List of California Golden Bears bowl games

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On offense during the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl.

The California Golden Bears college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of California, Berkeley in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Since the establishment of the team in 1886, California has appeared in 24 bowl games, [1] including eight appearances in the Rose Bowl Game. [1] Their latest bowl appearance was the 2019 Redbox Bowl, where California won against the Illinois Fighting Illini 35–20, [2] to give the Golden Bears an overall bowl record of 12–11–1 (.521).

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List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach [A 1]
#BowlScore [A 2] DateSeason [A 3] Opponent [A 4] StadiumLocationAttendance [3] Head coach
1 Rose Bowl W 28–0January 1, 1921 1920 Ohio State Buckeyes Tournament Park Pasadena 42,000 Andy Smith
2 Rose Bowl T 0–0January 2, 1922 1921 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Tournament Park Pasadena 40,000 Andy Smith
3 Rose Bowl L 8–7January 1, 1929 1928 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Rose Bowl Pasadena 66,604 Nibs Price
4 Rose Bowl W 13–0January 1, 1938 1937 Alabama Crimson Tide Rose Bowl Pasadena 90,000 Stub Allison
5 Rose Bowl L 20–14January 1, 1949 1948 Northwestern Wildcats Rose Bowl Pasadena 90,000 Pappy Waldorf
6 Rose Bowl L 17–14January 2, 1950 1949 Ohio State Buckeyes Rose Bowl Pasadena 100,963 Pappy Waldorf
7 Rose Bowl L 14–6January 1, 1951 1950 Michigan Wolverines Rose Bowl Pasadena 98,939 Pappy Waldorf
8 Rose Bowl L 38–12January 1, 1959 1958 Iowa Hawkeyes Rose Bowl Pasadena 98,297 Pete Elliott
9 Garden State Bowl L 28–17December 15, 1979 1979 Temple Owls Giants Stadium East Rutherford 40,207 Roger Theder
10 Copper Bowl W 17–15December 31, 1990 1990 Wyoming Cowboys Arizona Stadium Tucson 36,340 Bruce Snyder
11 Florida Citrus Bowl W 37–13January 1, 1992 1991 Clemson Tigers Citrus Bowl Orlando 64,192 Bruce Snyder
12 Alamo Bowl W 37–3December 31, 1993 1993 Iowa Hawkeyes Alamodome San Antonio 45,716 Keith Gilbertson
13 Aloha Bowl L 42–38December 25, 1996 1996 Navy Midshipmen Aloha Stadium Honolulu 43,380 Steve Mariucci
14 Insight Bowl W 52–49December 26, 2003 2003 Virginia Tech Hokies Bank One Ballpark Phoenix 42,364 Jeff Tedford
15 Holiday Bowl L 45–31December 30, 2004 2004 Texas Tech Red Raiders Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 66,222 Jeff Tedford
16 Las Vegas Bowl W 35–28December 22, 2005 2005 BYU Cougars Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas 40,053 Jeff Tedford
17 Holiday Bowl W 45–10December 28, 2006 2006 Texas A&M Aggies Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 62,395 Jeff Tedford
18 Armed Forces Bowl W 42–36December 31, 2007 2007 Air Force Falcons Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 44,009 Jeff Tedford
19 Emerald Bowl W 24–17December 27, 2008 2008 Miami Hurricanes AT&T Park San Francisco 42,268 Jeff Tedford
20 Poinsettia Bowl L 37–27December 23, 2009 2009 Utah Utes Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 32,665 Jeff Tedford
21 Holiday Bowl L 21–10December 28, 2011 2011 Texas Longhorns Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 56,313 Jeff Tedford
22 Armed Forces Bowl W 55–36December 29, 2015 2015 Air Force Falcons Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 38,915 Sonny Dykes
23 Cheez-It Bowl L 7–10OTDecember 26, 2018 2018 TCU Horned Frogs Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona 33,121 Justin Wilcox
24 Redbox Bowl W 35–20December 30, 2019 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California 34,177 Justin Wilcox
25 Independence Bowl December 16, 2023 2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana Justin Wilcox

Notes

  1. Statistics correct as of 2019–20 NCAA football bowl games.
  2. Results are sortable first by whether the result was a California win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
  3. Links to the season article for the California team that competed in the bowl for that year.
  4. Links to the season article for the opponent that California competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.

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  1. 1 2 "2019 California Football Record Book" (PDF). Cal Athletics. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. Rusty Simmons (December 30, 2019). "Cal beats Illinois in Redbox Bowl, first bowl win since 2015". SF Chronicle. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  3. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38