1957 California Golden Bears football team

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1957 California Golden Bears football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record1–9 (1–6 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1956
1958  
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oregon State + 6 2 08 2 0
No. 17 Oregon ^ + 6 2 07 4 0
No. 19 UCLA 5 2 08 2 0
Washington State 5 3 06 4 0
Stanford 4 3 06 4 0
Washington 3 4 03 6 1
California 1 6 01 9 0
USC 1 6 01 9 0
Idaho 0 3 04 4 1
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1957 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Golden Bears compiled a 1–9 record (1–6 in PCC, seventh), and were outscored 176 to 109. [1] [2] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.

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California's statistical leaders on offense were junior quarterback Joe Kapp with 580 passing yards and Jack Hart with 396 rushing yards and 276 receiving yards. [3] Kapp was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 SMU *L 6–1345,000 [4]
September 28at Washington State L 7–1316,000 [5]
October 5No. 2 Michigan State *
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–1940,000 [6]
October 12 Navy *
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–2147,000 [7]
October 19 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 12–042,000 [8]
October 26at No. 18 Oregon L 6–2418,321 [9]
November 2at UCLA L 14–1644,772 [10]
November 9 Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 19–2150,000 [11]
November 16 Washington
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 27–3538,000 [12]
November 23at Stanford L 12–1491,300 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1957 California Golden Bears football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 22 Joe Kapp Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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