2019 California Golden Bears football team

The 2019 California Golden Bears football team will represent the University of California, Berkeley in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears will be led by third-year head coach Justin Wilcox and will play their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California. They will compete as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season
In 2018, the Bears went 7–6 under second-year head coach Justin Wilcox. After the Bears upset #15 Washington 12–10 and defeated USC 15–14 at the Coliseum in Los Angeles to snap a 14-year losing streak to the Trojans, the Bears lost 10–7 in overtime to TCU in the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl. The Bears’ offensive efficiency ranked as the second worst among all Power Five teams.

Coaching changes
On February 26, 2019, defensive line coach Tony Tuioti left the Golden Bears to become the new defensive line coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers under Scott Frost. Andrew Browning was named the Bears' new defensive line coach on February 27, 2019. Browning is the third defensive line coach in three years under Justin Wilcox after Jerry Azzinaro's departure in 2017.

Schedule
Three of California first four games will be non-conference games, starting on August 31 against UC Davis of the Big Sky Conference. The Golden Bears will then play their conference opener against Washington. Rounding out the non-conference slate will be a home game against North Texas of Conference USA and a road game against Ole Miss of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In Pac-12 Conference play, Cal will play the other members of the North Division and draws Arizona State, UCLA, USC, and Utah from the South Division. They will not play Arizona or Colorado as part of the regular season.

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Radio

 * KGO 810 AM - Joe Starkey, Mike Pawlawski, Todd McKim, Hal Ramey
 * KALX 90.7 FM

TV

 * Pac-12 Network
 * FSN/ESPN