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1982 California

7–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Joe Kapp.

Schedule and results

California in 1982, game by game: won at Colorado 31–17; won vs. San Diego State 28–0; lost vs. No. 14 Arizona State 0–15; won vs. San José State 26–7; lost at No. 1 Washington 7–50; won vs. Oregon 10–7; lost vs. No. 11 UCLA 31–47; won at Oregon State 28–14; lost at No. 16 USC 0–42; won vs. Washington State 34–14; won vs. Stanford 25–20+28−43Won 31–17 at Colorado+14ColoradoWon 28–0 vs. San Diego State+28San Diego StateLost 0–15 vs. No. 14 Arizona State-15No. 14 Arizona StateWon 26–7 vs. San José State+19San José StateLost 7–50 at No. 1 Washington-43No. 1 WashingtonWon 10–7 vs. Oregon+3OregonLost 31–47 vs. No. 11 UCLA-16No. 11 UCLAWon 28–14 at Oregon State+14Oregon StateLost 0–42 at No. 16 USC-42No. 16 USCWon 34–14 vs. Washington State+20Washington StateWon 25–20 vs. Stanford+5Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atColoradoW 31–⁠1746%
Sep 18vsSan Diego StateW 28–⁠058%
Sep 25vs14Arizona StateL 0–⁠1530%
Oct 2vsSan José StateW 26–⁠739%
Oct 9at1WashingtonL 7–⁠5022%
Oct 16vsOregonW 10–⁠774%
Oct 23vs11UCLAL 31–⁠4732%
Oct 30atOregon StateW 28–⁠1472%
Nov 6at16USCL 0–⁠4220%
Nov 13vsWashington StateW 34–⁠1465%
Nov 20vsStanfordW 25–⁠2053%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 25–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 52nd-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 1982.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
220–⁠233
Coach
Joe Kapp
Elo
1513 +92 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 39 of 109; offense No. 45, defense No. 39
SRS
6.4 No. 37 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 2Harvey Salem OTHouston Oilers
Rd 3Reggie Camp DECleveland Browns
Rd 4Wes Howell TENew York Jets

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠210–⁠27
Arizona State5–⁠210–⁠26
USC5–⁠28–⁠315
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠47–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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