List of California Golden Bears football seasons

The following is a list of California Golden Bears football seasons for the football team that has represented University of California, Berkeley in NCAA competition.^[1][2][3]

Seasons

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Oscar S. Howard (Independent) (1886)
1886	Oscar S. Howard	6–2–1
Independent (1887–1892)
1887	No coach	4–0
1888	No coach	6–1
1889	No team	0–0
1890	No coach	4–0
1891	No coach	0–1
1892 (spring)	No coach	4–2
Lee McClung (Independent) (1892)
1892	Lee McClung	2–1–1
Pudge Heffelfinger (Independent) (1893)
1893	Pudge Heffelfinger	5–1–1
Charles O. Gill (Independent) (1894)
1894	Charles O. Gill	0–1–2
Frank Butterworth (Independent) (1895–1896)
1895	Frank Butterworth	3–1–1
1896	Frank Butterworth	6–2–2
Charles Nott (Independent) (1897)
1897	Charles Nott	0–3–2
Garrett Cochran (Independent) (1898–1899)
1898	Garrett Cochran	8–0–2
1899	Garrett Cochran	7–1–1
Addison Kelly (Independent) (1900)
1900	Addison Kelly	4–2–1
Frank W. Simpson (Independent) (1901)
1901	Frank W. Simpson	9–0–1
James Whipple (Independent) (1902–1903)
1902	James Whipple	8–0
1903	James Whipple	6–1–2
James Hopper (Independent) (1904)
1904	James Hopper	6–1–1
J. W. Knibbs (Independent) (1905)
1905	J. W. Knibbs	4–1–2
Rugby Team (Independent) (1906–1914)
1906–14	No team	[n 1]
James Schaeffer (Independent) (1915)
1915	James Schaeffer	8–5
Andy Smith (Pacific Coast Conference) (1916–1925)
1916	Andy Smith	6–4–1	0–3	4th
1917	Andy Smith	5–5–1	2–1	2nd
1918	Andy Smith	7–2	2–0	1st
1919	Andy Smith	6–2–1	2–2	T–3rd
1920	Andy Smith	9–0	3–0	T–1st	W Rose
1921	Andy Smith	9–0–1	4–0	T–1st	T Rose
1922	Andy Smith	9–0	4–0	T–1st
1923	Andy Smith	9–0–1	5–0	T–1st
1924	Andy Smith	8–0–2	2–0–2	2nd
1925	Andy Smith	6–3	2–2	5th
Nibs Price (Pacific Coast Conference) (1926–1930)
1926	Nibs Price	3–6	0–5	9th
1927	Nibs Price	7–3	2–3	T–5th
1928	Nibs Price	6–2–2	3–0–2	2nd	L Rose
1929	Nibs Price	7–1–1	4–1	T–3rd
1930	Nibs Price	4–5	1–4	T–8th
Bill Ingram (Pacific Coast Conference) (1931–1934)
1931	Bill Ingram	8–2	4–1	2nd
1932	Bill Ingram	7–3–2	2–2–1	T–5th
1933	Bill Ingram	6–3–2	2–2–2	6th
1934	Bill Ingram	6–6	3–2	5th
Stub Allison (Pacific Coast Conference) (1935–1944)
1935	Stub Allison	9–1	4–1	T–1st
1936	Stub Allison	6–5	4–3	4th
1937	Stub Allison	10–0–1	6–0–1	1st	W Rose		2
1938	Stub Allison	10–1	6–1	T–1st			14
1939	Stub Allison	3–7	2–5	8th
1940	Stub Allison	4–6	3–4	6th
1941	Stub Allison	4–5	3–4	7th
1942	Stub Allison	5–5	3–4	7th
1943	Stub Allison	4–6	2–2	2nd
1944	Stub Allison	3–6–1	1–3–1	4th
Buck Shaw (Pacific Coast Conference) (1945)
1945	Buck Shaw	4–5–1	2–4–1	6th
Frank Wickhorst (Pacific Coast Conference) (1946)
1946	Frank Wickhorst	2–7	1–6	9th
Pappy Waldorf (Pacific Coast Conference) (1947–1956)
1947	Pappy Waldorf	9–1	5–1	T–2nd			15
1948	Pappy Waldorf	10–1	6–0	T–1st	L Rose		4
1949	Pappy Waldorf	10–1	7–0	1st	L Rose		3
1950	Pappy Waldorf	9–1–1	5–0–1	1st	L Rose	4	5
1951	Pappy Waldorf	8–2	5–2	3rd			12
1952	Pappy Waldorf	7–3	3–3	4th
1953	Pappy Waldorf	4–4–2	2–2–2	4th
1954	Pappy Waldorf	5–5	4–3	4th
1955	Pappy Waldorf	2–7–1	1–5–1	T–7th
1956	Pappy Waldorf	3–7	2–5	8th
Pete Elliott (Pacific Coast Conference / AAWU) (1957–1959)
1957	Pete Elliott	1–9	1–6	T–7th
1958	Pete Elliott	7–4	6–1	1st	L Rose		16
1959	Pete Elliott	2–8	1–3	4th
Marv Levy (Athletic Association of Western Universities) (1960–1963)
1960	Marv Levy	2–7–1	1–3	4th
1961	Marv Levy	1–8–1	1–3	T–4th
1962	Marv Levy	1–9	0–4	6th
1963	Marv Levy	4–5–1	1–3	5th
Ray Willsey (Athletic Association of Western Universities / Pac-8) (1964–1971)
