2005 California Golden Bears football team

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2005 California Golden Bears football
California Golden Bears logo.svg
Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 35–28 vs. BYU
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 25
Record8–4 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator George Cortez (4th season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Bob Gregory (4th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2004
2006  
2005 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 USC † $  8 0   12 1  
No. 13 Oregon  7 1   10 2  
No. 16 UCLA  6 2   10 2  
No. 25 California  4 4   8 4  
Arizona State  4 4   7 5  
Stanford  4 4   5 6  
Oregon State  3 5   5 6  
Arizona  2 6   3 8  
Washington State  1 7   4 7  
Washington  1 7   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • † – USC later vacated 12 wins (8 in conference) and 1 loss due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and were coached by Jeff Tedford.

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At the beginning of the season quarterback Nate Longshore was chosen to succeed Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterback. However he was injured during the first game of the season and replaced by Joe Ayoob for the next nine games. The Bears got off to their best start, at 5–0, since Steve Mariucci coached them in 1996. But then stumbled and lost four of their next five games. Third string quarterback Steve Levy, replaced Ayoob, and was named as the starter for the Big Game. Levy played as fullback during the previous season, in his first time as a starter he led the team to defeat Stanford 27-3. [1] The team ended up in the 2005 Las Vegas Bowl, where they beat BYU, 35–28.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 32:00 p.m. Sacramento State *No. 19 CSN W 41–365,938 [2]
September 1012:30 p.m.at Washington No. 16 ABC W 56–1757,775
September 172:00 p.m. Illinois *No. 15
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 35–2057,657
September 237:00 p.m.at New Mexico State *No. 13 ESPN W 41–1311,312
October 12:30 p.m. Arizona No. 12
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
TBS W 28–055,944
October 84:30 p.m.at No. 20 UCLA No. 10TBSL 40–4784,811
October 1512:30 p.m. Oregon State No. 18
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
ABCL 20–2357,174
October 227:15 p.m. Washington State No. 25
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
FSN W 42–3852,569
November 512:30 p.m.at No. 15 Oregon No. 23ABCL 20–27 OT58,309
November 1212:30 p.m.No. 1 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
ABCL 10–3572,981
November 194:00 p.m.at Stanford ABCW 27–371,743
December 225:00 p.m.vs. BYU *ESPNW 35–2840,053
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Washington

#16 California at Washington
Team1234Total
California72172156
Washington737017

USC

#1 USC at California
Team1234Total
USC7147735
California300710

Cal then hosted the #1-ranked USC Trojans, led by head coach Pete Carroll and an offense including Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Matt Leinart and running back Reggie Bush. [3] The Trojans scored first after Ayoob's first of four interceptions in the game, on a LenDale White rush. Ayoob recovered after the interception, and led the Bears to a field goal to cut their deficit to four at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Leinart rushed for a pair of touchdowns to give the Trojans a 21–3 lead at half-time. After a pair of White rushing touchdowns, the Bears scored again on a Chris Manderino rush that ended scoring in the game, with the Trojans winning 35–10. With the win, the Trojans clinched at least a share of the Pac-10 title. [4]

Stanford

Team1234Total
California6071427
Stanford03003
  • Source:

Steve Levy had 125 yards passing and Marshawn Lynch had 123 yards running. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "California vs. Stanford - Game Recap - November 19, 2005 - ESPN". December 28, 2017. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (California)" . Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  3. "Golden Bears know USC can be beaten". ESPN. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
  4. "Leinart, Trojans get latest win at site of last loss". ESPN. November 12, 2005. Archived from the original on June 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2007.