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1977 California Golden Bears football team

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]

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     W   L  
No. 10 Washington $   6 – 1     8 – 4  
No. 15 Stanford   5 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 13 USC   5 – 2     8 – 4  
California   3 – 4     7 – 4  
Washington State   3 – 4     6 – 5  
Oregon   1 – 6     2 – 9  
Oregon State   0 – 7     2 – 9  
UCLA †   0 – 2     0 – 4  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players.
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule edit

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 edit

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
  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
  •   Redshirt

References edit

  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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