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1976 California

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Pac-8), coached by Mike White.

Schedule and results

California in 1976, game by game: lost at No. 16 Georgia 24–36; lost at No. 4 Oklahoma 17–28; won at Arizona State 31–22; won vs. San José State 43–16; won vs. Oregon 27–10; lost at Oregon State 9–10; lost vs. No. 4 UCLA 19–35; lost at No. 4 USC 6–20; won at Washington 7–0; won vs. Washington State 23–22; lost vs. Stanford 24–27+27−16Lost 24–36 at No. 16 Georgia-12No. 16 GeorgiaLost 17–28 at No. 4 Oklahoma-11No. 4 OklahomaWon 31–22 at Arizona State+9Arizona StateWon 43–16 vs. San José State+27San José StateWon 27–10 vs. Oregon+17OregonLost 9–10 at Oregon State-1Oregon StateLost 19–35 vs. No. 4 UCLA-16No. 4 UCLALost 6–20 at No. 4 USC-14No. 4 USCWon 7–0 at Washington+7WashingtonWon 23–22 vs. Washington State+1Washington StateLost 24–27 vs. Stanford-3Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11at16GeorgiaL 24–⁠3642%
Sep 18at4OklahomaL 17–⁠2823%
Sep 25atArizona StateW 31–⁠2236%
Oct 2vsSan José StateW 43–⁠1658%
Oct 9vsOregonW 27–⁠1079%
Oct 16atOregon StateL 9–⁠1084%
Oct 23vs4UCLAL 19–⁠3544%
Oct 30at4USCL 6–⁠2033%
Nov 6atWashingtonW 7–⁠055%
Nov 13vsWashington StateW 23–⁠2282%
Nov 20vsStanfordL 24–⁠2766%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 27–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15

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 1976.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
230–⁠226
Coach
Mike White
Elo
1577 −16 this season
SP+ rating
11.6 No. 30 of 132; offense No. 30, defense No. 49
SRS
7.9 No. 34 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 1Ted Albrecht OTChicago Bears
Rd 2Wesley Walker WRNew York Jets
Rd 5Fred Besana QBBuffalo Bills
Rd 5Jeff Barnes LBOakland Raiders

All-Pac-8

3 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Ted AlbrechtOTCoaches-1
  • Duane WilliamsCCoaches-1
  • Jim BreechKCoaches-1

Second team

  • Joe RothQBCoaches-2
  • Wesley WalkerWRCoaches-2
  • Bob WarnerDown linemenCoaches-2
  • Phil HeckLBCoaches-2
  • Anthony GreenDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠011–⁠12
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠115
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠5
California3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon1–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠10

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