2010 California Golden Bears football team

2010 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–7 (3–6 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Ludwig (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorClancy Pendergast (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Oregon $   9 0     12 1  
No. 4 Stanford  %   8 1     12 1  
USC   5 4     8 5  
Washington   5 4     7 6  
Arizona   4 5     7 6  
Arizona State   4 5     6 6  
Oregon State   4 5     5 7  
California   3 6     5 7  
UCLA   2 7     4 8  
Washington State   1 8     2 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • † – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) competition in the 2010 season. The Golden Bears were led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Tedford.

Tedford surpassed the legendary Pappy Waldorf to become the Cal coach with 3rd most career victories with a victory over UC Davis in the season opener.[1] Despite early successes however, the team had an inconsistent season. The Bears had only one road victory, lost the Stanford Axe to archrival Stanford in a 48–14 blowout, and ended the season with a three-game losing streak to finish 5–7 (3–6 Pac-10), Tedford's first losing season and the team's first losing season since 2001.[2] Cal was ranked only once during the season with a No. 24 spot in the Coaches' Poll.

  1. ^ "Tedford proud to pass Waldorf atop victory list". SF Gate.com. September 5, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Cal Football Postgame Notes – vs. Washington (Sat., Nov. 27)". CBS Interactive. November 27, 2010.