1979 California Golden Bears football team

1979 California Golden Bears football
1979 California Golden Bears football
Garden State Bowl, L 17–28 vs. Temple
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–6 (5–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Roger Theder (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Al Saunders
Defensive coordinator	Gunther Cunningham (1st season)
Captains	Ron Hill; Paul Jones;
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

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

Record6–6 (5–4 Pac-10)

Headcoach

OffensivecoordinatorAl Saunders

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1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at No. 18 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 17–9	71,005	^[4]
September 15	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 10–7	52,124	^[5]
September 22	San Jose State*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 13–10	35,000	^[6]
September 29	No. 11 Michigan*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 10–14	57,000	^[7]
October 6	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 14–19	36,636	^[8]
October 13	Oregon State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 45–0	16,000	^[9]
October 20	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 27–28	40,546	^[10]
October 27	No. 3 USC	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–24	76,780	^[11]
November 3	No. 16 Washington	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 24–28	25,000	^[12]
November 10	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 45–13	22,055	^[13]
November 17	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 21–14	85,577	^[14]
December 15	vs. No. 20 Temple*	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl)	L 17–28	40,207	^[15]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• California	7	17	7	14	45
Washington State	6	0	0	7	13


1	CAL	Campbell 1 yard run (Luckhurst kick)	CAL 7-0

1	WSU	DeSanto 22 yard field goal	CAL 7-3

1	WSU	DeSanto 26 yard field goal	CAL 7-6

2	CAL	Dixon 78 yard interception return (Luckhurst kick)	CAL 14-6

2	CAL	Luckhurst 34 yard field goal	CAL 17-6

2	CAL	Anderson 1 yard run (Luckhurst kick)	CAL 24-6

3	CAL	Bouza 1 yard pass from Campbell (Luckhurst kick)	CAL 31-6

4	CAL	Campbell 1 yard run (Luckhurst kick)	CAL 38-6

4	CAL	Wright 2 yard pass from Anderson (Luckhurst kick)	CAL 45-6

4	WSU	Maxey 25 yard pass from Casper (DeSanto kick)	CAL 45-13

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
California	14	0	0	7	21
Stanford	0	7	7	0	14

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