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1970 California

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Pac-8), coached by Ray Willsey.

Schedule and results

California in 1970, game by game: lost at Oregon 24–31; lost at No. 2 Texas 15–56; won vs. Indiana 56–14; lost at Rice 0–28; won at Washington 31–28; lost vs. No. 19 UCLA 21–24; won vs. Washington State 45–0; won at No. 18 USC 13–10; lost at Oregon State 10–16; won vs. San José State 35–28; won vs. No. 11 Stanford 22–14+45−41Lost 24–31 at Oregon-7OregonLost 15–56 at No. 2 Texas-41No. 2 TexasWon 56–14 vs. Indiana+42IndianaLost 0–28 at Rice-28RiceWon 31–28 at Washington+3WashingtonLost 21–24 vs. No. 19 UCLA-3No. 19 UCLAWon 45–0 vs. Washington State+45Washington StateWon 13–10 at No. 18 USC+3No. 18 USCLost 10–16 at Oregon State-6Oregon StateWon 35–28 vs. San José State+7San José StateWon 22–14 vs. No. 11 Stanford+8No. 11 Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atOregonL 24–⁠3148%
Sep 19at2TexasL 15–⁠5618%
Sep 26vsIndianaW 56–⁠1461%
Oct 3atRiceL 0–⁠2856%
Oct 10atWashingtonW 31–⁠2844%
Oct 17vs19UCLAL 21–⁠2439%
Oct 24vsWashington StateW 45–⁠076%
Oct 31at18USCW 13–⁠1019%
Nov 7atOregon StateL 10–⁠1640%
Nov 14vsSan José StateW 35–⁠2876%
Nov 21vs11StanfordW 22–⁠1434%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 22–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1970.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
272–⁠249
Coach
Ray Willsey
Elo
1540 +30 this season
SP+ rating
9.2 No. 37 of 117; offense No. 29, defense No. 59
SRS
15.2 No. 23 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 7Phil Croyle LBHouston Oilers

All-Pac-8

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Greg HendrenOGUPI-2
  • D.Z. WhiteDTUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠38
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠46–⁠4–⁠115
Oregon State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.