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
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
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 24–1435,165[5]
September 24at Missouri*
W 28–2156,735[6]
October 1San Jose State*No. 17
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 52–335,275[7]
October 8at Washington StateNo. 14
L 10–1727,500[8]
October 15Oregon StateNo. 20
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 41–1733,400[9]
October 22at UCLANo. 15
L 19–2148,584[10]
October 29No. 10 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 17–1476,780[11]
November 5WashingtonNo. 17
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 31–5038,812[12]
November 12at Oregon
W 48–1615,000[13]
November 19at Stanford
L 3–2187,500[14]
  • *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
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
    • 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. ^ "Unpoised Cal nearly undone before downing Air Force". The Modesto Bee. September 18, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    6. ^ "Golden Bears roar by Missouri, 28–21". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. September 25, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    7. ^ "Bears defense shines, Spartans routed, 52–3". The Sunday Oregonian. October 2, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    8. ^ "Golden Bears fall to WSU". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 9, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    9. ^ "Golden Bears blitz Beavers". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 16, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    10. ^ "Blocked punt return sinks Cal". The Fresno Bee. October 23, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    11. ^ "California stymies USC, 17–14". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 30, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    12. ^ "Huskies' comeback fatal to Cal Bears". Contra Costa Times. November 6, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    13. ^ "Graumann directs rout of Oregon by 'new' Bears". The San Francisco Examiner. November 13, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    14. ^ "Cards win, OK Sun Bowl bid". The Times-Herald. November 20, 1977. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    15. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.
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