1979 California Golden Bears football team

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

1979 California Golden Bears football
Garden State Bowl, L 17–28 vs. Temple
Conference	Pacific-10
1979 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

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

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

Schedule

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

Note: Oregon forfeited victory due to use of ineligible player.

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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 Roger Theder Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • California 7 17 7 14 45 Washington State 6 0 0 7 13 Date: November 11 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA Game attendance: 22,155

Scoring summary 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

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at Stanford

California Golden Bears (5–5) at Stanford Cardinals (5–4–1)

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

at Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California

• Date: November 17
• Game attendance: 85,577
• Referee: John Barger
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Game information

First quarter CAL – Jack Rose 23-yard pass from Rich Campbell (Mick Luckhurst kick). California 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 81 yards. CAL – Greg Woodard 28-yard pass from Rich Campbell (Mick Luckhurst kick). California 14–0. Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards. Second quarter STAN – Vincent White 17-yard pass from Turk Schonert (Ken Naber kick). California 14–7. Drive: 13 plays, 82 yards. Third quarter STAN – Andre Tyler 16-yard pass from Turk Schonert (Ken Naber kick). Tie 14–14. Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards. Fourth quarter CAL – Jack Rose 17-yard pass from Rich Campbell (Mick Luckhurst kick). California 21–14. Drive: Top passers CAL – Rich Campbell – 23/33, 315 yards, 3 TD, INT STAN – Turk Schonert – 22/32, 225 yards, 2 TD Top rushers CAL – Paul Jones – 24 rushes, 92 yards STAN – Vincent White – 10 rushes, 26 yards Top receivers CAL – Jack Rose – 8 receptions, 121 yards, 2 TD STAN – Ken Margerum – 6 receptions, 61 yards

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. "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.

External links

• Game program: California at Washington State – November 10, 1979