1949 California Golden Bears football team

1949 California Golden Bears football
1949 California Golden Bears football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 14–17 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 3
Record	10–1 (7–0 PCC)
Head coach	Pappy Waldorf (3rd season);
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 California $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Stanford	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Oregon State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 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 1949 college football season. In their third year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Golden Bears compiled a 10–1 record (7–0 in PCC, first), won a second straight conference title, lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents 319 to 131.^[1]^[2] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.

California was ranked third in the final AP Poll, released in late November.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Santa Clara*		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 21–7	62,000	^[3]
September 24	Saint Mary's*		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 29–7	50,000	^[4]
October 1	at Oregon State		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 41–0	18,885	^[5]
October 8	at Wisconsin*	No. 10	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 35–20	44,000
October 15	No. 12 USC	No. 9	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 16–10	81,500	^[6]
October 22	Washington	No. 5	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 21–7	20,337	^[7]
October 29	at No. 20 UCLA	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 35–21	58,668
November 5	Washington State	No. 4	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 33–14	40,000	^[8]
November 12	Oregon	No. 4	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 41–14
November 19	at No. 12 Stanford	No. 3	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 33–14	91,000	^[9]
January 2, 1950	No. 6 Ohio State*	No. 3	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 14–17	100,963
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	10	9	5	4	4 (4)	4 (3)	3 (5)	2 (24)	3

The following Golden Bears were selected in the 1950 NFL draft after the season.^[11]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
10	127	Bob Celeri	Back	San Francisco 49ers
17	214	Jim Cullom	Guard	Washington Redskins
19	245	Forest Klein	Guard	San Francisco 49ers
26	339	Rod Franz	Guard	Philadelphia Eagles
29	373	Bill Montagne	Back	Chicago Cardinals