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

1979 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
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#	Rank#	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.

Game notes

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • California 7 17 7 14 45 Washington State 6 0 0 7 13 Date: November 11 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA Game attendance: 22,155

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