1970 California Golden Bears football team

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1970 California Golden Bears football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1969
1971  →
1970 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Stanford $ 6 –1 –09 –3 –0
Washington 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Oregon 4 –3 –06 –4 –1
UCLA 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
California 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
No. 15 USC 3 –4 –06 –4 –1
Oregon State 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Washington State 0 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh year under head coach Ray Willsey, the Golden Bears compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 in Pac-8, second) and were outscored 272 to 249. [1] [2] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.

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At home for the Big Game, Cal upset #11 Stanford 22–14, [3] [4] the Pac-8 champion led by Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett. On New Year's Day, Stanford upset undefeated Ohio State in the Rose Bowl and quarterback Plunkett was the first pick in the 1971 NFL Draft.

California's statistical leaders on offense were quarterback Dave Penhall with 1,785 passing yards, Stan Murphy with 603 rushing yards, and Steve Sweeney with 679 receiving yards. [5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12at Oregon
L 24–3126,556 [6] [7]
September 19at No. 2 Texas *
L 15–5661,000 [8]
September 26 Indiana *
W 56–1429,857 [9]
October 3at Rice *
L 0–2822,000 [10]
October 10at Washington
W 31–2854,000 [11]
October 17No. 19 UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
L 21–2442,178 [12]
October 24 Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 45–026,101 [13]
October 31at No. 18 USC
W 13–1054,750 [14]
November 7at Oregon State
L 10–1620,202 [15]
November 14 San Jose State *
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 35–2816,841 [16]
November 21No. 11 Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
W 22–1476,799 [17]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[18]

Roster

1970 California Golden Bears football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Ken Adams
TE Jim Brady
TE John Conley
RB 36 Isaac Curtis So
QB Steve Curtis
RB Bob Darby
WR Geoff DeLapp
WR Jim Fraser
OL Greg Hendren
RB Steve Kemnitzer
OL Skip Leonard
RB Stan Murphy
QB Dave Penhall
OL Rob Purnell
OL Bob Richards
OL Steve Sawin
RB Smith
OL Eric Swanson
WR 88Steve SweeneySo
RB Tim ToddJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Joe Acker
DL Dennis Acree
DB Andy Anderson
DB Jerome Carter
LB 60Phil CroyleSr
DL Sam Garamendi
DL Tom Grieb
LB Tom Hawkins
DT 69 Bob Kampa So
DL Steve Reece
DL Bob Rogers
DL Dave Seppi
DB Scott Stringer So
LB 18 Loren Toews So
DL Dick Wagner
DL O.Z. White
DT 74 Sherman White Jr
DB Ray Youngblood
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 2 Randy Wersching So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

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  2. ↑ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bears upset Stanford as Penhall leads way". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 22, 1970. p. 6B.
  4. ↑ "Some finish: Indians fall to Cal 22-14". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 22, 1970. p. 10, sports.
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  13. ↑ "California vs Washington State Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
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