1979 California Golden Bears football team

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1979 California Golden Bears football
Garden State Bowl, L 17–28 vs. Temple
ConferencePacific-10
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
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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

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 

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. # Name Class
QB Rich Campbell Jr
RB Paul Jones (C)
WR Jack Rose
RB John Tuggle
WR Greg Woodard
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB Ron Coccimiglio
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Mick Luckhurst
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

at Washington State

1 234Total
• California 7 17714 45
Washington State 6 007 13
Scoring summary
1CALCampbell 1 yard run (Luckhurst kick)CAL 7-0
1WSUDeSanto 22 yard field goalCAL 7-3
1WSUDeSanto 26 yard field goalCAL 7-6
2CALDixon 78 yard interception return (Luckhurst kick)CAL 14-6
2CALLuckhurst 34 yard field goalCAL 17-6
2CALAnderson 1 yard run (Luckhurst kick)CAL 24-6
3CALBouza 1 yard pass from Campbell (Luckhurst kick)CAL 31-6
4CALCampbell 1 yard run (Luckhurst kick)CAL 38-6
4CALWright 2 yard pass from Anderson (Luckhurst kick)CAL 45-6
4WSUMaxey 25 yard pass from Casper (DeSanto kick)CAL 45-13

[11]

at Stanford

See also: 1979 Stanford Cardinals football team
California Golden Bears (5–5) at Stanford Cardinals (5–4–1)
Period 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]
Game information

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. ^ a b "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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