1973 California Golden Bears football team

1973 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-8
1973 record	4–7 (2–5 Pac-8)
Head coach	Mike White (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Roger Theder
Captain	Kevin O'Dorisio
Captain	Fred Weber
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium

1973 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 USC $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
#12 UCLA	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Stanford	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Washington	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1973 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 15	at #6 Alabama*		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	L 0–66
September 22	Illinois*		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 7–27
September 29	at Army*		Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	W 54–6
October 6	Washington		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 54–49
October 13	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	L 10–41
October 20	Oregon State		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 24–14
October 27	at #13 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 21–61
November 3	#9 USC		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 14–50
November 10	San Jose State*		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 19–9
November 17	Washington State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 28–31
November 24	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (The Big Game)	L 17–26
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game notes

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 7 7 7 28 49 • California 14 23 7 10 54 Date: October 6 Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA

Scoring summary 1 CAL Muncie 7-yard run (VanderMeer kick) CAL 7-0 1 WASH Waters 9-yard run (King kick) Tied 7-7 1 CAL Muncie 1-yard run (VanderMeer kick) CAL 14-7 2 CAL Strickland 1-yard run (VanderMeer kick) CAL 21-7 2 CAL Shaughnessy 75-yard pass from Bartkowski (VanderMeer kick) CAL 28-7 2 CAL Safety CAL 30-7 2 CAL Strickland 52-yard pass from Bartkowski (VanderMeer kick) CAL 37-7 2 WASH Brown 5-yard pass from Rowland (King kick) CAL 37-14 3 CAL Muncie 5-yard run (VanderMeer kick) CAL 44-14 3 WASH Fitzpatrick 1-yard run (King kick) CAL 44-21 4 WASH Brown 3-yard pass from Rowland (King kick) CAL 44-28 4 WASH Conley 17-yard pass from Rowland (King kick) CAL 44-35 4 CAL Bailey 48-yard run (VanderMeer kick) CAL 51-35 4 CAL VanderMeer 27-yard field goal CAL 54-35 4 WASH Waters 28-yard pass from Rowland (King kick) CAL 54-42 4 WASH McDonald 9-yard pass from Rowland (King kick) CAL 54-49

Cal gained 625 yards of total offense, the second best in school history. Steve Bartkowski came off the bench when Vince Ferragamo was shaken up with the Golden Bears ahead 21-7.^[2]

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon St 0 7 7 0 14 • California 9 7 0 8 24 Date: October 20 Location: Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California Game attendance: 24,000

Scoring summary 1 4:36 CAL Muncie 1-yard run (kick failed) California 6–0 1 1:14 CAL VanderMeer 27-yard field goal California 9–0 2 5:33 ORST Maurer 1-yard run (Kuloos kick) California 9–7 2 1:44 CAL Leathers 27-yard pass from Bartkowski (VanderMeer kick) California 16–7 3 8:38 ORST Maurer 2-yard run (Kuloos kick) California 16–14 4 13:21 CAL Strickland 1-yard run (two-point conversion good) California 24–14

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References

1. 2011 California football information guide.
2. "California 59, Washington 49." Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 7.
3. Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.