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California Golden Bears football

California Golden Bears football
2023 California Golden Bears football team
First season1886
Athletic directorJim Knowlton
Head coachJustin Wilcox
7th season, 36–43 (.456)
StadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 63,000[1])
Year built1923, renovated in 2011–12
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationBerkeley, California
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferencePac-12 (since 1959)
DivisionNorth (2011-2021)
Past conferences
  • Independent (1886–1887, 1889–1905)
  • PCC (1916–1958)
All-time record692–569–51 [2] (.547)
Bowl record12–12–1 (.500)
Claimed national titles5 (1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937)
Conference titles14
Rivalries
Consensus All-Americans27[3]
ColorsBlue and gold[4]
   
Fight songFight for California
MascotOski
Marching bandUniversity of California Marching Band
OutfitterNike
WebsiteCalBears.com

The California Golden Bears (Cal) football program represents the University of California, Berkeley in college football as a member of the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium and is coached by Justin Wilcox. Since beginning of play in 1886, the team has won five NCAA recognized national titles - 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1937[5] and 14 conference championships, the last one in 2006.[6] It has also produced what are considered to be two of the oddest and most memorable plays in college football: Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels' fumble recovery at the 1929 Rose Bowl and The Play kickoff return in the 1982 Big Game.[7][8]

  1. ^ Tracey Taylor (August 27, 2012). "Cal Memorial Stadium unveiled after 21-month renovation". Berkeleyside. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  2. ^ NCAA Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history?utf8=✓&org_id=107&sport_code=MFB&commit=Search
  3. ^ "NCAA Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2014. pp. 13–18. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  4. ^ Cal Brand Guidelines (PDF). June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2018ncaabook was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Pac-12 Conference - 2016 Football Media Guide". Catalog.e-digitaleditions.com. 2016. pp. 91–92. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  7. ^ "ESPN.com – NCAA College Football – The 100". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  8. ^ GLICK, SHAV (August 9, 1991). "Wrong-Way Run Finally Turns Out Right : College football: Despite his mistake that cost Cal in 1929, Roy Riegels is inducted into Rose Bowl Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved November 13, 2015.