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 Conference
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
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	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	Source
September 8	at No. 18 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 17–9	71,005	[4]
September 15	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 10–7	52,124	[5]
September 22	San Jose State*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 13–10	35,000	[6]
September 29	No. 11 Michigan*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 10–14	57,000	[7]
October 6	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 14–19	36,636	[8]
October 13	Oregon State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 45–0	16,000	[9]
October 20	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 27–28	40,546	[10]
October 27	No. 3 USC	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–24	76,780	[11]
November 3	No. 16 Washington	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 24–28	25,000	[12]
November 10	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 45–13	22,055	[13]
November 17	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 21–14	85,577	[14]
December 15	vs. No. 20 Temple*	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl)	L 17–28	40,207	[15]
*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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Game summaries

At Washington State

Team	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

See also: 1979 Stanford Cardinals football team

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

Quarter	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.^[19]

Personnel

1979 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class 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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class K 1 Joe Cooper So K 45 Mick Luckhurst Jr	Head coach Roger Theder Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt