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1983 California

5–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Joe Kapp.

Schedule and results

California in 1983, game by game: won at Texas A&M 19–17; lost at San Diego State 14–28; won vs. San José State 30–9; tied vs. No. 3 Arizona 33–33; lost at Oregon 17–24; won vs. Oregon State 45–19; lost at UCLA 16–20; lost vs. USC 9–19; won vs. Arizona State 26–24; lost at Washington State 6–16; won at Stanford 27–18+26−14Won 19–17 at Texas A&M+2Texas A&MLost 14–28 at San Diego State-14San Diego StateWon 30–9 vs. San José State+21San José StateTied 33–33 vs. No. 3 Arizona0No. 3 ArizonaLost 17–24 at Oregon-7OregonWon 45–19 vs. Oregon State+26Oregon StateLost 16–20 at UCLA-4UCLALost 9–19 vs. USC-10USCWon 26–24 vs. Arizona State+2Arizona StateLost 6–16 at Washington State-10Washington StateWon 27–18 at Stanford+9Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atTexas A&MW 19–⁠1743%
Sep 10atSan Diego StateL 14–⁠2845%
Sep 17vsSan José StateW 30–⁠948%
Oct 1vs3ArizonaT 33–⁠3346%
Oct 8atOregonL 17–⁠2464%
Oct 15vsOregon StateW 45–⁠1983%
Oct 22atUCLAL 16–⁠2027%
Oct 29vsUSCL 9–⁠1953%
Nov 5vsArizona StateW 26–⁠2437%
Nov 12atWashington StateL 6–⁠1640%
Nov 27atStanfordW 27–⁠1858%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 27–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The tied 61st-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 1983.

Consensus All-AmericanRon Rivera, LB

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
242–⁠227
Coach
Joe Kapp
Elo
1495 −14 this season
SP+ rating
0.3 No. 60 of 108; offense No. 57, defense No. 60
SRS
1.4 No. 46 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 1David Lewis TEDetroit Lions
Rd 2Ron Rivera LBChicago Bears

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Richard Rodgers Sr.DBCoaches-2
  • Dwight GarnerRSCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠117
Washington5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington State5–⁠37–⁠4
USC4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
California3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠71–⁠10

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