| California Golden Bears football | |||
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| First season | 1886; 138 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Jim Knowlton | ||
| Head coach | Justin Wilcox 8th season, 41–48 (.461) | ||
| Stadium | California Memorial Stadium (capacity: 63,000[1]) | ||
| Year built | 1923, renovated in 2011–12 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Berkeley, California | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||
| Past conferences | |||
| All-time record | 697–574–51 [2] (.547) | ||
| Bowl record | 12–12–1 (.500) | ||
| Claimed national titles | 5 (1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937) | ||
| Conference titles | 14 | ||
| Rivalries | |||
| Consensus All-Americans | 27[3] | ||
| Colors | Blue and gold[4] | ||
| Fight song | Fight for California | ||
| Mascot | Oski | ||
| Marching band | University of California Marching Band | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
The California Golden Bears football program represents the University of California, Berkeley in college football as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. They were previously a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium and is coached by Justin Wilcox. Since beginning of play in 1886, the team has won five NCAA recognized national titles - 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937[5] and 14 conference championships, the last one in 2006.[6] It has also produced what are considered to be two of the oddest and most memorable plays in college football: Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels' fumble recovery at the 1929 Rose Bowl and The Play kickoff return in the 1982 Big Game.[7][8]
- ^ Tracey Taylor (August 27, 2012). "Cal Memorial Stadium unveiled after 21-month renovation". Berkeleyside. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ^ NCAA Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history?utf8=✓&org_id=107&sport_code=MFB&commit=Search
- ^ "NCAA Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2014. pp. 13–18. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- ^ Cal Brand Guidelines (PDF). June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "ESPN.com – NCAA College Football – The 100". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
- ^ GLICK, SHAV (August 9, 1991). "Wrong-Way Run Finally Turns Out Right : College football: Despite his mistake that cost Cal in 1929, Roy Riegels is inducted into Rose Bowl Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved November 13, 2015.