2013 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record1–11 (0–9 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTony Franklin (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorAndy Buh (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 11 Stanford xy$   7 – 2     11 – 3  
No. 9 Oregon x   7 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 25 Washington   5 – 4     9 – 4  
Oregon State   4 – 5     7 – 6  
Washington State   4 – 5     6 – 7  
California   0 – 9     1 – 11  
South Division
No. 21 Arizona State x   8 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 16 UCLA   6 – 3     10 – 3  
No. 19 USC   6 – 3     10 – 4  
Arizona   4 – 5     8 – 5  
Utah   2 – 7     5 – 7  
Colorado   1 – 8     4 – 8  
Championship: Stanford 38, Arizona State 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was Cal's first year of being led by the head coach Sonny Dykes. Cal's athletic director Sandy Barbour stated that it was his emphasis on offense that was the primary factor in the decision.[1] Dykes was hired from Louisiana Tech, and was known for his reliance on the pass heavy and high scoring Air Raid offense, that utilized a shotgun formation with four wide receivers. Cal finished this season with a 1–11 record, with Dykes becoming the first head coach since the University began playing football in 1886 to fail to defeat a single D-1 opponent in a season that has lasted at least five games.[2] The Bears lost to Stanford by 50 points, the largest margin ever in the 119-year history of the Big Game.[3] During the season, the team was featured on The Drive, a weekly documentary series on the Pac-12 Network.[4]

One of the season's few positives was the performance of true freshman Jared Goff as the starting quarterback. Under Dyke's Air Raid offense, Goff delivered a record-breaking season, setting Cal single-season records for passing yards (3,508), yardage gained (3,508), total offense (3,446), passes completed (320), and passes attempted (530).[5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:30 p.m.No. 22 Northwestern*
ESPN2L 30–4458,816
September 72:00 p.m.Portland State*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
P12NW 37–3043,594
September 144:00 p.m.No. 4 Ohio State*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
FOXL 34–5262,467
September 287:30 p.m.at No. 2 Oregon
P12NL 16–5556,987
October 51:00 p.m.Washington Statedagger
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
FS1L 22–4444,682
October 127:30 p.m.at No. 11 UCLA
ESPN2L 10–3784,272
October 197:30 p.m.Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
ESPN2L 17–4944,671
October 268:00 p.m.at Washington
FS1L 17–4166,328
November 212:30 p.m.Arizona
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
P12NL 28–3341,874
November 912:00 p.m.USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
FOXL 28–6249,199
November 162:30 p.m.at Colorado
P12NL 24–4138,252
November 231:00 p.m.at No. 10 Stanford
FS1L 13–6350,424
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Wildcats 7 10 10 17 44
Golden Bears 7 3 14 6 30

See also: 2013 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 14 9 7 0 30
Golden Bears 10 17 10 0 37

See also: 2013 Portland State Vikings football team

Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Buckeyes 24 7 21 0 52
Golden Bears 14 6 7 7 34

See also: 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 3 7 6 16
#2 Ducks 27 14 14 0 55

See also: 2013 Oregon Ducks football team

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 14 7 14 9 44
Golden Bears 0 15 7 0 22

See also: 2013 Washington State Cougars football team

Cal holds a 44–25–5 record in the series and had won the last eight meetings. This was the Cougar's first victory against the Golden Bears in 11 years. Their last victory occurred in 2002 where the Cougars beat the Golden Bears 48-18 at Memorial Stadium.

1st quarter scoring: WSU – Vince Mayle 35-yard pass from Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney kick); WSU – Jeremiah Laufasa 5-yard run (Furney kick)

2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Deandre Coleman 2-yard safety on Teondray Caldwell; CAL – Vincenzo D'Amato 35-yard field goal; CAL – Chris Harper 89-yard pass from Jared Goff (D'Amato kick); WSU – Marcus Mason 68-yard from Halliday (Furney kick); CAL – D'Amato 43-yard field goal

3rd quarter scoring: WSU – Teondray Caldwell 10-yard run (Furney kick); WSU – Vince Mayle 72-yard pass from (Furney Kick); CAL – James Grisom 53-yard pass from Goff (D'Amato kick)

4th quarter scoring: WSU – Furney 44-yard field goal; WSU – Furney 41-yard field goal; WSU – Furney 28-yard field goal

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 10 0 0 10
#11 Bruins 10 14 6 7 37

See also: 2013 UCLA Bruins football team

California is 32–50–1 against UCLA since the series began in 1933. This was Sonny Dykes first year taking on the Bruins as California's head coach.

