After California's third straight loss in the Rose Bowl in January 1951, the PCC invoked a "no-repeat" rule; affected teams were the 1954 UCLA Bruins and 1957 Oregon State Beavers.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | Santa Clara* | No. 14 | W 27–9 | 46,000 | [4] | |
| September 30 | at Oregon | No. 14 | W 28–7 | 27,849 | [5] | |
| October 7 | No. 20 Penn* | No. 9 |
| W 14–7 | 64,000 | [6] |
| October 14 | at USC | No. 7 | W 13–7 | 55,468 | [7] | |
| October 21 | Oregon State | No. 5 |
| W 27–0 | 37,000 | [8] |
| October 28 | Saint Mary's* | No. 5 |
| W 40–25 | 32,000 | [9] |
| November 4 | at No. 12 Washington | No. 6 | W 14–7 | 55,200 | [10] | |
| November 11 | No. 19 UCLA | No. 6 |
| W 35–0 | 81,000 | [11] |
| November 18 | San Francisco* | No. 4 |
| W 13–7 | 14,000 | [12] |
| November 25 | Stanford | No. 4 |
| T 7–7 | 81,000 | [13] |
| January 1, 1951 | vs. No. 9 Michigan* | No. 5 | L 6–14 | 98,939 | [14] | |