List of California Golden Bears bowl games
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 25 bowl games,[1] including eight appearances in the Rose Bowl Game.[1] Their latest bowl appearance was the 2019 Redbox Bowl, where California won against the Illinois Fighting Illini 35–20,[2] to give the Golden Bears an overall bowl record of 12–12–1 (.521).
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# | Bowl | Score[A 2] | Date | Season[A 3] | Opponent[A 4] | Stadium | Location | Attendance[3] | Head coach |
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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 | 56,313 | Jeff Tedford |
22 | Armed Forces Bowl | W 55–36 | December 29, 2015 | 2015 | Air Force Falcons | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth | 38,915 | Sonny Dykes |
23 | Cheez-It Bowl | L 10–7 OT | December 26, 2018 | 2018 | TCU Horned Frogs | Chase Field | Phoenix, Arizona | 33,121 | Justin Wilcox |
24 | Redbox Bowl | W 35–20 | December 30, 2019 | 2019 | Illinois Fighting Illini | Levi's Stadium | Santa Clara, California | 34,177 | Justin Wilcox |
25 | Independence Bowl | L 34–14 | December 16, 2023 | 2023 | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Independence Stadium | Shreveport, Louisiana | 33,071 | Justin Wilcox |
Notes
- ^ Statistics correct as of 2019–20 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
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- ^ a b "2019 California Football Record Book" (PDF). Cal Athletics. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^ Rusty Simmons (December 30, 2019). "Cal beats Illinois in Redbox Bowl, first bowl win since 2015". SF Chronicle. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
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California Golden Bears bowl games
- 1921 Rose Bowl
- 1922 Rose Bowl
- 1929 Rose Bowl
- 1938 Rose Bowl
- 1949 Rose Bowl
- 1950 Rose Bowl
- 1951 Rose Bowl
- 1959 Rose Bowl
- 1979 Garden State Bowl
- 1990 Copper Bowl
- 1992 Florida Citrus Bowl
- 1993 Alamo Bowl
- 1996 Aloha Bowl
- 2003 Insight Bowl
- 2004 Holiday Bowl
- 2005 Las Vegas Bowl
- 2006 Holiday Bowl
- 2007 Armed Forces Bowl
- 2008 Emerald Bowl
- 2009 Poinsettia Bowl
- 2011 Holiday Bowl
- 2015 Armed Forces Bowl
- 2018 Cheez-It Bowl
- 2019 Redbox Bowl
- 2023 Independence Bowl