1978 California Golden Bears football team

The 1978 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under head coach Roger Theder, the team compiled an overall record of 6–5 and 3–4 in conference.^[1][2]

1978 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Roger Theder (1st season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	1	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
No. 14 UCLA	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Washington	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Stanford	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Arizona	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Washington State	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at No. 10 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 26–36	75,780	[3]
September 16	at Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 34–22	26,577	[4]
September 23	Pacific (CA)*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 24–6	37,500	[5]
September 30	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 28–21	33,190	[6]
October 7	Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 21–18	40,350	[7]
October 14	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 33–20	54,121	[8]
October 21	No. 10 UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	L 0–45	62,500	[9]
October 28	at No. 6 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 17–42	56,954	[10]
November 4	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 21–35	70,876	[11]
November 11	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 22–14	28,750	[12]
November 18	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	L 10–30	77,880	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1978 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Rich Campbell So	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Roger Theder Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt