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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: Frank S. Butterworth
Conference: Independent-

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1882 <-- 1894 <- 1895 -> 1896 --> 2024

1895 Season Highlights

Frank S. Butterworth enters his 1st season as Head Coach at California.

1895 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sun., Oct. 6	vs. Reliance Athletic Club	0	4	L
Sat., Oct. 12	vs. Reliance Athletic Club	12	0	W
Sat., Oct. 26	vs. Reliance Athletic Club	8	0	W
Sat., Nov. 9	@ Olympic Club	20	0	W
Thu., Nov. 28	@ Stanford	6	6	T

1895 Season Totals
Record	3-1 -1
Points Scored	46
Scoring Average	9.2
Points Allowed	10
Defense Average	2.0
Opponents Record	4-0
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	2-1
Away Record	1-0 -1

1895 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1895 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Minnesota	7-3	136	58					Walt W. Pudge Heffelfinger
Iowa State	3-4	82	70					Bert German
Virginia	9-2	206	104					Harry A. Mackey
Michigan	8-1	266	14					William McCauley
Northwestern	6-5	192	132					Alvin H. Culver
Syracuse	6-2-2	154	46					George O. Redington
Army	5-2	141	32					Harmon S. Graves
Navy	5-2	153	16					Matthew Matt McClung
Texas	5-0	96	0					Frank Crawford
West Virginia	5-1	60	12					Harry McCrory
Wisconsin	5-2-1	144	71					Hiram O. Stickney
Ohio State	4-4-2	56	102					Jack Ryder
Oregon	4-0	64	8					Percy Benson
Stanford	4-0-1	34	8					Walter C. Camp
Virginia Tech	4-2	69	74					Art C. Jones
Washington	4-0-1	98	8					Ralph Nichols
Akron	3-2	42	62					No Coach
California	3-1-1	46	10					Frank S. Butterworth
Cincinnati	3-4	58	52					W. Durant Berry
Louisiana State	3-0	36	16					Albert P. Simmons
Miami Ohio	3-0	30	4					C.K. Fauver
Notre Dame	3-1	70	20					H.G. Hadden
Rutgers	3-4	86	131					H.W. Ambruster
Tulane	3-2	66	28					T.L. Bayne
Boston College	2-4-2	36	106					Joseph Lawless
Buffalo	2-1-3	58	28					No Coach
Mississippi	2-1	24	28					H.L. Fairbanks
Ohio	2-3	78	128					Harvey Deme
Penn State	2-2-3	64	66					George W. Hoskins
South Carolina	2-1	34	20					No Coach
Washington State	2-0	36	8					W.W. Waite
Arkansas	1-0	30	0					John C. Futrall
Massachusetts	1-5	20	120					No Coach
New Mexico State	1-1	28	16					No Coach
North Carolina State	1-2-1	50	82					Bart Gatling
Pittsburgh	1-6	30	136					J.P. Linn
Temple	1-4-1	30	89					Charles M. Williams
Tulsa	1-0	0	0					Norman Leard
Wyoming	1-0	34	0					Justus F. Soule
Duke	0-0	0	0					No Team
Marshall	0-1-1	0	36					No Coach
Mississippi State	0-2	0	37					W.M. Matthews
Oklahoma	0-1	0	34					John A. Jack Harts
Oregon State	0-2-1	6	80					Paul Downing
San Jose State	0-0	0	0					J.E. Addicott
Southern California	0-1-1	4	14					No Coach
Utah	0-1	0	20					Unknown
Wake Forest	0-0-1	4	4					Unknown

1895 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1895 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first Orange Bowl was played between Manhattan College and the University of Miami on New Year's Day in 1935.