The California Golden Bears college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of California, Berkeley in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Since the establishment of the team in 1886, California has appeared in 21 bowl games.[1] Included in these games are eight appearances in the Rose Bowl Game.[1] The latest bowl occurred on December 28, 2011, when California lost to Texas 21–10 in the 2011 Holiday Bowl.[1] The loss in that game brought the Golden Bears' overall bowl record to ten wins, ten losses and one tie (10–10–1).
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Bowl games
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1]
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Bowl |
Score[A 2] |
Date |
Season[A 3] |
Opponent[A 4] |
Stadium |
Location |
Attendance[2] |
Head coach |
1 |
Rose Bowl |
W 28–0 |
January 1, 1921 |
1920 |
Ohio State Buckeyes |
Tournament Park |
Pasadena |
42,000 |
Andy Smith |
2 |
Rose Bowl |
T 0–0 |
January 2, 1922 |
1921 |
Washington & Jefferson Presidents |
Tournament Park |
Pasadena |
40,000 |
Andy Smith |
3 |
Rose Bowl |
L 8–7 |
January 1, 1929 |
1928 |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
66,604 |
Nibs Price |
4 |
Rose Bowl |
W 13–0 |
January 1, 1938 |
1937 |
Alabama Crimson Tide |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
90,000 |
Stub Allison |
5 |
Rose Bowl |
L 20–14 |
January 1, 1949 |
1948 |
Northwestern Wildcats |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
90,000 |
Pappy Waldorf |
6 |
Rose Bowl |
L 17–14 |
January 2, 1950 |
1949 |
Ohio State Buckeyes |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
100,963 |
Pappy Waldorf |
7 |
Rose Bowl |
L 14–6 |
January 1, 1951 |
1950 |
Michigan Wolverines |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
98,939 |
Pappy Waldorf |
8 |
Rose Bowl |
L 38–12 |
January 1, 1959 |
1958 |
Iowa Hawkeyes |
Rose Bowl |
Pasadena |
98,297 |
Pete Elliott |
9 |
Garden State Bowl |
L 28–17 |
December 15, 1979 |
1979 |
Temple Owls |
Giants Stadium |
East Rutherford |
40,207 |
Roger Theder |
10 |
Copper Bowl |
W 17–15 |
December 31, 1990 |
1990 |
Wyoming Cowboys |
Arizona Stadium |
Tucson |
36,340 |
Bruce Snyder |
11 |
Florida Citrus Bowl |
W 37–13 |
January 1, 1992 |
1991 |
Clemson Tigers |
Citrus Bowl |
Orlando |
64,192 |
Bruce Snyder |
12 |
Alamo Bowl |
W 37–3 |
December 31, 1993 |
1993 |
Iowa Hawkeyes |
Alamodome |
San Antonio |
45,716 |
Keith Gilbertson |
13 |
Aloha Bowl |
L 42–38 |
December 25, 1996 |
1996 |
Navy Midshipmen |
Aloha Stadium |
Honolulu |
43,380 |
Steve Mariucci |
14 |
Insight Bowl |
W 52–49 |
December 26, 2003 |
2003 |
Virginia Tech Hokies |
Bank One Ballpark |
Phoenix |
42,364 |
Jeff Tedford |
15 |
Holiday Bowl |
L 45–31 |
December 30, 2004 |
2004 |
Texas Tech Red Raiders |
Qualcomm Stadium |
San Diego |
66,222 |
Jeff Tedford |
16 |
Las Vegas Bowl |
W 35–28 |
December 22, 2005 |
2005 |
BYU Cougars |
Sam Boyd Stadium |
Las Vegas |
40,053 |
Jeff Tedford |
17 |
Holiday Bowl |
W 45–10 |
December 28, 2006 |
2006 |
Texas A&M Aggies |
Qualcomm Stadium |
San Diego |
62,395 |
Jeff Tedford |
18 |
Armed Forces Bowl |
W 42–36 |
December 31, 2007 |
2007 |
Air Force Falcons |
Amon G. Carter Stadium |
Fort Worth |
44,009 |
Jeff Tedford |
19 |
Emerald Bowl |
W 24–17 |
December 27, 2008 |
2008 |
Miami Hurricanes |
AT&T Park |
San Francisco |
42,268 |
Jeff Tedford |
20 |
Poinsettia Bowl |
L 37–27 |
December 23, 2009 |
2009 |
Utah Utes |
Qualcomm Stadium |
San Diego |
32,665 |
Jeff Tedford |
21 |
Holiday Bowl |
L 21–10 |
December 28, 2011 |
2011 |
Texas Longhorns |
Qualcomm Stadium |
San Diego |
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Jeff Tedford |
22 |
Armed Forces Bowl |
W 55–36 |
December 29, 2015 |
2015 |
Air Force Falcons |
Amon G. Carter Stadium |
Fort Worth |
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Sonny Dykes |
Notes
- ↑ Statistics correct as of 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games.
- ↑ Results are sortable first by whether the result was a California win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
- ↑ Links to the season article for the California team that competed in the bowl for that year.
- ↑ Links to the season article for the opponent that California competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
References
- General
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Specific
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 17
- ↑ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
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