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Steve Rivera

  • Class
    1976
  • Induction
    2001
  • Sport(s)
    Football

Held Cal's all-time leading receiving mark with 138 receptions in his three-year career from 1973-75 for 16 years (until the record was broken by Brian Treggs in 1991) … earned consensus All-America honors in 1975 when he hauled in 57 catches, the most ever by a Cal player in a single-season at the time, helping the Bears to a share of the Pac-8 title … also earned first-team Pac-8 honors in both '74 and '75 … his 205 yards in receptions against Stanford in 1974 rank as one of the best single-game totals in Cal history … had 183 yards against Washington in 1975 as well, which ranks high on the single-game receiving yardage list … had five games of more than 100 yards in receptions in his college career …  went on to spend two years in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers and the Chicago Bears.

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