1982 California Golden Bears football team

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 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–4 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 75,662)
1982 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 UCLA $ 5 –1 –110 –1 –1
No. 7 Washington 6 –2 –010 –2 –0
No. 6 Arizona State 5 –2 –010 –2 –0
No. 15 USC 5 –2 –08 –3 –0
Arizona 4 –3 –16 –4 –1
California 4 –4 –07 –4 –0
Stanford 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –4 –13 –7 –1
Oregon 2 –6 –02 –8 –1
Oregon State 0 –7 –11 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 11at Colorado*
W 31–1733,835[3]
September 18San Diego State*
W 28–035,000[4]
September 25No. 14 Arizona State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–1535,673[5]
October 2San Jose State*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 26–737,136[6]
October 9at No. 1 Washington
ABCL 7–5056,500[7]
October 16Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 10–731,736[8]
October 23No. 11 UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
L 31–4751,600[9]
October 30at Oregon State
W 28–1425,000[10]
November 6at No. 16 USC
L 0–4254,670[11]
November 13Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 34–1434,060[12]
November 20Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
USAW 25–2075,662[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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
DT 90 Reggie Camp Sr
LB 48 Tim Lucas Sr
S 26 Kevin Moen Sr
LB 80 Ron Rivera Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 7 Mike Ahr Sr
K 9 Joe Cooper Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Not listed: Mariet Ford, Richard Rodgers

Game summaries

Stanford
Stanford at California
85th Big Game
1 234Total
Cardinal 0 0146 20
• Golden Bears 0 10015 25
Scoring summary
29:22CALJoe Cooper 31-yard field goalCal 3–0
22:42CALMariet Ford 29-yard pass from Gale Gilbert (Joe Cooper kick)Cal 10–0
35:29STANVincent White 2-yard pass from John Elway (Mark Harmon kick)Cal 10–7
31:42STANVincent White 43-yard pass from John Elway (Mark Harmon kick)Stanford 14–10
413:28CALJoe Cooper 31-yard field goalStanford 14–13
411:24CALWes Howell 32 yard pass from Gale Gilbert (pass failed)Cal 19–14
45:32STANMark Harmon 22-yard field goalCal 19–17
40:04STANMark Harmon 35-yard field goalStanford 20–19
40:00CALKevin Moen 25-yard kickoff return after numerous laterals (conversion not attempted)Cal 25–20
Main article: The Play (American football)
See also: 1982 Stanford Cardinal football team

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1983 NFL draft
Main article: 1983 NFL draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Harvey SalemTackle230Houston Oilers)
Reggie CampDefensive end368Cleveland Browns
Wes HowellTight end4105New York Jets
Tim LucasLinebacker10269St. Louis Cardinals
John TuggleRunning back12335New York Giants

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References
  1. "1982 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. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. "Colorado vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  4. "California vs San Diego State Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  5. "California vs Arizona State Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  6. "California vs San Jose State Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  7. "Washington vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  8. "California vs Oregon Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  9. "California vs UCLA Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  10. "Oregon State vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  11. "California vs USC Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  12. "California vs Washington State Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  13. "California vs Stanford Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  14. 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.
  15. "Cal defeats Stanford on final play, 25-20". The San Bernardino Sun via newspapers.com. November 21, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  16. "Weird, last-second TD leads Cal over Stanford". Santa Cruz Sentinel via newspapers.com. November 21, 1982. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  17. "1983 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.


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