1929 California Golden Bears football team

American college football season

1929 California Golden Bears football

PCC co-champion

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 7–1–1 (4–1 PCC)
Head coach|

* Nibs Price (4th season)

Captain| Roy Riegels
Home stadium| California Memorial Stadium

Seasons

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1930 ->

1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 6 USC ^ +  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 2  | - | 0
Stanford \+  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 4 California \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Oregon \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Washington State | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 2  | - | 0
UCLA | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Oregon State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Idaho | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Montana | 0  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Washington | 0  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 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 1929 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Nibs Price, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record (4–1 against PCC opponents), finished in a four-way tie for the PCC championship,[1][2] and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 155 to 78.[3][4]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 28| Santa Clara*|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 27–6| 40,000| [5]
October 5| Saint Mary's*|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| T 0–0| 70,000| [6]
October 12| Washington State|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 14–0| 40,000| [7]
October 19| at Penn*|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 12–7| |
October 26| Olympic Club*|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 21–19| |
November 2| at USC|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 15–7| 79,000| [8]
November 9| Montana|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 53–18| |
November 16| Washington|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 7–0| 50,000| [9]
November 23| at Stanford|

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA (Big Game)

| L 6–21| |

* *Non-conference game
* Source: [10]

## References

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1. ^ "Coast Season Ends with Four-Way Tie". The Oregonian. December 2, 1929. Retrieved December 9, 2024. "The Pacific coast conference football season ended last week with four teams, Southern California, Stanford, California, and Oregon tied for first place."
2. ^ Leiser, William (December 18, 1929). "Move to Open Grid Season Earlier Killed By Conference". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved December 9, 2024. "The 1929 football championship was officially designated a four-way tie between Oregon, California, Stanford and USC."
3. ^ "1928 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
4. ^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 162\. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
5. ^ Phil Ray (September 29, 1929). "Bears Defeat Broncos in First Game, 27-6: Price's Team Shows Real Promise; Lom Features First Triumph of U.C. Grid Team". Oakland Tribune. pp. 1D, 3D - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ William Lesser (October 6, 1929). "Bears, Gaels Tie, 0-0; Madigan Men Threaten U.C. Goal Line in Final Period". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 34 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
8. ^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
9. ^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 189.
10. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 162\. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.

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California Golden Bears football

Venues|

* California Field (1904–1923)
* California Memorial Stadium (1923–2010, 2012–present)
* Oracle Park (2011)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Stanford: Big Game (Stanford Axe)
* UCLA

Culture & lore|

* Oski
* "Fight for California"
* "Big C"
* History
* Marching band
* Tightwad Hill
* The Play

People|

* Head coaches
* Starting quarterbacks
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

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National championship seasons in bold

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Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast|

* Washington (1916)
* Washington State (1917)
* California (1918)
* Oregon & Washington (1919)
* California (1920)
* California (1921)
* California (1922)
* California (1923)
* California & Stanford (1924)
* Washington (1925)
* Stanford (1926)
* Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927)
* USC (1928)
* California, Oregon, Stanford, & USC (1929)
* Washington State (1930)
* USC (1931)
* USC (1932)
* Oregon & Stanford (1933)
* Stanford (1934)
* California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935)
* Washington (1936)
* California (1937)
* California & USC (1938)
* USC (1939)
* Stanford (1940)
* Oregon State (1941)
* UCLA (1942)
* USC (1943)
* USC (1944)
* USC (1945)
* UCLA (1946)
* USC (1947)
* California & Oregon (1948)
* California (1949)
* California (1950)
* Stanford (1951)
* USC (1952)
* UCLA (1953)
* UCLA (1954)
* UCLA (1955)
* Oregon State (1956)
* Oregon & Oregon State (1957)
* California (1958)

AAWU|

* UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959)
* Washington (1960)
* UCLA (1961)
* USC (1962)
* Washington (1963)
* Oregon State & USC (1964)
* UCLA (1965)
* USC (1966)
* USC (1967)

Pacific-8|

* USC (1968)
* USC (1969)
* Stanford (1970)
* Stanford (1971)
* USC (1972)
* USC (1973)
* USC (1974)
* California & UCLA (1975)
* USC (1976)
* Washington (1977)

Pacific-10|

* USC (1978)
* USC (1979)
* Washington (1980)
* Washington (1981)
* UCLA (1982)
* UCLA (1983)
* USC (1984)
* UCLA (1985)
* Arizona State (1986)
* USC & UCLA (1987)
* USC (1988)
* USC (1989)
* Washington (1990)
* Washington (1991)
* Washington & Stanford (1992)
* Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993)
* Oregon (1994)
* USC & Washington (1995)
* Arizona State (1996)
* UCLA & Washington State (1997)
* UCLA (1998)
* Stanford (1999)
* Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000)
* Oregon (2001)
* USC & Washington State (2002)
* USC (2003)
* USC (2004) vacated
* USC (2005) vacated
* California & USC (2006)
* Arizona State & USC (2007)
* USC (2008)
* Oregon (2009)
* Oregon (2010)

Pac-12|

* Oregon (2011)
* Stanford (2012)
* Stanford (2013)
* Oregon (2014)
* Stanford (2015)
* Washington (2016)
* USC (2017)
* Washington (2018)
* Oregon (2019)
* Oregon (2020)
* Utah (2021)
* Utah (2022)
* Washington (2023)

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