1980 California Golden Bears football team

1980 California Golden Bears football
1980 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	3–8 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Roger Theder (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Al Saunders
Defensive coordinator	Gunther Cunningham (2nd season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 16 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 USC	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Oregon	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
California	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under head coach Roger Theder, the team compiled an overall record of 3–8 and 3–5 in conference.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	vs. Florida*	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	L 13–41	41,388	^[3]
September 20	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 19–26
September 27	Arizona	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 24–31	41,000	^[4]
October 4	at Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 13–38	104,621
October 11	Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 31–6	35,000	^[5]
October 18	Oregon State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 27–6	30,454	^[6]
October 25	No. 3 UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	L 9–32	53,000
November 1	at No. 7 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–60	55,658	^[7]
November 8	at Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 6–34
November 15	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 17–31	30,000	^[8]
November 22	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	W 28–23	78,258	^[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1980 California Golden Bears football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL		Brian Bailey
WR		Matt Bouza
WR		Michael Buggs
QB	`19`	Rich Campbell	Sr
OL		Jesse Covarrubias
WR		Floyd Eddings
RB		Mark Funderburk
OL		Tim Galas
QB		Gale Gilbert
TE		David Lewis
RB		Edgardo Mixco
RB		Carl Montgomery
TE		Dan Mosley
RB		Dave Palmer
WR		Tyrone Portee
OL		Harvey Salem
WR		Holden Smith
OL		Bruce Sorensen
TE		Don Sprague
OL		Greg Stubblefield
QB		J Torchio	So
RB		John Tuggle
RB		Terry Wiley
RB		Tyran Wright

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB		Ahmed Anderson
DB		Gregg Beagle
LB		Steve Cacciara
DL		Reggie Camp
DB		Ron Coccimiglio
LB		Rich Dixon
DL		Pat Graham
DL		Kirk Karacozoff
DB		Mike Lozica
LB		Ulysses Madison
DL		Dupre Marshall
DB		Kevin Moen
LB		Paul Najarian
DL		Rich Stachowski
DB		John Sullivan
DB		Fred Williams

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name
P		Mike Ahr
P		Mike Fortunato
K	`45`	Mick Luckhurst

Head coach

Roger Theder

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Season summary

Stanford

Stanford Cardinal (6–4) at California Golden Bears (2–8)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	7	0	0	16	23
California	7	14	0	7	28

at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

Date: November 22
Game attendance: 78,258
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Game information

First quarter

CAL – John Tuggle 15-yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick). Cal 7–0. Drive:
STAN – Vincent White 1-yard run (Ken Naber kick). Tie 7–7. Drive:

Second quarter

CAL – Tyrone Portee 24-yard pass from J Torchio (Mick Luckhurst kick). Cal 14–7. Drive:
CAL – John Tuggle 2-yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick). Cal 21–7. Drive:

Third quarter

No scoring

Fourth quarter

STAN – Vincent White 32-yard pass from John Elway (Ken Naber kick). Cal 21–14. Drive:
STAN – Vincent White 4-yard run (Ken Naber kick). Tie 21–21. Drive:
CAL – J Torchio 3-yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick). Cal 28–21. Drive:
STAN – Safety, center snapped ball out of end zone. Cal 28–23.

Top passers

STAN – John Elway – 28/44, 257 yards, TD
CAL – J Torchio – 11/22, 186 yards, TD

Top rushers

STAN – Vincent White – 24 rushes, 83 yards, 2 TD
CAL – John Tuggle – 27 rushes, 110 yards, TD

Top receivers

STAN – Vincent White – 9 receptions, 109 yards, TD
CAL – Don Sprague – 2 receptions, 62 yards

Cal made a goal-line stand with 1:07 remaining to preserve the victory.

References

^ "1980 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. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
Newspapers.com
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^ Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide (PDF). University of Arizona. p. 107.

^ Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 134.

^ "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.

^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.

^ "1980 California Golden Bears". Totalfootballstats.com. Totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.

^ "Cal shuffles the Cards, 28-23." Eugene Register-Guard. Pg. 4B. 1980 Nov 23. Retrieved 2020-Nov-28.

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[1] "1980 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. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

[3] Newspapers.com
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[4] Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide (PDF). University of Arizona. p. 107.

[5] Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 134.

[6] "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 170.

[7] USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.

[8] '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.

[9] "1980 California Golden Bears". Totalfootballstats.com. Totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

[10] 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.

[11] "Cal shuffles the Cards, 28-23." Eugene Register-Guard. Pg. 4B. 1980 Nov 23. Retrieved 2020-Nov-28.

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