1979 California Golden Bears football team

1979 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10
1979 record	7–5 (6–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Roger Theder (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Al Saunders
Defensive coordinator	Gunther Cunningham
Captain	Ron Hill
Captain	Paul Jones
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium

	Conf					Overall
1979 Pacific-10 football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 USC †	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
#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 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1979 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 8	at #18 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	W 17–9
September 15	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 10–7
September 22	San Jose State*	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 13–10
September 29	#11 Michigan*	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 10–14
October 6	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	L 14–19
October 13	Oregon State	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 45–0
October 20	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 27–28
October 27	#3 USC	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 14–24
November 3	#16 Washington	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 24–28
November 10	at Washington State	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	W 45–13
November 17	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (The Big Game)	W 21–14
December 15	vs. Temple*	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Garden State Bowl)	L 17–28
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
• California	7	17	7	14	45
Washington State	6	0	0	7	13

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

↑ 2011 California football information guide.
↑ "Campbell gets another record beating WSU." Eugene Register-Guard. 1979 Nov 11.

California Golden Bears football

Venues	California Field (1904–1922) California Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Stanford: Big Game (Stanford Axe) UCLA

Culture & lore	Oski "Fight for California" University of California Marching Band Tightwad Hill The Play

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

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