1958 California Golden Bears football team

1958 California Golden Bears football
1958 California Golden Bears football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 12–38 vs. Iowa
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 16
Record	7–4 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach	Pete Elliott (2nd season);
Captains	Jack Hart; Joe Kapp;
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium

1958 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 16 $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Oregon	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
UCLA	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Washington	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP poll

The 1958 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1958 college football season. In their second year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Golden Bears compiled a 7–4 record (6–1 in PCC, first), lost to Iowa in the Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents 207 to 200.^[1]^[2] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.

California's statistical leaders on offense were quarterback Joe Kapp with 649 passing yards and 582 rushing yards, and Jack Hart with 334 receiving yards.^[3] Kapp and Hart were also the team's co-captains; Kapp was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Through 2024, this remains California's most recent Rose Bowl appearance, as well as the program's last appearance in a major bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Pacific (CA)*		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 20–24	40,000
September 27	at No. 4 Michigan State*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 12–32	52,639
October 4	Washington State		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 34–14	25,000
October 11	Utah*		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 36–21	28,000	^[4]
October 18	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–12	34,872
October 25	Oregon		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 23–6	47,000
November 1	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 8–14	20,668
November 8	UCLA		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	W 20–17	50,000
November 15	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 12–7	29,500
November 22	Stanford	No. 19	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	W 16–15	81,490
January 1, 1959	vs. No. 4 Iowa*	No. 17	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 12–38	98,297
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Stanford

Stanford at California

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	6	3	0	6	15
• California	8	0	8	0	16

Date: November 22
Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA
Game attendance: 81,490

Senior halfback Jack Hart scored two touchdowns and tackled Stanford's Skip Face on a two-point conversion with 1:30 remaining to give Cal the Pacific Coast Conference championship and a Rose Bowl berth. ^[6]

Roster

1958 California Golden Bears football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		Joe Kapp (C)	Sr
HB		Jack Hart (C)	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Pete Elliot (2nd year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

^ "1958 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ "1958 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ "Cal coasts over Utah". The Birmingham News. October 12, 1958. Retrieved April 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1958-59 California Golden Bears; Schedule/Results". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
^ "Hart Puts Cal in Rose Bowl." Miami News. 1958 Nov 23.

External links

1958 California Golden Bears - College Football at Sports-Reference.com

[1] "1958 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

[2] "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

[3] "1958 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

[4] "Cal coasts over Utah". The Birmingham News. October 12, 1958. Retrieved April 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "1958-59 California Golden Bears; Schedule/Results". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2025.

[6] "Hart Puts Cal in Rose Bowl." Miami News. 1958 Nov 23.

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1		CAL	Jack Hart 1 yard run (Grover Garvin run)	CAL 8-0

1		STAN	Skip Face 3 yard run (pass failed)	CAL 8-6

2		STAN	Skip Face 18 yard field goal	STAN 9-8

3		CAL	Jack Hart 1 yard run (Joe Kapp to Wayne Crow pass)	CAL 16-9

4	1:30	STAN	Joel Freis 21 yard pass from Dick Norman (run failed)	CAL 16-15

California Golden Bears football
Venues	California Field (1904–1923) California Memorial Stadium (1923–2010, 2012–present) Oracle Park (2011)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Stanford: Big Game (Stanford Axe) UCLA
Culture & lore	Oski "Fight for California" "Big C" History Marching band Tightwad Hill The Play
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

Pac-12 Conference football champions
Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) California & Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) California, Oregon, Stanford, & USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) (1958)
AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)
Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)
Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)
Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016) USC (2017) Washington (2018) Oregon (2019) Oregon (2020) Utah (2021) Utah (2022) Washington (2023)
National championships in bold