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California Football Team History


California Golden Bears
University of California
 Berkeley, CA
Founded: 1868
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 75,662
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Justin Wilcox
Conference: Atlantic Coast-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

California 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1882  
 
Championships
National Championships
1920, 1921, 1922
Conference Championships
  1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1935, 1937
1938, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1975, 2006
Division Championships
 
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 698-571-50
 Winning Pct. 55%
 Vacated Wins 4
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 694-571-50
 Winning Pct. 55%
 National Championships 3
 Conference Titles 14
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 313-389-22
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 479-273-30
 Away Record 202-284-14
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 134
 Winning Seasons (#1) 77
 Losing Seasons (#1)47
 Most Wins in A Season 10 (2006)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (2013)
 10 Win Seasons 7
 Most Points Scored in a Game 88 (10/2/1920)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 493 (2015)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 74 (11/8/1930)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 551 (2013)
 Largest Margin of Victory 88 (10/2/1920)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 74 (11/8/1930)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 119 (10/4/2014)
 Last Shutout 10/1/2005
 Last Time Shutout 10/26/2019
 Shutouts All-Time 241
 Been Shutout All-Time 109
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 18 (9/25/1920-11/19/1921)
 Longest Losing  13 (11/4/2000-11/17/2001)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 11-12-1
 Rose 2-5-1
 Cotton 0-0-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  20-29
 2010-19  54-70
 2000-09  71-53
 1990-99 55-59
 1980-89 37-69-4
 1970-79 59-51-1
 1960-69 36-61-4
 1950-59 48-50-4
 1940-49 55-43-2
 1930-39 69-33-5
 1920-29 73-15-7
Next Game
 11/8/2024 (Fri)  
 Wake Forest in a Conference Game
Last Meeting: California and Wake Forest have never met in a game.
 
     
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  vs. UC Davis  31-13 W
 Sat., Sep. 7  @ Auburn  21-14 W
 Sat., Sep. 14  vs. San Diego State  31-10 W
 Sat., Sep. 21  @ Florida State  9-14 L
 Sat., Sep. 28  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 5  vs. Miami  38-39 L
 Sat., Oct. 12  @ Pittsburgh  15-17 L
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. North Carolina State  23-24 L
 Sat., Oct. 26  vs. Oregon State  44-7 W
 Sat., Nov. 2  OPEN 
 Fri., Nov. 8  @ Wake Forest  
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Syracuse  
 Sat., Nov. 23  vs. Stanford  
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Southern Methodist  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record4-4
  Scoring212-138
  Conference Record0-3
  Home Record3-2
  Away Record1-2
 
2024 Atlantic Coast  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Clemson 6-23-1
Miami 9-03-0
Duke 6-32-1
Georgia Tech 5-42-1
Pittsburgh 7-12-0
Southern Methodist 8-12-0
Syracuse 6-22-1
Virginia 4-42-2
Virginia Tech 5-42-1
Boston College 4-41-1
Florida State 1-81-3
Louisville 6-31-2
North Carolina State 5-41-3
Stanford 2-71-3
California 4-40-3
North Carolina 5-40-2
Wake Forest 4-40-2
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 California & Stanford have played 117 games.
California has won 48 games.
Stanford has won 60 games.
with 9 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-21
 10 or more 145-131
 20 or more  142-77
 30 or more 105-25
 40 or more 63-10
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 26-0
 10 or more 119-152
 20 or more 65-137
 30 or more 24-104
 40 or more 7-54
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

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