1986 California Golden Bears football team

The 1986 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Joe Kapp, the Golden Bears compiled a 2–9 record (2–7 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in ninth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 325 to 145.[1][2]

1986 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1986 record	2–9 (2–7 Pac-10)
Head coach	Joe Kapp (5th season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium

1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Arizona State $	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 UCLA	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Washington	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 11 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Troy Taylor with 891 passing yards, Marc Hicks with 357 rushing yards, and James Devers with 582 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 15–21
September 20	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 31–21	41,500[4]
September 27	San Jose State*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–35
October 4	at No. 12 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 18–50	58,911[5]
October 11	Oregon State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 12–14	33,500[6]
October 18	No. 19 UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	L 10–36	59,000
October 25	at No. 15 Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 16–33	49,016[7]
November 1	Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 9–27	32,000[8]
November 8	at No. 5 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 0–49	70,239
November 15	at No. 13 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 3–28	48,019[9]
November 22	No. 16 Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	W 17–11	75,662[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1986 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Brian Anderson QB Brian Bedford QB Kevin Brown WR Kevin Cushing WR Vince Delgado WR James Devers WR Mike Ford Fr RB Darrin Greer RB Marc Hicks QB Brad Howe TE Darryl Ingram RB William Jackson OL Kam King RB Steve LaMothe RB Terence McCarty TE Don Noble RB Donald Nobles WR Wendell Peoples RB Todd Powers RB Chris Richards OL Doug Riesenberg OL Chuck Steele QB Troy Taylor QB D'Andre Wells OL David Zawatson	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB John Geringer Sr LB Ken Harvey DB Gary Hein DB Sidney Johnson DL Joe Nelms LB Hardy Nickerson LB David Ortega DB Darryl Stallworth DB Derek Taylor DL Natu Tuatagloa DL Majett Whiteside	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Mike Kelly K Leland Rix P Scott Tabor	Head coach Joe Kapp Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Stanford

Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	0	3	0	8	11
California	0	10	0	7	17

at Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

• Date: November 22, 1986
• Game attendance: 75,662
• Eugene Register Guard, 1986 Nov 23.

Game information

Second quarter CAL – Leland Rix 34-yard field goal. California 3–0. Drive: CAL – Wendell Peoples 5-yard pass from Kevin Brown (Leland Rix kick). California 10–0. Drive: STAN – David Sweeney 48-yard field goal. California 10–3. Drive: Fourth quarter CAL – Mike Ford 47-yard run (Leland Rix kick), 7:36. California 17–3. Drive: STAN – Jeff James 69-yard pass from John Paye (pass good), 5:37. California 17–11. Drive: Top passers STAN – John Paye – 23/35, 224 yards, TD CAL – Kevin Brown – 15/23, 221 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers STAN – Brad Muster – 18 rushes, 59 yards CAL – Mike Ford – 1 rush, 47 yards, TD Top receivers STAN – Jeff James – 7 receptions, 138 yards, TD CAL – James Devers – 7 receptions, 99 yards

References

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3. "1986 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
4. '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
5. 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 200.
6. "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 171.
7. Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide (PDF). University of Arizona. p. 108.
8. Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 135.
9. USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 71.
10. "1986 California Golden Bears". Totalfootballstats.com. Totalfootballstats.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
11. 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.