2004 California Golden Bears football team

2004 California Golden Bears football
Holiday Bowl, L 31–45 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
2004 record	10–2 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jeff Tedford (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	George Cortez (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Gregory (3rd year)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 67,537)

2004 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 USC * $		8	–	0		13	–	0
#9 California		7	–	1		10	–	2
#19 Arizona State		5	–	3		9	–	3
Oregon State		5	–	3		7	–	5
UCLA		4	–	4		6	–	6
Oregon		4	–	4		5	–	6
Washington State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6		4	–	7
Arizona		2	–	6		3	–	8
Washington		0	–	8		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion * – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Jeff Tedford, the Golden Bears compiled a 10–2 record (7–1 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in second place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 441 to 192.^[1]^[2]

The Golden Bears were ranked No. 4 at the end of the regular season, its only loss having been No. 1 USC by a 23–17 score. In that game, quarterback Aaron Rodgers set a school record for consecutive completed passes with 26 and tied an NCAA record with 23 consecutive passes completed in one game. He set a Cal single-game record for passing completion percentage of 85.3. Rodgers' performance set up the Golden Bears at first and goal with 1:47 remaining and a chance for the game-winning touchdown. On the first play of USC's goal-line stand, Rodgers threw an incomplete pass. This was followed by a second-down sack by Manuel Wright.^[3] After a timeout and Rodgers' incomplete pass on third down, USC stopped Cal's run play to win the game.^[3] Rodgers commented that it was "frustrating that we couldn't get the job done."^[3]

After Texas was picked over Cal for a Rose Bowl berth, the fourth-ranked Bears were awarded a spot in the Holiday Bowl, which they lost to Texas Tech, 45–31. After the season, Rodgers decided to forgo his senior season to enter the 2005 NFL Draft.^[4]

The team's statistical leaders included Aaron Rodgers with 2,566 passing yards, J. J. Arrington with 2,018 rushing yards, and Geoff McArthur with 862 receiving yards.^[5] Three California players received first-team honors on the 2004 College Football All-America Team: running back J. J. Arrington (AP, FWAA, TSN, SI, ESPN, CBS); offensive lineman Marvin Phillip (SI); and defensive lineman Ryan Riddle (TSN, SI). Quarterback Aaron Rodgers

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	9:00 a.m.	at Air Force*	No. 12	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	W 56–14	50,075
September 11	3:30 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 12	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	KRON	W 41–14	58,949
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	No. 10	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 49–7	36,003
October 9	12:30 p.m.	at No. 1 USC	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 17–23	90,008
October 16	4:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 8	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	TBS	W 45–28	69,898
October 23	4:00 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 7	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ		W 38–0	52,049
October 30	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Arizona State	No. 7	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	TBS	W 27–0	52,652
November 6	12:30 p.m.	Oregon	No. 4	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 28–27	65,615
November 13	12:30 p.m.	at Washington	No. 5	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 42–12	63,451
November 20	12:30 p.m.	Stanford	No. 4	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (The Big Game)	FSN	W 41–6	72,981
December 4	4:30 p.m.	at Southern Mississippi*	No. 4	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN	W 26–16	27,480
December 30	5:00 p.m.	vs. No. 20 Texas Tech*	No. 4	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 31–45	63,711
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Game notes

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	3	0	3	0	6
• California	10	0	10	21	41

Date: November 20
Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST

Source:

Scoring summary

1	8:45	CAL	Robert Jordan 29 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tom Schneider kick)	CAL 7-0

1	2:34	CAL	Tom Schneider 42 yard field goal	CAL 10-0

1	0:20	STAN	Mike Sgroi 21 yard field goal	CAL 10-3

3	8:38	CAL	Tom Schneider 28 yard field goal	CAL 13-3

3	3:22	CAL	Marshawn Lynch 55 yard run (Tom Schneider kick)	CAL 20-3

3	1:18	STAN	Mike Sgroi 44 yard field goal	CAL 20-6

4	12:53	CAL	J.J. Arrington 9 yard run (Tom Schneider kick)	CAL 27-6

4	9:26	CAL	Burl Toler 20 yard pass from Marshawn Lynch (Tom Schneider kick)	CAL 34-6

4	3:05	CAL	Reggie Robertson 5 yard run (Tom Schneider kick)	CAL 41-6

Notable Players

References

↑ "2004 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
↑ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 166. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
1 2 3 "Trojans' defense stymies Cal QB at first-and-goal". ESPN. October 9, 2004. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
↑ CN&R Staff. "Who to watch in 2005". News Review. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
↑ "2004 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com

California Golden Bears football

Venues	California Field (1904–1922) California Memorial Stadium (1923–2010, 2012–present) AT&T Park (2011)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Stanford: Big Game (Stanford Axe) UCLA

Culture & lore	Oski "Fight for California" Marching band Tightwad Hill The Play

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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National championship seasons in bold

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