California Golden Bears football
University of California, Berkeley football team / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The California Golden Bears (Cal) football program represents the University of California, Berkeley in college football as a member of the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. 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, and 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]
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First season | 1886 | ||
Athletic director | Jim Knowlton | ||
Head coach | Justin Wilcox 7th season, 36–43 (.456) | ||
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 | Pac-12 (since 1959) | ||
Division | North (2011-2021) | ||
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All-time record | 692–569–51 [2] (.547) | ||
Bowl record | 12–12–1 (.500) | ||
Claimed national titles | 5 (1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937) | ||
Conference titles | 14 | ||
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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 | CalBears.com |