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1980 California

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Roger Theder.

Schedule and results

California in 1980, game by game: lost vs. Florida 13–41; lost at Army 19–26; lost vs. Arizona 24–31; lost at Michigan 13–38; won vs. Oregon 31–6; won vs. Oregon State 27–6; lost vs. No. 3 UCLA 9–32; lost at No. 7 USC 7–60; lost at Arizona State 6–34; lost vs. Washington State 17–31; won vs. Stanford 28–23+25−53Lost 13–41 vs. Florida-28FloridaLost 19–26 at Army-7ArmyLost 24–31 vs. Arizona-7ArizonaLost 13–38 at Michigan-25MichiganWon 31–6 vs. Oregon+25OregonWon 27–6 vs. Oregon State+21Oregon StateLost 9–32 vs. No. 3 UCLA-23No. 3 UCLALost 7–60 at No. 7 USC-53No. 7 USCLost 6–34 at Arizona State-28Arizona StateLost 17–31 vs. Washington State-14Washington StateWon 28–23 vs. Stanford+5Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsFloridaL 13–⁠4168%
Sep 20atArmyL 19–⁠2655%
Sep 27vsArizonaL 24–⁠3153%
Oct 4atMichiganL 13–⁠3823%
Oct 11vsOregonW 31–⁠641%
Oct 18vsOregon StateW 27–⁠678%
Oct 25vs3UCLAL 9–⁠3230%
Nov 1at7USCL 7–⁠6011%
Nov 8atArizona StateL 6–⁠3430%
Nov 15vsWashington StateL 17–⁠3161%
Nov 22vsStanfordW 28–⁠2333%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 28–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 93rd-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 1980.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
194–⁠328
Coach
Roger Theder
Elo
1425 −108 this season
SP+ rating
-6.2 No. 100 of 133; offense No. 65, defense No. 117
SRS
−1.5 No. 75 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Al Saunders
Defensive coordinator
Gunther Cunningham

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 1Rich Campbell QBGreen Bay Packers

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Rich DixonLBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Ron CoccimiglioDBCoaches-2
  • Mick LuckhurstKCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington6–⁠19–⁠316
UCLA5–⁠29–⁠213
USC4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠111
Arizona State5–⁠37–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Stanford3–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠7
California3–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠80–⁠11

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