2020 California Golden Bears football team

2020 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record1–3 (1–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Musgrave (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorPeter Sirmon (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTim DeRuyter (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
Washington x   3 1     3 1  
Oregon y$   4 2     4 3  
Stanford   4 2     4 2  
California   1 3     1 3  
Washington State   1 3     1 3  
Oregon State   2 5     2 5  
South Division
No. 21 USC xy   5 0     5 1  
Colorado   3 1     4 2  
Utah   3 2     3 2  
Arizona State   2 2     2 2  
UCLA   3 4     3 4  
Arizona   0 5     0 5  
Championship: Oregon 31, USC 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Pac-12 suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on November 6. In addition to the title game on December 18, the conference seeded all remaining teams for a game during that weekend.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Justin Wilcox, in his fourth year as head coach. The team's offense was led by Bill Musgrave, who replaced Beau Baldwin; Baldwin left to become the head coach at Cal Poly.[2]

On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference canceled all Fall 2020 sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On September 24, it was announced that a seven-game season would be played in 2020, and the schedule was officially announced on October 3.[4] Due to additional COVID-related game cancellations, the Bears ultimately only played four games and finished with a 1–3 record for the season, with the sole win coming against No. 23 ranked Oregon.

  1. ^ Pac-12 Conference. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Curtis, Jake (January 3, 2020). "Cal Football: Bill Musgrave Officially Named Bears' Offensive Coordinator". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Pac-12 Conference postpones all sport competitions through end of calendar year". pac-12.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Pac-12 announces 2020 football schedule". October 3, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.