1980 California Golden Bears football team

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

1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	vs. Florida*	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	L 13–41	41,388
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
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
October 18	Oregon State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 27–6	30,454
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
November 8	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 6–34	62,228
November 15	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 17–31	30,000
November 22	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	W 28–23	78,258
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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 Class P Mike Ahr P Mike Fortunato K 45 Mick Luckhurst	Head coach Roger Theder Coordinators/assistant coaches Gunther Cunningham Al Saunders Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Stanford

See also: 1980 Stanford Cardinals football team

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

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.