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{{Infobox NCAA team season
| Mode = football
| Year = 2001
| Team = California Golden Bears
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| Conference = Pacific-10
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| ShortConference = Pac-10
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| Record = 1&ndash;10
| ConfRecord = 0&ndash;8
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| HeadCoach = [[Tom Holmoe]]
| HCYear = 5th
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| StadiumArena = [[California Memorial Stadium]]<br>(Capacity: 75,028)
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{{2001 Pacific-10 football standings}}
The '''2001 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 [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season]]. In their fifth and final year under head coach [[Tom Holmoe]], the Golden Bears compiled a 1–10 record (0–8 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in last place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 431 to 201.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/california/2001-schedule.html|title=2001 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=October 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=California 2015 Football Information Guide |url=https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf |website=CalBears.com |publisher=Cal Golden Bears Athletics |accessdate=October 21, 2016 |page=166 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170757/https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf |archivedate=October 26, 2016 |df= }}</ref>

The team's statistical leaders included Kyle Boller with 1,741 passing yards, Terrell Williams with 688 rushing yards, and Charon Arnold with 606 receiving yards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/california/2001.html|title=2001 California Golden Bears Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=October 21, 2016}}</ref>

Following a loss to [[2001 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] and an 0&ndash;8 start, Holmoe announced his resignation effective at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110401aaa.html |title=Tom Holmoe Resigns as Football Coach |publisher=''Calbears.com'' |date=November 4, 2001 |accessdate=November 22, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130118190920/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110401aaa.html |archivedate=January 18, 2013 |df= }}</ref>

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2001
| poll = AP
| timezone = Pacific

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 1
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]]
| site_stadium = [[California Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley, CA]]
| tv = [[Fox Sports Networks|FSN]]
| score = 17–44
| attend = 38,160
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 8
| time = 2:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 BYU Cougars football team|BYU]]
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = 
| score = 16–44
| attend = 33,043
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]]
| site_stadium = [[Martin Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman, WA]]
| tv = 
| score = 20–51
| attend = 21,534
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]
| opprank = 13
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = 
| score = 28–31
| attend = 35,172
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = 
| score = 7–48
| attend = 34,552
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| time = 7:15 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]]
| gamename = [[California–UCLA football rivalry|rivalry]]
| opprank = 4
| site_stadium = [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]
| site_cityst = [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena, CA]]
| tv = FSN
| score = 17–56
| attend = 65,366
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]
| site_stadium = [[Reser Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis, OR]]
| tv = 
| score = 10–19
| attend = 36,142
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]]
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = 
| score = 24–38
| attend = 26,222
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 USC Trojans football team|USC]]
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| tv = 
| score = 14–55
| attend = 33,506
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 Stanford Cardinal football team|Stanford]]
| opprank = 13
| gamename = [[Big Game (football)|Big Game]]
| site_stadium = [[Stanford Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Stanford, California|Stanford, CA]]
| tv = [[KGO-TV|KGO]]
| score = 28–35
| attend = 71,150
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| time = 10:00 a.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 
| opponent = [[2001 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team|Rutgers]]
| site_stadium = [[Rutgers Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway, NJ]]
| tv = 
| score = 20–10
| attend = 18,111
}}
}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/cal-m-footbl-2001.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-09-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130118161209/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/cal-m-footbl-2001.html |archivedate=2013-01-18 |df= }}</ref>

==References==
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