2004 California Golden Bears football team

2004 California Golden Bears football
Holiday Bowl, L 31–45 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
2004 record	10–2 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jeff Tedford (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	George Cortez (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Gregory (3rd season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 67,537)
Seasons

2004 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#1 USC †		7	–	0					13	–	0
#9 California		7	–	1					10	–	2
#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 vacated 2 wins (1 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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. After a timeout and Rodgers' incomplete pass on third down, USC stopped Cal's run play to win the game. Rodgers commented that it was "frustrating that we couldn't get the job done."

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. After the season, Rodgers decided to forgo his senior season to enter the 2005 NFL Draft.

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. 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 Phillip (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.  

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

Game summaries

Stanford

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Stanford 3 0 3 0 6 • California 10 0 10 21 41 Date: November 20 Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Source: [1] 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

Roster

2004 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Smith, NoahNoah Smith File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr RB 2 O'Keith, MarcusMarcus O'Keith File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So QB 3 Levy, SteveSteve Levy File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So WR 4 Gray, DavidDavid Gray File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So QB 8 Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers 5.0 !Jr RB 24 Lynch, MarshawnMarshawn Lynch 1.0 !Fr RB 30 Arrington, J. J.J. J. Arrington 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Williams, WorrellWorrell Williams 1.0 !Fr DB 2 Hicks, BernardBernard Hicks 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 5 Binswanger, AnthonyAnthony Binswanger File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !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

See also

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