2002 California Golden Bears football team

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2002 California Golden Bears football
Script California.svg
Conference Pacific-10
Record7–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator George Cortez (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Bob Gregory (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Washington State $+  7 1   10 3  
No. 4 USC  %+  7 1   11 2  
Arizona State  5 3   8 6  
Oregon State  4 4   8 5  
UCLA  4 4   8 5  
California  4 4   7 5  
Washington  4 4   7 6  
Oregon  3 5   7 6  
Arizona  1 7   4 8  
Stanford  1 7   2 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 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 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Jeff Tedford, the Golden Bears compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 427 to 318. [1] [2]

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The team's statistical leaders included Kyle Boller with 2,815 passing yards, Joe Igber with 1,130 rushing yards, and Lashaun Ward with 709 receiving yards. [3] Despite finishing the season with a 7–5 record, the Bears did not participate in a bowl game due to NCAA sanctions. [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3112:30 p.m. Baylor * KRON W 70–2227,185
September 73:30 p.m. New Mexico State *
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
KRONW 34–1324,692
September 149:00 a.m.at No. 15 Michigan State * ESPN2 W 46–2272,634
September 212:00 p.m. Air Force *No. 23
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 21–2331,816
September 282:00 p.m.No. 16 Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 38–4829,297
October 512:30 p.m.at No. 12 Washington W 34–2771,337
October 123:30 p.m.at No. 20 USC FSN L 28–3063,113
October 194:00 p.m. UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
TBS W 17–1246,697
October 261:00 p.m.at Oregon State L 13–2436,603
November 93:30 p.m.at No. 25 Arizona State FSNW 55–3840,769
November 1612:30 p.m. Arizona
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 41–5228,808
November 2312:30 p.m. Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
W 30–771,224
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Baylor

1234Total
Baylor708722
California351402170
  • Date: August 31
  • Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA
  • Game start: 12:30 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:33
  • Game attendance: 27,185
  • Game weather: Sunny; 72 °F (22 °C); wind 3–5 mph (4.8–8.0 km/h) W
  • Referee: Jim Fogltance
  • Television network: KRON

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Roster

2002 California Golden Bears football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Kyle Boller Sr
QB 13Zac WassermanSo
RB 18 Adimchinobe Echemandu Jr
OL 63 Mark Wilson Jr
G 64 Scott Tercero Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Jemeel Powell Sr
S 2 Nnamdi Asomugha Sr
LB 48 Tully Banta-Cain Redshirt.svg  Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. "2002 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. "2002 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  4. "NCAA slaps Cal football team with bowl ban, five-year probation". Berkeley Daily Planet.
  5. "2002 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results".
  6. "Cal 70, Baylor 22". University of California–Berkeley Department of Athletics. August 31, 2002. Retrieved October 6, 2014.