1986 California Golden Bears football team

1986 Pacific-10 football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

California Golden Bears football
1986 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1986 record	2–9 (2–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Joe Kapp
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
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The 1986 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 13	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 15–21
September 20	Washington State	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 31–21
September 27	San Jose State*	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 14–35
October 4	at #12 Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 18–50
October 11	Oregon State	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 12–14
October 18	#19 UCLA	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 10–36
October 25	at #15 Arizona	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	L 16–33
November 1	Oregon	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 9–27
November 8	at #5 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 0–49
November 15	at #13 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 3–28
November 22	Stanford	Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (The Big Game)	W 17–11
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

v t e California Golden Bears football
Venues	California Field (1904–1922) California Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Stanford: Big Game (Stanford Axe) UCLA
Culture & lore	Oski "Fight for California" Marching band Tightwad Hill The Play
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees
Seasons	1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 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 1958 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
National championship seasons in bold

1986 Pacific-10 football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Arizona State $	5	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
#14 UCLA	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
#18 Washington	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
#11 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll