1997 California Golden Bears football team
Appearance
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Conference | Pacific-10 |
Record | 3–8 (1–7 Pac-10) |
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Home stadium | California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 74,909) |
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No. 9 Washington State + | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 UCLA + | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Arizona State | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Washington | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 0 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Tom Holmoe, the Golden Bears compiled a 3–8 record (1–7 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in ninth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 339 to 295.[1][2] Home games were played at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.
The team's statistical leaders included Justin Vedder with 2,718 passing yards, Tarik Smith with 636 rushing yards, and Bobby Shaw with 1,093 receiving yards.[3]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 6 | 12:30 p.m. | at Houston* | KPIX | W 35–3 | 37,652 | |
September 20 | 3:30 p.m. | Oklahoma*![]() | FSN | W 40–36 | 48,260 | |
September 27 | 4:00 p.m. | USC |
| ABC | L 17–27 | 54,000 |
October 4 | 5:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech* | SCBA | L 34–41 | 24,812 | |
October 11 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 10 Washington |
| L 3–30 | 48,000 | |
October 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Washington State | L 37–63 | 35,759 | ||
October 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 13 UCLA | L 17–35 | 52,858 | ||
November 1 | 12:30 p.m. | at Oregon State | W 33–14 | 32,000 | ||
November 8 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 15 Arizona State |
| FSN | L 21–28 | 33,000 |
November 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Arizona | FSN | L 38–41 2OT | 37,111 | |
November 22 | 12:30 p.m. | at Stanford | ABC | L 20–21 | 85,500 | |
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References
- ^ "1997 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1997 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ^ http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/cal-m-footbl-97index.html