1982 California Golden Bears football team

1982 California Golden Bears football
1982 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–4 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Joe Kapp (1st season);
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

The 1982 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1]^[2] For the Golden Bears this season is historically known for its last game – the 85th Big Game against Stanford on November 20, 1982. Specifically – The Play. A last-second kickoff return on which Cal was able to score a touchdown to win the game. Because of the context of the rivalry, the timing of the play and the unusual multi-lateral way that it occurred, it is recognized as one of the most memorable plays in college football history and among the most memorable in American sports.

1982 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 UCLA $	5	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
No. 7 Washington	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 15 USC	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
California	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Oregon	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 31–17	33,835	^[3]
September 18	San Diego State*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 28–0	35,000	^[4]
September 25	No. 14 Arizona State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		L 0–15	35,673	^[5]
October 2	San Jose State*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 26–7	37,136	^[6]
October 9	at No. 1 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 7–50	56,500	^[7]
October 16	Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 10–7	31,736	^[8]
October 23	No. 11 UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)		L 31–47	51,600	^[9]
October 30	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 28–14	25,000	^[10]
November 6	at No. 16 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 0–42	54,670	^[11]
November 13	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 34–14	34,060	^[12]
November 20	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	USA	W 25–20	75,662	^[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1982 California Golden Bears football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB		Dwight Garner
QB	`14`	Gale Gilbert	So
TE	`86`	David Lewis	Jr
OT	`73`	Harvey Salem	Sr
QB	`11`	J Torchio	Jr
FB	`31`	John Tuggle	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`90`	Reggie Camp	Sr
LB	`48`	Tim Lucas	Sr
S	`26`	Kevin Moen	Sr
LB	`80`	Ron Rivera	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`7`	Mike Ahr	Sr
K	`9`	Joe Cooper	Sr

Head coach

Joe Kapp

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Not listed: Mariet Ford, Richard Rodgers

Game summaries

Stanford

Stanford at California
85th Big Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	0	14	6	20
• Golden Bears	0	10	0	15	25

Date: November 20
Location: California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California
Game attendance: 75,662
Referee: Charles Moffett
TV announcers (USA Network): Barry Tompkins and John Beasley

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1983 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Harvey Salem	Tackle	2	30	Houston Oilers)
Reggie Camp	Defensive end	3	68	Cleveland Browns
Wes Howell	Tight end	4	105	New York Jets
Tim Lucas	Linebacker	10	269	St. Louis Cardinals
John Tuggle	Running back	12	335	New York Giants

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