2014 California Golden Bears football team

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2014 California Golden Bears football
California Golden Bears logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record5–7 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coach
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
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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3012:30 p.m.at Northwestern * ABC/ESPN2 W 31–2434,228
September 612:00 p.m. Sacramento State * P12N W 55–1448,145
September 207:00 p.m.at Arizona P12NL 45–4945,595
September 271:00 p.m. Colorado
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
P12NW 59–56 2OT39,821
October 47:30 p.m.at Washington State P12NW 60–5930,020
October 113:00 p.m. Washington Dagger-14-plain.png
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
P12NL 7–3144,449
October 1812:30 p.m. UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
ABC/ESPN2L 34–3649,257
October 247:00 p.m.No. 6 Oregon FS1 L 41–5955,575
November 17:30 p.m.at Oregon State P12NW 45–3142,479
November 136:00 p.m.at USC ESPN L 30–3864,615
November 221:00 p.m. Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
FS1L 17–3856,483
November 291:30 p.m. BYU *
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
P12NL 35–4247,856
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • 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
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL Chris AdcockSr
WR Stephen Anderson Sr
WR Jake AshtonFr
WR Jack AustinFr
OL Aaron CochranFr
WR Caleb ColemanFr
WR Trevor Davis Jr
RB Vic EnwereFr
RB Lucas GingoldSr
QB Jared Goff So
WR Chris Harper Jr
WR Maurice Harris Jr
QB Austin HinderSr
WR Raymond HudsonFr
RB Patrick Laird Fr
RB Daniel LascoJr
WR Kenny LawlerSo
WR Bryce McGovernSr
OL Steven MooreSo
RB Khalfani MuhammadSo
WR Griffin PlattSo
WR Darius PoweJr
WR Matt RockettFr
QB Luke RubenzerFr
LB Bryce Treggs Jr
RB Tre WatsonFr
WR Patrick WorstellSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB Darius AllensworthFr
LB Hamilton Anoa'iFr
DE Todd BarrJr
LB Michael BartonSo
CB Trey CheekFr
DT Austin ClarkSr
S Cormac CraigieJr
DE Antoine DavisJr
DT David DavisJr
LB Raymond DavisonFr
LB Devante Downs Fr
DB Cedric DozierSo
DE Kennedy EmesibeFr
S David GarnerSo
CB A.J. GreathouseFr
DT Mustafa JalilSr
LB Jalen JeffersonJr
DE Jonathan JohnsonJr
LB Jake KearneySo
DT Trevor KellyJr
DE Puka LopaJr
S Michael LoweSr
DE Marcus ManleySo
DB Stefan McClure Jr
DL Tony MekariFr
LB Hardy Nickerson So
LB Brennan Scarlett Sr
DB Avery SebastianJr
LB Edward TandySo
LB Alsea TongilavaFr
LB Arthur WainwrightJr
CB Cameron WalkerSo
DE Noah WesterfieldFr
CB Darius WhiteJr
DT Harrison WilfleySr
DB Joel WillisJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Jeremy LangfordSr
P Cole LeiningerSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Game summaries

Northwestern

1234Total
California14107031
Northwestern0714324
  • Date: August 30
  • Location: Ryan Field
  • Game start: 3:30
  • TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, and Jessica Mendoza

Sacramento State

1234Total
Sacramento St077014
California281710055
  • Date: September 6
  • Location: California Memorial Stadium
  • TV announcers (Pac12 Network Bay Area): JB Long, Mike Pawlawski, and Guy Haberman

At Arizona

California Golden Bears (2–0) at Arizona Wildcats (3–0)
Quarter1234Total
California 141431445
Arizona 0673649

at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Game information

Colorado

1234OT2OTTotal
Colorado2177147056
California7721147359
  • Date: September 27
  • Location: California Memorial Stadium
  • Game start: 4:00
  • TV announcers (Pac12 Network): Kevin Calabro, Yogi Roth, and Lewis Johnson

Washington State

1234Total
California013281960
Washington St101428759
  • Date: October 4
  • Location: Martin Stadium
  • Game start: 10:30
  • TV announcers (Pac12 Network): Kevin Calabro, Yogi Roth, and Lewis Johnson

Washington

1234Total
Washington14140331
California00707
  • Date: October 11
  • Location: California Memorial Stadium
  • Game start: 6:00
  • TV announcers (Pac12 Network): Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker, and Jill Savage

UCLA

1234Total
UCLA7179336
California01414634
  • 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

1234Total
Oregon142414759
California14147641
  • Date: October 24
  • Location: Levi's Stadium
  • Game start: 10:00
  • TV announcers (FS1): Tim Brando, Joel Klatt, and Mike Pereira

Oregon State

1234Total
California31771845
Oregon St01014731
  • Date: November 1
  • Location: Reser Stadium
  • Game start: 10:30
  • TV announcers (Pac12 Network): JB Long, Anthony Herron, and Drea Avent

USC

1234Total
California2771430
USC21100738
  • 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

1234Total
Stanford10147738
California073717
  • Date: November 22
  • Location: California Memorial Stadium
  • Game start: 4:00
  • TV announcers (FS1/FS2): Joe Davis, Joey Harrington, and Kris Budden

BYU

1234Total
BYU140141442
California7147735
  • Date: November 29
  • Location: California Memorial Stadium
  • Game start: 4:30
  • TV announcers (Pac12 Network): Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker, and Jill Savage

References

  1. Vernon, Mike (December 6, 2014). "For now, Cal football boosters like Dykes' game plan". SFGate. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  2. "Sports Force Analytics, College Statistics - 2014 National Team Leaders". www.cfbstats.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  3. Kunnath, Avinash (December 1, 2014). "Cal defense gives up most passing yards ... ever!". California Golden Blogs. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  4. DeMarzo, John (October 6, 2014). "Cal has the craziest 3 weeks in college football history". New York Post. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  5. Vernon, Mike (October 5, 2014). "Missed field goal allows Cal to edge WSU 60-59". SFGate. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  6. "Schedule". University of California Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  7. Killion, Ann (February 8, 2014). "Cal Grieving Over Death of Football Player Ted Agu". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  8. "California at Arizona Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.