1981 California Golden Bears football team

1981 California Golden Bears football
1981 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	2–9 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Roger Theder (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mouse Davis (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Run and shoot
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under head coach Roger Theder, the team compiled an overall record of 2–9 and 2–6 in conference.^[1]^[2]

1981 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Washington $	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 14 USC	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Washington State	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
UCLA	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
California	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Texas A&M*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 28–29
September 12	at No. 6 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 13–27	79,400	^[3]
September 19	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 14–13	40,096	^[4]
September 26	San Jose State*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 24–27
October 10	Washington	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 26–27	33,600	^[5]
October 17	at No. 17 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 17–45
October 24	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 6–34	41,637
October 31	Oregon State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 45–3	25,000	^[6]
November 7	No. 3 USC	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 3–21	74,000	^[7]
November 14	at No. 17 Washington State	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 0–19	31,000	^[8]
November 21	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	L 21–42	84,536
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	0	0	0	0	0
No. 17 Cougars	0	12	0	7	19

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	7	0	7	7	21
Cardinals	7	14	14	7	42