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	#9
AP	#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 represented the University of California at Berkeley during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	9:00 a.m.	at Air Force*	#12	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	W 56–14	50,075
September 11	3:30 p.m.	New Mexico State*	#12	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	KRON	W 41–14	58,949
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	#10	Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 49–7	36,003
October 9	12:30 p.m.	at #1 USC	#7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 17–23	90,008
October 16	4:00 p.m.	UCLA	#8	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	TBS	W 45–28	69,898
October 23	4:00 p.m.	at Arizona	#7	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ		W 38–0	52,049
October 30	7:00 p.m.	#20 Arizona State	#7	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	TBS	W 27–0	52,652
November 6	12:30 p.m.	Oregon	#4	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 28–27	65,615
November 13	12:30 p.m.	at Washington	#5	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 42–12	63,451
November 20	12:30 p.m.	Stanford	#4	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (The Big Game)	FSN	W 41–6	72,981
December 4	4:30 p.m.	at Southern Mississippi*	#4	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN	W 26–16	27,480
December 30	5:00 p.m.	vs. #20 Texas Tech*	#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.

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: [1]

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

• Aaron Rodgers
• Marshawn Lynch
• J.J. Arrington

See also

• BCS controversies, which includes Texas receiving the Rose Bowl bid over Cal