American college football season
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 | |
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- $ – 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
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | at Tennessee* | | - Neyland Stadium
- Knoxville, TN
| W 27–17 | 84,421 | [4] |
September 17 | Air Force* | | | W 24–14 | | |
September 24 | at Missouri* | | | W 28–21 | | |
October 1 | San Jose State* | No. 17 | - California Memorial Stadium
- Berkeley, CA
| W 52–3 | | |
October 8 | at Washington State | No. 14 | | L 10–17 | 27,500 | [5] |
October 15 | Oregon State | No. 20 | - California Memorial Stadium
- Berkeley, CA
| W 41–17 | 33,400 | [6] |
October 22 | at UCLA | No. 15 | | L 19–21 | 48,584 | |
October 29 | No. 10 USC | | - California Memorial Stadium
- Berkeley, CA
| W 17–14 | 76,780 | [7] |
November 5 | Washington | No. 17 | - California Memorial Stadium
- Berkeley, CA
| L 31–50 | 38,812 | [8] |
November 12 | at Oregon | | | W 48–16 | 15,000 | [9] |
November 19 | at Stanford | | | L 3–21 | 87,500 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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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 | | | Jesse Thompson | QB | | Charlie Young | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DE | 94 | Ralph DeLoach | Jr | DB | | Ken McAllister | LB | | Burl Toler | | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "1977 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cal gives Vols a going over". Oakland Tribune. September 11, 1977. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
- ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 170.
- ^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
- ^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 197.
- ^ Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 134.
- ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.
External links
- Game program: California at Washington State – October 8, 1977
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