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1958 California Golden Bears football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 16
1958 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 California $ 6 1 0 7 4 0
Washington State 6 2 0 7 3 0
USC 4 2 1 4 5 1
Oregon State 5 3 0 6 4 0
Oregon 4 4 0 4 6 0
UCLA 2 4 1 3 6 1
Stanford 2 5 0 2 8 0
Washington 1 6 0 3 7 0
Idaho 0 3 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 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 1958 college football season. In their second year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Golden Bears compiled a 7–4 record (6–1 against PCC opponents), won the PCC championship, lost to Iowa in the 1959 Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 207 to 200.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Joe Kapp with 649 passing yards and 582 rushing yards and Jack Hart with 334 receiving yards.[3] Kapp and Hart were also the team's co-captains. Kapp was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

September 20Pacific*

L 20–24  September 27at No. 4 Michigan State*

L 12–32  October 4Washington State

  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA

W 34–14  October 11Utah*

  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA

W 36–21  October 18at USC

W 14–12  October 25Oregon

  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA

W 23–6  November 1at Oregon State

L 8–14  November 8UCLA

  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA

W 20–17  November 15at Washington

W 12–7  November 22StanfordNo. 19

W 16–1581,490 January 1vs. No. 4 Iowa*No. 17

L 12–3898,297

Template:CFB Schedule End

[4]


References

  1. ^ "1958 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. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "1958 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  4. ^ 2011 California Golden Bears football information guide.