1977 California Golden Bears football team

1977 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record8–3 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Washington $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 15 Stanford 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 13 USC 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
California 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Washington State 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Oregon 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Oregon State 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
UCLA † 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Under head coach Mike White, the team compiled an overall record of 8–3 and 4–3 in conference.[1][2]: 165  This was coach Whites's last season.[3]

Cal claims a loss to UCLA as a victory, due to UCLA's subsequent forfeiture of 1977 games involving ineligible players.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10at Tennessee*
W 27–1784,421[4]
September 17Air Force*
W 24–14
September 24at Missouri*
W 28–21
October 1San Jose State*No. 17
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 52–3
October 8at Washington StateNo. 14
L 10–1727,500[5]
October 15Oregon StateNo. 20
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 41–1733,400[6]
October 22at UCLANo. 15
L 19–2148,584
October 29No. 10 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 17–1476,780[7]
November 5WashingtonNo. 17
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 31–5038,812[8]
November 12at Oregon
W 48–1615,000[9]
November 19at Stanford
L 3–2187,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[10]

Roster

1977 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 10 Matt Bouza So
QB 19 Rich Campbell Fr
TE George Freitas
QB Gary Graumann
  Oliver Hillmom
FB Paul Jones
WR Jesse Thompson
QB Charlie Young
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 94 Ralph DeLoach Jr
DB Ken McAllister
LB Burl Toler
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 3 Jim Breech Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1977 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ "Cal's Greatest Football Coaches: # 8 Mike White". California Golden Blogs. May 11, 2011. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Cal gives Vols a going over". Oakland Tribune. September 11, 1977. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  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. ^ Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 134.
  10. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.


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