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1974 California

7–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Pac-8), coached by Mike White.

Schedule and results

California in 1974, game by game: lost at Florida 17–21; won vs. San José State 17–16; won vs. Army 27–14; won at No. 14 Illinois 31–14; won vs. Oregon 40–10; won at Oregon State 17–14; lost vs. UCLA 3–28; tied at No. 6 USC 15–15; won at Washington 52–26; won vs. Washington State 37–33; lost vs. Stanford 20–22+30−25Lost 17–21 at Florida-4FloridaWon 17–16 vs. San José State+1San José StateWon 27–14 vs. Army+13ArmyWon 31–14 at No. 14 Illinois+17No. 14 IllinoisWon 40–10 vs. Oregon+30OregonWon 17–14 at Oregon State+3Oregon StateLost 3–28 vs. UCLA-25UCLATied 15–15 at No. 6 USC0No. 6 USCWon 52–26 at Washington+26WashingtonWon 37–33 vs. Washington State+4Washington StateLost 20–22 vs. Stanford-2Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atFloridaL 17–⁠2132%
Sep 21vsSan José StateW 17–⁠1651%
Sep 28vsArmyW 27–⁠1473%
Oct 5at14IllinoisW 31–⁠1432%
Oct 12vsOregonW 40–⁠1066%
Oct 19atOregon StateW 17–⁠1461%
Oct 26vsUCLAL 3–⁠2846%
Nov 2at6USCT 15–⁠1521%
Nov 9atWashingtonW 52–⁠2650%
Nov 16vsWashington StateW 37–⁠3376%
Nov 23vsStanfordL 20–⁠2262%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 22–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 20
  2. Wk 10: 18
  3. Wk 11: 19
  4. Wk 12: 19

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 1974.

Led the nationSteve Bartkowski: passing yards (2,580 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanSteve Bartkowski, QB

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
276–⁠213
Coach
Mike White
Elo
1548 +87 this season
SP+ rating
7.8 No. 44 of 124; offense No. 34, defense No. 71
SRS
8.6 No. 36 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Roger Theder

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 1Steve Bartkowski QBAtlanta Falcons

All-Pac-8

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Herm EdwardsDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠1–⁠12
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠2
California4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠43–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon0–⁠72–⁠9

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