1979 California Golden Bears football
Garden State Bowl, L 17–28 vs. Temple
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
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
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 –0 –111 –0 –1
No. 11 Washington 5 –2 –09 –3 –0
Arizona 4 –3 –06 –5 –1
Oregon 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
California 5 –4 –06 –6 –0
Stanford 3 –3 –15 –5 –1
Arizona State † 3 –4 –06 –6 –0
UCLA 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Oregon State 1 –7 –01 –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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at No. 18 Arizona State
W 17–971,005
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.#NameClass
QB Eric Anderson
C 54 Rick Anderson Sr
OL Brian Bailey
RB Allen Blackmon
WR Matt Bouza
WR Michael Buggs
QB 19 Rich Campbell Jr
QB 11 Rick Disney Jr
WR 99 Floyd Eddings Jr
QB Drew Field
OL Mike Harmon
OL Dave Heck
RB Paul Jones (C)
RB Edgardo Mixco
RB Dave Palmer
WR Tyrone Portee
WR 88 Jack Rose Sr
TE Joe Rose
OT 73 Harvey Salem Fr
RB Dave Sarnas
WR 18 Holden Smith Jr
OL Bruce Sorenson
TE Don Sprague
RB 31 John Tuggle Fr
WR 6 Greg Woodard Fr
RB Tyran Wright
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Ahmad Anderson
LB 38 Greg Bracelin Sr
DT 90 Reggie Camp Fr
DB Darnell Chapman
DB 27 Ron Coccimiglio Jr
LB Rich Dixon
DL Pat Graham
LB Ron Hill
LB 55 Stan Holloway Sr
DL Kirk Karacozoff
LB Ulysses Madison
DL Dupre Marshall
DT 70 Daryle Skaugstad Sr
DT 96 Rich Stachowski Fr
DB 2 Anthony Washington Sr
DB Fred Williams
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1 Joe Cooper So
K 45 Mick Luckhurst Jr
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

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    At Stanford

    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. 1 2 "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 October 26, 2016.
    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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