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 24-yard field goal; UCLA – Devin Fuller 18-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick)

2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick); CAL – Vincenzo D'Amato 51-yard field goal; CAL – Daniel Lasco 6-yard run (D'Amato Kick); UCLA – Thomas Duarte 27-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)

3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 22-yard field goal; UCLA – Fairbairn 27-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 22-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total
Beavers 14 14 14 7 49
Golden Bears 3 0 7 7 17

See also: 2013 Oregon State Beavers football team

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 7 0 10 17
Huskies 17 7 14 3 41

See also: 2013 Washington Huskies football team

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 9 14 10 0 33
Golden Bears 7 7 7 7 28

See also: 2013 Arizona Wildcats football team

1st quarter scoring: CAL – Khalf Muhammad 11-yard pass from Jared Goff (Vincen D'Amato kick); ARIZ – B. Denker 9-yard run (J. Smith kick); ARIZ – Team safety

2nd quarter scoring: ARIZ – Smith 53-yard field goal; ARIZ – N. Phillips 21-yard pass from Denker (Smith kick); CAL – Kenny Lawler 17-yard pass from Goff (D'Amato kick)

3rd quarter scoring: ARIZ – Denker 1-yard run (Smith kick); CAL – Lawler 3-yard pass from Goff (D'Amato kick); ARIZ – Denker 14-yard run (Smith kick)

4th quarter scoring: CAL – Lawler 29-yard pass from Goff (D'Amato kick)

USC

1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 21 20 14 7 62
Golden Bears 0 14 7 7 28

See also: 2013 USC Trojans football team

1st quarter scoring: USC – Nelson Agholor 75-yard punt return (Andre Heidari kick); USC – Silas Redd 12-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Heidari kick); USC – Javorius Allen 43-yard (Heidari kick)

2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Kenny Lawler 4-yard pass from Jared Goff (Vincen D'Amato kick) ; CAL – Darius Powe 24-yard pass from Goff (D'Amato kick); USC – Allen 57-yard pass from Kessler (Heidari kick); USC – Josh Shaw 86-yard punt return (Heidari kick); USC – Agholor 93-yard punt return (kick missed)

3rd quarter scoring: USC – Allen 79-yard run (Heidari kick); USC – Ty Isaac 4-yard run (Heidari kick); CAL – Khalfani Muhammad 7-yard run (D'Amato kick)

4th quarter scoring: USC – Isaac 37-yard run (Heidari kick); CAL – Lawler 4-yard pass from Goff (D'Amato kick)

Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 10 0 14 24
Buffaloes 3 21 3 14 41

See also: 2013 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 10 3 0 0 13
#10 Cardinal 21 21 7 14 63

See also: 2013 Stanford Cardinal football team, Big Game (American football), and Stanford Axe

In a 63–13 victory, #10 Stanford broke the record for most points scored in a Big Game and for the largest margin of victory. With the victory, Stanford clinched the Pac-12 North Division Championship while Cal ended their season at 1–11, the most losses in one season in Cal football history.[7]

1st quarter scoring: STAN - T. Montgomery 31-yard run (J. Williamson kick) CAL - Maurice Harris 15-yard pass from Goff, Jared (Vincen D’Amato kick); STAN - Montgomery 50-yard pass from K. Hogan (Williamson kick); STAN - Montgomery 12-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick); CAL - D’Amato 29-yard field goal

2nd quarter scoring: STAN - Montgomery 72-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick); STAN – M. Rector 45-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick); CAL - D’Amato 47-yard field goal; STAN - Montgomery 9-yard pass from Hogan (Williamson kick)

3rd quarter scoring: STAN - Gaffney,T 58-yard run (C. Ukropina kick)

4th quarter scoring: STAN – K. Young 27-yard run (Ukropina kick); STAN – F. Owusu 14-yard pass from E. Crower (Ukropina kick)

Awards

References

  1. ^ "California hires La. Tech's Dykes as new coach". ESPN.com. December 6, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Cal History, 2007 California Golden Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "Stanford blasts Cal 63-13 as Ty Montgomery scores five touchdowns". The Mercury News. November 23, 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Wang, Jack (April 28, 2014). "UCLA to be featured on second season of Pac-12 Network's 'The Drive'". Inside UCLA. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.
  5. ^ "Jared Goff - Football". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "Football-2013 Schedule". University of California–Berkeley Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  7. ^ FitzGerald, Tom (November 23, 2013). "Stanford routs Cal, reaches Pac-12 title game". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
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