2014 California Golden Bears football team

2014 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	5–7 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach	Sonny Dykes (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tony Franklin (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Art Kaufman (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium Levi's Stadium
Seasons ←  2013 2015  →

2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 2 Oregon xy$^		8	–	1					13	–	2
Stanford		5	–	4					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					8	–	6
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
Oregon State		2	–	7					5	–	7
Washington State		2	–	7					3	–	9
South Division
No. 19 Arizona xy		7	–	2					10	–	4
No. 10 UCLA		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 12 Arizona State		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 20 USC		6	–	3					9	–	4
No. 21 Utah		5	–	4					9	–	4
Colorado		0	–	9					2	–	10
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears were led by second-year head coach Sonny Dykes and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. When compared to 2013, Cal improved to 5–7, starting out with a 4–1 start, but losing six of their last seven games. ^[1] It averaged 38.3 points per game, second-best in the Pac-12 and 11th-best in FBS, generating a program-record 459 total points for the season. ^[2] However, the Golden Bears lost 367.2 passing yards per game along with 42 total passing touchdowns, both of these numbers ranked last out of 128 FBS teams. ^[3] From Week 3 to Week 5, the Bears played three consecutive high-scoring games that were won or lost in the final seconds. The Bears lost on a Hail Mary to Arizona 49–45, but beat Colorado 59–56 in double overtime in their next game. ^[4] The following week, Dykes faced his former Air Raid mentor Mike Leach and the Washington State Cougars. California allowed an FBS record 734 passing yards to Cougars' senior quarterback Connor Halliday, but still won 60–59 when WSU missed a 19-yard field goal with 15 seconds to play. ^[5] They finished 3–6 in Pac-12, in fourth place in the North Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:30 p.m.	at Northwestern *	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ABC/ESPN2	W 31–24	34,228
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Sacramento State *	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 55–14	48,145
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 45–49	45,595
September 27	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 59–56 2OT	39,821
October 4	7:30 p.m.	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman,WA	P12N	W 60–59	30,020
October 11	3:00 p.m.	Washington	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 7–31	44,449
October 18	12:30 p.m.	UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	ABC/ESPN2	L 34–36	49,257
October 24	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Oregon	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA	FS1	L 41–59	55,575
November 1	7:30 p.m.	at Oregon State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 45–31	42,479
November 13	6:00 p.m.	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	L 30–38	64,615
November 22	1:00 p.m.	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	FS1	L 17–38	56,483
November 29	1:30 p.m.	BYU *	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 35–42	47,856
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Personnel

2014 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Chris Adcock Sr WR Stephen Anderson Sr WR Jake Ashton Fr WR Jack Austin Fr OL Aaron Cochran Fr WR Caleb Coleman Fr WR Trevor Davis Jr RB Vic Enwere Fr RB Lucas Gingold Sr QB Jared Goff So WR Chris Harper Jr WR Maurice Harris Jr QB Austin Hinder Sr WR Raymond Hudson Fr RB Patrick Laird Fr RB Daniel Lasco Jr WR Kenny Lawler So WR Bryce McGovern Sr OL Steven Moore So RB Khalfani Muhammad So WR Griffin Platt So WR Darius Powe Jr WR Matt Rockett Fr QB Luke Rubenzer Fr LB Bryce Treggs Jr RB Tre Watson Fr WR Patrick Worstell So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB Darius Allensworth Fr LB Hamilton Anoa'i Fr DE Todd Barr Jr LB Michael Barton So CB Trey Cheek Fr DT Austin Clark Sr S Cormac Craigie Jr DE Antoine Davis Jr DT David Davis Jr LB Raymond Davison Fr LB Devante Downs Fr DB Cedric Dozier So DE Kennedy Emesibe Fr S David Garner So CB A.J. Greathouse Fr DT Mustafa Jalil Sr LB Jalen Jefferson Jr DE Jonathan Johnson Jr LB Jake Kearney So DT Trevor Kelly Jr DE Puka Lopa Jr S Michael Lowe Sr DE Marcus Manley So DB Stefan McClure Jr DL Tony Mekari Fr LB Hardy Nickerson So LB Brennan Scarlett Sr DB Avery Sebastian Jr LB Edward Tandy So LB Alsea Tongilava Fr LB Arthur Wainwright Jr CB Cameron Walker So DE Noah Westerfield Fr CB Darius White Jr DT Harrison Wilfley Sr DB Joel Willis Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Jeremy Langford Sr P Cole Leininger So	Head coach Sonny Dykes Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

