1977 California Golden Bears football team

1977 California Golden Bears football
1977 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	8–3 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Mike White (6th season);
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
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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

$ – 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
September 10	at Tennessee*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	W 27–17	84,421	^[4]
September 17	Air Force*		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 24–14
September 24	at Missouri*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	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	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	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	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	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		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 48–16	15,000	^[9]
November 19	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	L 3–21	87,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`3`	Jim Breech	Sr

^ "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.

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