College Football Belt - 1980 California at Southern Cal

California

Golden Bears

Southern Cal

Trojans ©

Played November 1, 1980

at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Los Angeles, California

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Teams' Belt Records

Team	Belt Reigns	Overall Record				Home Record				Away Record				Neutral Record
Team	Belt Reigns	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
California	0	0	2	0	.000	0	2	0	.000
Southern Cal ©	4	36	3	3	.893	15	1	2	.889	17	2	1	.875	4	0	0	1.000

Previous Belt Meetings

10/27/1979	Southern Cal ©	24
10/27/1979	California	14

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	Final
California	7	0	0	0	7
Southern Cal	14	7	12	27	60

With a week off since their tie with Oregon, the 7^th ranked, 5-0-1 Southern Cal Trojans of coach John Robinson prepared to take out some of their frustrations on the 2-5 California Golden Bears coached by Roger Theder. Southern Cal’s All-Pac 10 RB Marcus Allen led a rushing attack that amassed 311 yards with 4 touchdowns while QB Gordon Adams & QB Scott Tinsley each threw 2 touchdown pass as the Trojans retained The Belt with a 60-7 rout of the Golden Bears. California had to play most of the game without starting QB Rich Campbell who suffered a season-ending knee injury just 7 plays into the game. Allen & WR Kevin Williams each scored two touchdowns to lead the offensive eruption. Allen set-up one of his touchdown runs with a halfback option pass designed to be thrown to TE Vic Rakhshani. When a California defensive back hurried Allen, he instead threw 21 yards to Adams who carried to the Golden Bears’ 2-yard line. Allen scored on the next play. Williams touchdown catches came on passes of 17 & 14 yards by Adams. Tinsley’s touchdown came in his first action of the season as he connected with WR Timmy White on a 59-yard touchdown pass & with RB Michael Harper on a 10-yard touchdown pass. California’s touchdown came after Campbell’s injury when QB J Torchio connected with WR Matt Bouza. Adams finished with 154 yards passing with 2 touchdowns but an interception, Tinsley threw for 69 yards with 2 touchdowns, & Allen rushed for 133 yards with his scores. Torchio threw for 217 yards with a touchdown but 2 interceptions while the Southern Cal defense held California to –28 yards rushing in the loss. Southern Cal finished the season 8-2-1; ranked 11^th nationally while the Golden Bears finished 3-8. California would play for The Belt again in 1984.

Rushing Yards	Att	Yards	TDs	Avg Gain	Rushing Yards	Att	Yards	TDs	Avg Gain
David Palmer	5	10	0	2.00	Marcus Allen	29	133	2	4.59
Terry Wiley	2	6	0	3.00	Tom Jefferson	7	51	0	7.29
Carl Montgomery	2	1	0	0.50	Anthony Gibson	5	32	0	6.40
Edgardo Mixco	2	0	0	0.00	Paul DiLulo	5	28	0	5.60
Mark Funderburk	1	-5	0	-5.00	Kevin Williams	2	21	0	10.50
Tyran Wright	1	-5	0	-5.00	Bob McClanahan	1	19	1	19.00
John Tuggle	7	-6	0	-0.86	Michael Davis	3	12	1	4.00
Gale Gilbert	1	-12	0	-12.00	Gordon Adams	3	9	0	3.00
J Torchio	8	-17	0	-2.13	Todd Spencer	2	7	0	3.50
					Jim Arrivey	1	3	0	3.00
					Michael Harper	3	3	0	1.00
					Scott Tinsley	1	-7	0	-7.00

Receiving Yards	Catches	Yards	TDs	Avg Gain	Receiving Yards	Catches	Yards	TDs	Avg Gain
Matt Bouza	5	69	1	13.80	Timmy White	2	68	1	34.00
Tyrone Portee	2	59	0	29.50	Kevin Williams	3	44	2	14.67
David Lewis	3	40	0	13.33	Hoby Brenner	2	42	0	21.00
Terry Wiley	3	37	0	12.33	Marcus Allen	2	25	0	12.50
Tyran Wright	2	31	0	15.50	Gordon Adams	1	21	0	21.00
Edgardo Mixco	2	18	0	9.00	Malcolm Moore	1	17	0	17.00
					Jeff Simmons	1	15	0	15.00
					Michael Harper	1	10	1	10.00
					James Hunter	1	2	0	2.00

Passing	Att	Comp	Int	Yards	TDs	Passing	Att	Comp	Int	Yards	TDs
J Torchio	23	14	2	217	1	Gordon Adams	17	11	1	154	2
Gale Gilbert	5	2	0	31	0	Scott Tinsley	3	2	0	69	2
Rich Campbell	3	1	1	6	0	Marcus Allen	1	1	0	21	0
Mark Funderburk	1	0	0	0	0