• February 7, 2014 – Defensive end Ted Agu, collapsed and died after a training run ^[7]

Northwestern

See also: 2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1 2 3 4 Total • California 14 10 7 0 31 Northwestern 0 7 14 3 24 Date: August 30 Location: Ryan Field Game start: 3:30 TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, and Jessica Mendoza

Sacramento State

See also: 2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team

1 2 3 4 Total Sacramento St 0 7 7 0 14 • California 28 17 10 0 55 Date: September 6 Location: California Memorial Stadium TV announcers (Pac12 Network Bay Area): JB Long, Mike Pawlawski, and Guy Haberman

At Arizona

See also: 2014 Arizona Wildcats football team

California Golden Bears (2–0) at Arizona Wildcats (3–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
California	14	14	3	14	45
Arizona	0	6	7	36	49

at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

• Date: September 20, 2014
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. MST
• Game weather: Partly cloudy; 83 °F (28 °C); Wind 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h; 5.2 kn)
• Game attendance: 45,595
• Referee: Terry Leyden
• TV announcers (Pac-12 Network): Kevin Calabro, Glenn Parker, and Jill Savage
• ^[8]

Game information

First quarter CAL – Daniel Lasco 44-yard run (James Langford kick), 14:17. California 7–0. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:43. CAL – Bryce Treggs 80-yard pass from Jared Goff (James Langford kick), 11:53. California 14–0. Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:13. Second quarter ARZ – Casey Skowron 39-yard field goal, 10:39. California 14–3. Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 2:18. CAL – Stephen Anderson 26-yard pass from Jared Goff (Jeremy Langford kick), 8:55. California 21–3. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:44. ARZ – Casey Skowron 28-yard field goal, 5:28. California 21–6. Drive: 13 plays, 65 yards, 5:27. CAL – Chris Harper 30-yard pass from Jared Goff (Jeremy Langford kick), 3:43. California 28–6. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:45. Third quarter ARZ – Cayleb Jones 41-yard pass from Anu Solomon (Casey Skowron kick), 11:02. California 28–13. Drive: 8 plays, 96 yards, 1:54. CAL – Jeremy Langford 45-yard field goal, 8:28. California 31–13. Drive: 9 plays, 48 yards, 2:34.' Fourth quarter ARZ – Casey Skowron 31-yard field goal, 14:46. California 31–16. Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 2:04. ARZ – Austin Hill 9-yard pass from Anu Solomon (Casey Skowron kick), 13:36. California 31–23. Drive: 2 plays, 17 yards, 0:32. CAL – Khalfani Muhammad 50-yard run (Jeremy Langford kick), 10:56. California 38–23. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:40. ARZ – Cayleb Jones 16-yard pass from Anu Solomon (Casey Skowron kick), 8:09. California 38–30. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:47. CAL – Khalfani Muhammad 6-yard run (Jeremy Langford kick), 5:21. California 45–30. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:48. ARZ – Terris Jones-Grigsby 6-yard run (Casey Skowron kick), 3:30. California 45–37. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 1:51. ARZ – Cayleb Jones 15-yard pass from Anu Solomon (pass failed), 2:44. California 45–43. Drive: 4 plays, 41 yards, 0:43. *ARZ – Austin Hill 47-yard pass from Anu Solomon, 0:00. Arizona 49–45. Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards, 0:52. Top passers CAL – Jared Goff – 18/30, 380 yards, 3 TD, int ARZ – Anu Solomon – 47/73, 520 yards, 5 TD, 2 int Top rushers CAL – Daniel Lasco – 20 rushes, 123 yards, TD ARZ – Anu Solomon – 16 rushes, 46 yards Top receivers CAL – Bryce Treggs – 5 receptions, 119 yards, TD ARZ – Cayleb Jones – 13 receptions, 186 yards, 3 TD

