1998 California Golden Bears football team

1998 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10
1998 record	5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tom Holmoe (2nd season)
Captain	Matt Beck
Captain	Dameane Douglas
Captain	Sekou Sanyika
Captain	John Welbourn
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,028)
Seasons

1998 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#8 UCLA †		8	–	0					10	–	2
#4 Arizona		7	–	1					12	–	1
Oregon		5	–	3					8	–	4
USC		5	–	3					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	4					6	–	6
Arizona State		4	–	4					5	–	6
California		3	–	5					5	–	6
Oregon State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington State		0	–	8					3	–	8
† – BCS representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 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 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Tom Holmoe, the Golden Bears compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in seventh place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 251 to 183.

The team's statistical leaders included Justin Vedder with 2,322 passing yards, Marcus Fields with 734 rushing yards, and Dameane Douglas with 1,150 receiving yards.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 p.m.	Houston*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 14–10	33,000
September 12	4:00 p.m.	No. 4 Nebraska*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 3–24	67,000
September 19	4:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FSNBA	W 13–12	74,235
September 26	4:00 p.m.	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 24–14	32,497
October 10	3:30 p.m.	at No. 19 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FSNBA	W 32–31	65,678
October 17	3:30 p.m.	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 13–21	71,215
October 24	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	ABC	L 16–28	55,000
October 31	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 20–19	23,594
November 7	3:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		L 22–55	64,973
November 14	12:30 p.m.	No. 9 Arizona	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 23–27	36,500
November 21	12:30 p.m.	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (The Big Game)	ABC	L 3–10	69,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1998 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 3 Ainsworth, MichaelMichael Ainsworth WR 15 Bennett, OmarOmar Bennett TE 85 Brandon, EricEric Brandon C 63 Brown, CalebCaleb Brown QB 5 Clemons, SamuelSamuel Clemons QB 18 Dalton, WesleyWesley Dalton QB 86 Davenport, RonnieRonnie Davenport FB 38 Del Prado, JoshJosh Del Prado C 60 Diehl, ReedReed Diehl OT 71 Doherty, KevinKevin Doherty WR 81 Douglas, DameaneDameane Douglas TB 4 Fields, MarcusMarcus Fields OL 62 Fisher, AdamAdam Fisher FB 46 Freeman, MikeMike Freeman OL 79 Gray, BrianBrian Gray RB 25 Hanks, ChrisChris Hanks TE 47 Helfman, MarcusMarcus Helfman TE 45 Kunkle, A.J.A.J. Kunkle OG 79 Ludwig, BrandonBrandon Ludwig WR 82 Macha, EddieEddie Macha OL 74 Major, JoeJoe Major OT 70 Martin, JeffJeff Martin OG 76 McCallister, TateTate McCallister WR 91 McMorris, ScottScott McMorris FB 37 Muhammad, SaleemSaleem Muhammad RB 35 Oliver, MarcusMarcus Oliver QB 16 Page, DavidDavid Page FB 93 Peters, MattMatt Peters WR 83 Pierre, BruceBruce Pierre WR 88 Pipersburg, PhillipPhillip Pipersburg OT 72 Rick, WarrenWarren Rick C, OG 73 Romero, JohnJohn Romero FB 48 Slocumb, RashadRashad Slocumb TE 32 Smith, CoreyCorey Smith FB 41 Stanger, RyanRyan Stanger WR 80 Stumpf, BrianBrian Stumpf OL 77 Styles, DougDoug Styles TE 87 Surgener, BrianBrian Surgener OT 75 Swillis, KevinKevin Swillis QB 17 Tollner, RyanRyan Tollner QB 10 Vedder, JustinJustin Vedder OL 66 Walker, LangstonLangston Walker OG 64 Welbourn, JohnJohn Welbourn WR 4 White, BrianBrian White FB 40 White, JoshuaJoshua White TB 2 Willis, BrandonBrandon Willis WR 6 Young, JoelJoel Young	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 46 Banta-Cain, TullyTully Banta-Cain ILB 59 Beck, MattMatt Beck DE 97 Carter, AndreAndre Carter LB 43 Cherry, JamalJamal Cherry CB 29 Coffey, AnthonyAnthony Coffey DE 98 De Loach, JerryJerry De Loach S 20 Destefano, PeterPeter Destefano LB 44 Dorsey, AlbertAlbert Dorsey LB 50 Fa'avae, Fa'avaeFa'avae Fa'avae ILB 42 Flagg, JustinJustin Flagg S, LB 49 Fujita, ScottScott Fujita DB 31 Gardner, DerrickDerrick Gardner ILB 99 Gelderman, NateNate Gelderman NT 92 Gibson, JamesJames Gibson S 36 Hale, DeweyDewey Hale CB 11 Harris, DraeDrae Harris DB 25 Iwuoma, ChidiChidi Iwuoma DT 55 Jackson, KaseyKasey Jackson DE 30 Jackson, RoyRoy Jackson LB 17 Jimenez, JuanJuan Jimenez S 24 Marzett, DamianDamian Marzett DE 33 McLaughlin, JohnJohn McLaughlin ILB 53 Miller, KeithKeith Miller LB 45 Nixon, MattMatt Nixon CB 8 O'Neal, DelthaDeltha O'Neal DB 22 Orr, MarkMark Orr DL 95 Parker, JeremiahJeremiah Parker DB 28 Pearson, HaroldHarold Pearson CB 21 Powell, JemeelJemeel Powell OLB 13 Sanyika, SekouSekou Sanyika S 19 Smith, DonDon Smith LB 51 Smith, JasonJason Smith S 9 Smith, MarquisMarquis Smith DB 23 Stampley, DemetriusDemetrius Stampley LB 47 Trowbridge, JoshJosh Trowbridge DE 58 Tugbenyoh, MawukoMawuko Tugbenyoh LB 34 Urgenti, PaulPaul Urgenti DT 94 Waasdrop, JacobJacob Waasdrop DB 14 Ward, LaShaunLaShaun Ward S 37 Watts, BertBert Watts DB 39 Watts, DavidDavid Watts DE 78 Whittington, ZechZech Whittington	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 27 Brache, IgnacioIgnacio Brache P 89 Harris, NickNick Harris PK 29 Wolleck, TimTim Wolleck	Head coach Tom Holmoe Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2017-Sep-11