1954 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–5 (4–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 UCLA $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
No. 17 USC ^ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Oregon 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
California 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Washington State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Stanford 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Washington 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    UCLA won rivalry game over USC,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 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 1954 college football season. Under eighth-year head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Golden Bears compiled an overall record of 5–5 (4–3 in PCC, fourth).[1][2] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18No. 2 Oklahoma*No. 12
L 13–2758,000
September 25San Jose State*No. 17
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 45–032,000
October 2at No. 14 Ohio State*No. 18
L 13–2179,524
October 9Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 27–3331,000
October 16Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 17–727,000[3]
October 23at No. 17 USC
L 27–2966,342[4]
October 30No. 3 UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
L 6–2764,000
November 6at Washington
W 27–636,500[5]
November 13Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 46–722,000[6]
November 20Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
W 28–2081,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "1954 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  4. ^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  5. ^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 192.
  6. ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 167.
  7. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.


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