Colorado

See also: 2014 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Colorado 21 7 7 14 7 0 56 • California 7 7 21 14 7 3 59 Date: September 27 Location: California Memorial Stadium Game start: 4:00 TV announcers (Pac12 Network): Kevin Calabro, Yogi Roth, and Lewis Johnson

Washington State

See also: 2014 Washington State Cougars football team

1 2 3 4 Total • California 0 13 28 19 60 Washington St 10 14 28 7 59 Date: October 4 Location: Martin Stadium Game start: 10:30 TV announcers (Pac12 Network): Kevin Calabro, Yogi Roth, and Lewis Johnson

Washington

See also: 2014 Washington Huskies football team

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington 14 14 0 3 31 California 0 0 7 0 7 Date: October 11 Location: California Memorial Stadium Game start: 6:00 TV announcers (Pac12 Network): Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker, and Jill Savage

UCLA

See also: 2014 UCLA Bruins football team

1 2 3 4 Total • UCLA 7 17 9 3 36 California 0 14 14 6 34 Date: October 18 Location: California Memorial Stadium Game start: 3:30 Referee: Michael Mothershed TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Bob Wischusen, Matt Millen, and Quint Kessenich

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 16-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Ka’imi Fairbairn kick)

2nd quarter scoring: Cal – Daniel Lasco 3-yard run (James Langford kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 38-yard field goal; Cal – Chris Harper 7-yard pass from Luke Rubenzer (Langford kick); UCLA – Jordan James 11-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Perkins 49-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)

3rd quarter scoring: Cal – Lasco 2-yard run (James Langford kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 24-yard field goal; Cal – Trevor Davis 24-yard pass from Jared Goff (Langford kick); UCLA – Hundley 15-yard run (Hundley pass fail)

4th quarter scoring: Cal – Kenny Lawler 23-yard pass from Goff (Goff run fail); UCLA – Fairbairn 26-yard field goal

Oregon

See also: 2014 Oregon Ducks football team

1 2 3 4 Total • Oregon 14 24 14 7 59 California 14 14 7 6 41 Date: October 24 Location: Levi's Stadium Game start: 10:00 TV announcers (FS1): Tim Brando, Joel Klatt, and Mike Pereira

Oregon State

See also: 2014 Oregon State Beavers football team

1 2 3 4 Total • California 3 17 7 18 45 Oregon St 0 10 14 7 31 Date: November 1 Location: Reser Stadium Game start: 10:30 TV announcers (Pac12 Network): JB Long, Anthony Herron, and Drea Avent

USC

See also: 2014 USC Trojans football team

1 2 3 4 Total California 2 7 7 14 30 • USC 21 10 0 7 38 Date: November 13 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Game start: 9:00 TV announcers (ESPN): Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, and Samantha Ponder

Stanford

See also: 2014 Stanford Cardinal football team, Big Game (American football), and Stanford Axe

1 2 3 4 Total • Stanford 10 14 7 7 38 California 0 7 3 7 17 Date: November 22 Location: California Memorial Stadium Game start: 4:00 TV announcers (FS1/FS2): Joe Davis, Joey Harrington, and Kris Budden

BYU

See also: 2014 BYU Cougars football team

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 14 0 14 14 42 California 7 14 7 7 35 Date: November 29 Location: California Memorial Stadium Game start: 4:30 TV announcers (Pac12 Network): Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker, and Jill Savage

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