2004 California Golden Bears football team

The 2004 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 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Jeff Tedford, the Golden Bears compiled a 10–2 record (7–1 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in second place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 441 to 192.^[1][2]

2004 California Golden Bears football
Holiday Bowl, L 31–45 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	10–2 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jeff Tedford (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	George Cortez (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Bob Gregory (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 USC † $		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 9 California		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 19 Arizona State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Oregon State		5	–	3					7	–	5
UCLA		4	–	4					6	–	6
Oregon		4	–	4					5	–	6
Washington State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					4	–	7
Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The Golden Bears were ranked No. 4 at the end of the regular season, its only loss having been No. 1 USC by a 23–17 score. In that game, quarterback Aaron Rodgers set a school record for consecutive completed passes with 26 and tied an NCAA record with 23 consecutive passes completed in one game. He set a Cal single-game record for passing completion percentage of 85.3. Rodgers' performance set up the Golden Bears at first and goal with 1:47 remaining and a chance for the game-winning touchdown. On the first play of USC's goal-line stand, Rodgers threw an incomplete pass. This was followed by a second-down sack by Manuel Wright.^[3] After a timeout and Rodgers' incomplete pass on third down, USC stopped Cal's run play to win the game.^[3] Rodgers commented that it was "frustrating that we couldn't get the job done."^[3]

After Texas was picked over Cal for a Rose Bowl berth, the fourth-ranked Bears were awarded a spot in the Holiday Bowl, which they lost to Texas Tech, 45–31.

The team's statistical leaders included Aaron Rodgers with 2,566 passing yards, J. J. Arrington with 2,018 rushing yards, and Geoff McArthur with 862 receiving yards.^[4] Three California players received first-team honors on the 2004 College Football All-America Team: running back J. J. Arrington (AP, FWAA, TSN, SI, ESPN, CBS); offensive lineman Marvin Philip (SI); and defensive lineman Ryan Riddle (TSN, SI).

After the season, Rodgers decided to forgo his senior season to enter the 2005 NFL draft. He was drafted in the first round by the Green Bay Packers.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	9:00 a.m.	at Air Force*	No. 12	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	W 56–14	50,075
September 11	3:30 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 12	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	KRON	W 41–14	58,949
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	No. 10	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 49–7	36,003
October 9	12:30 p.m.	at No. 1 USC	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (College GameDay)	ABC	L 17–23	90,008
October 16	4:00 p.m.	UCLA	No. 8	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	TBS	W 45–28	69,898
October 23	4:00 p.m.	at Arizona	No. 7	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 38–0	52,049
October 30	7:00 p.m.	No. 20 Arizona State	No. 7	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	TBS	W 27–0	52,652
November 6	12:30 p.m.	Oregon	No. 4	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 28–27	65,615
November 13	12:30 p.m.	at Washington	No. 5	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 42–12	63,451
November 20	12:30 p.m.	Stanford	No. 4	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (The Big Game)	FSN	W 41–6	72,981
December 4	4:30 p.m.	at Southern Mississippi*	No. 4	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN	W 26–16	27,480
December 30	5:00 p.m.	vs. No. 20 Texas Tech*	No. 4	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 31–45	63,711
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Roster and Coaching Staff

2004 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Noah Smith  Fr RB 2 Marcus O'Keith  So QB 3 Steve Levy  So WR 4 David Gray  So QB 8 Aaron Rodgers Jr RB 24 Marshawn Lynch Fr RB 30 J. J. Arrington Sr OL 61 Ryan O'Callaghan Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Worrell Williams Fr DB 2 Bernard Hicks Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 5 Anthony Binswanger  Fr	Head coach Jeff Tedford Coordinators/assistant coaches George Cortez (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) Bob Gregory (defensive coordinator/outside linebackers) Pete Alamar (special teams/tight ends) Ken Delgado (defensive line) Ron Gould (running backs) Eric Kiesau (wide receivers) Jim Michalczik (assistant head coach/offensive line) Justin Wilcox (linebackers) J. D. Williams (secondary) Mike McHugh (director of football operations) Bert Watts (graduate assistant - defense) Kevin Daft (graduate assistant - offense) Jim Sterbick (offensive assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 18, 2017

Game summaries

At Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Golden Bears	14	7	14	21	56
Falcons	7	7	0	0	14

See also: 2004 Air Force Falcons football team

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	7	0	7	14
No. 12 Golden Bears	6	21	7	7	41

See also: 2004 New Mexico State Aggies football team

At Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Golden Bears	21	7	7	14	49
Beavers	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2004 Oregon State Beavers football team

At No. 1 USC (College Gameday)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Golden Bears	0	10	7	0	17
No. 1 Trojans	10	6	7	0	23

See also: 2004 USC Trojans football team and College GameDay (football TV program)

UCLA (Rivalry)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	0	14	0	14	28
No. 8 Golden Bears	7	14	7	17	45

See also: 2004 UCLA Bruins football team and California–UCLA football rivalry

At Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Golden Bears	7	21	0	10	38
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2004 Arizona Wildcats football team

No. 20 Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Sun Devils	0	0	0	0	0
No. 7 Golden Bears	10	3	7	7	27

See also: 2004 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	20	7	0	0	27
No. 4 Golden Bears	14	7	0	7	28

See also: 2004 Oregon Ducks football team

At Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Golden Bears	0	7	21	14	42
Huskies	3	3	6	0	12

See also: 2004 Washington Huskies football team

Stanford (The Big Game)

See also: 2004 Stanford Cardinal football team and Big Game (American football)

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinal 3 0 3 0 6 • No. 4 Golden Bears 10 0 10 21 41 Date: November 20 Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Source:

Scoring summary 1 8:45 CAL Robert Jordan 29 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 7-0 1 2:34 CAL Tom Schneider 42 yard field goal CAL 10-0 1 0:20 STAN Mike Sgroi 21 yard field goal CAL 10-3 3 8:38 CAL Tom Schneider 28 yard field goal CAL 13-3 3 3:22 CAL Marshawn Lynch 55 yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 20-3 3 1:18 STAN Mike Sgroi 44 yard field goal CAL 20-6 4 12:53 CAL J.J. Arrington 9 yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 27-6 4 9:26 CAL Burl Toler 20 yard pass from Marshawn Lynch (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 34-6 4 3:05 CAL Reggie Robertson 5 yard run (Tom Schneider kick) CAL 41-6

At Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Golden Bears	0	14	3	9	26
Golden Eagles	7	0	3	6	16

See also: 2004 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

Vs. No. 20 Texas Tech (2004 Holiday Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Red Raiders	7	17	14	7	45
No. 4 Golden Bears	14	0	3	14	31

See also: 2004 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team and 2004 Holiday Bowl

See also

• BCS controversies, which includes Texas receiving the Rose Bowl bid over Cal

References

1. "2004 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. "Trojans' defense stymies Cal QB at first-and-goal". ESPN. October 9, 2004. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
4. "2004 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
5. "NFL 2005 draft results (Round One)". National Football League (NFL). Archived from the original on January 12, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
6. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com