1964	Ray Willsey	3–7	0–4	8th
1965	Ray Willsey	5–5	2–3	T–5th
1966	Ray Willsey	3–7	2–3	5th
1967	Ray Willsey	5–5	2–3	6th
1968	Ray Willsey	7–3–1	2–2–1	4th
1969	Ray Willsey	5–5	2–4	6th
1970	Ray Willsey	6–5	4–3	T–2nd
1971	Ray Willsey	6–5	4–3	T–3rd
Mike White (Pac-8 Conference) (1972–1977)
1972	Mike White	3–8	3–4	5th
1973	Mike White	4–7	2–5	T–5th
1974	Mike White	7–3–1	4–2–1	T–3rd
1975	Mike White	8–3	6–1	T–1st		15	14
1976	Mike White	5–6	3–4	T–4th
1977	Mike White	8–3[n 2]	4–3[n 2]	4th
Roger Theder (Pac-10 Conference) (1978–1981)
1978	Roger Theder	6–5	3–4	T–6th
1979	Roger Theder	7–5[n 3]	6–3[n 3]	5th	L Garden State
1980	Roger Theder	3–8	3–5	9th
1981	Roger Theder	2–9	2–6	8th
Joe Kapp (Pac-10 Conference) (1982–1986)
1982	Joe Kapp	7–4	4–4	6th
1983	Joe Kapp	5–5–1	3–4–1	8th
1984	Joe Kapp	2–9	1–8	10th
1985	Joe Kapp	4–7	2–7	10th
1986	Joe Kapp	2–9	2–7	9th
Bruce Snyder (Pac-10 Conference) (1987–1991)
1987	Bruce Snyder	3–6–2	2–3–2	8th
1988	Bruce Snyder	5–5–1	1–5–1	10th
1989	Bruce Snyder	4–7	2–6	10th
1990	Bruce Snyder	7–4–1	4–3–1	4th	W Copper
1991	Bruce Snyder	10–2	6–2	T–2nd	W Florida Citrus	7	8
Keith Gilbertson (Pac-10 Conference) (1992–1995)
1992	Keith Gilbertson	4–7	2–6	9th
1993	Keith Gilbertson	9–4	4–4	T–4th	W Alamo	24	25
1994	Keith Gilbertson	4–7	3–5	T–5th
1995	Keith Gilbertson	3–8	2–6	T–8th
Steve Mariucci (Pac-10 Conference) (1996)
1996	Steve Mariucci	6–6	3–5	T–5th	L Aloha
Tom Holmoe (Pac-10 Conference) (1997–2001)
1997	Tom Holmoe	3–8	1–7	9th
1998	Tom Holmoe	5–6	3–5	7th
1999	Tom Holmoe	0–7[n 4]	0–5[n 4]	T–6th
2000	Tom Holmoe	3–8	2–6	T–8th
2001	Tom Holmoe	1-10	0-8	10th
Jeff Tedford (Pac-10 / Pac-12 Conference) (2002–2012)
2002	Jeff Tedford	7–5	4–4	T–4th
2003	Jeff Tedford	8–6	5–3	T–3rd	W Insight
2004	Jeff Tedford	10–2	7–1	2nd	L Holiday	9	9
2005	Jeff Tedford	8–4	4–4	T–4th	W Las Vegas	25	25
2006	Jeff Tedford	10–3	7–2	T–1st	W Holiday	14	14
2007	Jeff Tedford	7–6	3–6	T–7th	W Armed Forces
2008	Jeff Tedford	9–4	6–3	4th	W Emerald	25
2009	Jeff Tedford	8–5	5–4	T–5th	L Poinsettia
2010	Jeff Tedford	5–7	3–6	8th
2011	Jeff Tedford	7–6	4–5	4th (North)	L Holiday
2012	Jeff Tedford	3–9	2–7	5th (North)
Sonny Dykes (Pac-12 Conference) (2013–2016)
2013	Sonny Dykes	1–11	0–9	6th (North)
2014	Sonny Dykes	5–7	3–6	4th (North)
2015	Sonny Dykes	8–5	4–5	T–4th (North)	W Armed Forces
2016	Sonny Dykes	5–7	3–6	T–4th (North)
Justin Wilcox (Pac-12 Conference) (2017–2023)
2017	Justin Wilcox	5–7	2–7	5th (North)
2018	Justin Wilcox	7–6	4–5	5th (North)	L Cheez-It
2019	Justin Wilcox	8–5	4–5	T–2nd (North)	W Redbox
2020	Justin Wilcox	1–3	1–3	T–5th (North)
2021	Justin Wilcox	5–7	4–5	4th (North)
2022	Justin Wilcox	4–8	2–7	9th
2023	Justin Wilcox	6–7	4–5	7th	L Independence
Justin Wilcox (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2024–present)
2024	Justin Wilcox	6–7	2–6	T–14th	L LA
Total:		700–578–51
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Rugby

Cal played rugby in various years instead of football and includes these rugby seasons within their football results with callout notes.^[1]

Year	W	L	T	PF	PA
1882–83	2	1	1	24	13
1884	2	0	0	27	0
1885	4	0	1	23	0
1906	2	4	0	19	20
1907	4	3	0	67	42
1908	7	3	1	114	46
1909	12	3	1	268	57
1910	12	0	2	279	27
1911	11	2	1	256	34
1912	10	2	1	144	58
1913	6	3	3	105	110
1914	14	1	0	276	60

Notes

1. Cal played rugby instead of football from 1882–85 and 1906–14 (see below for rugby season records).
2. Record adjusted for UCLA forfeit.
3. Record adjusted for Oregon forfeit.
4. Record adjusted for four California vacated wins.