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1970 California Golden Bears football team

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1970 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	6–5 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Ray Willsey (7th season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

1970 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.8Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
UCLA	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
No.15USC	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Washington State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	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 StadiuminBerkeley, California.

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[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	atOregon	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 24–31	26,556	^[6]^[7]
September 19	at No. 2Texas*	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 15–56	61,000	^[8]
September 26	Indiana*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 56–14	29,857	^[9]
October 3	atRice*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 0–28	22,000	^[10]
October 10	atWashington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 31–28	54,000	^[11]
October 17	No. 19UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	L 21–24	42,178	^[12]
October 24	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 45–0	26,101	^[13]
October 31	at No. 18USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 13–10	54,750	^[14]
November 7	atOregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 10–16	20,202	^[15]
November 14	San Jose State*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 35–28	16,841	^[16]
November 21	No. 11Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	W 22–14	76,799	^[17]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[18]

Roster[edit]

1970 California Golden Bears football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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	`88`	Steve Sweeney	So
RB		Tim Todd	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB		Joe Acker
DL		Dennis Acree
DB		Andy Anderson
DB		Jerome Carter
LB	`60`	Phil Croyle	Sr
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.	#	Name	Class
K	`2`	Randy Wersching	So

Head coach

Ray Willsey

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

References[edit]

^ "1970 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. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

^ "Bears upset Stanford as Penhall leads way". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 22, 1970. p. 6B.

^ "Some finish: Indians fall to Cal 22-14". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 22, 1970. p. 10, sports.

^ "1969 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

^ Cawood, Neil (September 13, 1970). "Fouts paces Webfoots past Bears in opener". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.

^ "Oregon vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "Texas vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "California vs Indiana Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "Rice vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "Washington vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "California vs UCLA Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "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.

^ "USC vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "Oregon State vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "California vs San Jose State Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ "California vs Stanford Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.

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