Updated All-Time Cal Football Seasons

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Cal football has played 127 seasons dating back to 1886, with no games being played in 1889 and from 1906-1914, when rugby was played instead.

The Bears are currently coached by Justin Wilcox, who was given a contract extension through 2027 on January 20, 2022.

Cal has won five NCAA recognized national titles, in 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1937 and 14 conference championships, the last one coming in 2006.

The Bears have also played two of the oddest and most memorable plays in college football: Roy “Wrong Way” Riegels’ fumble recovery at the 1929 Rose Bowl and The Play kickoff return in the 1982 Big Game.

Memorial Stadium was built to honor Berkeley alumni, students, and other Californians who died in World War I and modeled after the Colosseum in Rome.

It has been named one of the top college football stadiums by various publications, and it is also listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The stadium is located on the Hayward Fault, which passes directly under the playing field, nearly from goal post to goal post.

The table below includes season rundowns with Conference, W-L record, win percentage, coach, and bowl game, if any, for each year

Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	Coach	Bowl
2022	Pac-12	—	—	—	—	Justin Wilcox	—
2021	Pac-12	5	7	0	.417	Justin Wicox
2020	Pac-12	1	3	0	.250	Justin Wilcox
2019	Pac-12	8	5	0	.615	Justin Wilcox	Redbox Bowl-W
2018	Pac-12	7	6	0	.538	Justin Wilcox	Cheez-It Bowl-L
2017	Pac-12	5	7	0	.417	Justin Wilcox
2016	Pac-12	5	7	0	.417	Sonny Dykes
2015	Pac-12	8	5	0	.615	Sonny Dykes	Armed Forces Bowl-W
2014	Pac-12	5	7	0	.417	Sonny Dykes
2013	Pac-12	1	11	0	.083	Sonny Dykes
2012	Pac-12	3	9	0	.250	Jeff Tedford
2011	Pac-12	7	6	0	.538	Jeff Tedford	Holiday Bowl-L
2010	Pac-10	5	7	0	.417	Jeff Tedford
2009	Pac-10	8	5	0	.615	Jeff Tedford	Poinsettia Bowl-L
2008	Pac-10	9	4	0	.692	Jeff Tedford	Emerald Bowl-W
2007	Pac-10	7	6	0	.538	Jeff Tedford	Armed Forces Bowl-W
2006	Pac-10	10	3	0	.769	Jeff Tedford	Holiday Bowl-W
2005	Pac-10	8	4	0	.667	Jeff Tedford	Las Vegas Bowl-W
2004	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833	Jeff Tedford	Holiday Bowl-L
2003	Pac-10	8	6	0	.571	Jeff Tedford	Insight Bowl-W
2002	Pac-10	7	5	0	.583	Jeff Tedford
2001	Pac-10	1	10	0	.091	Tom Holmoe
2000	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	Tom Holmoe
1999	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	Tom Holmoe
1998	Pac-10	5	6	0	.455	Tom Holmoe
1997	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	Tom Holmoe
1996	Pac-10	6	6	0	.500	Steve Mariucci	Aloha Bowl-L
1995	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	Keith Gilbertson
1994	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	Keith Gilbertson
1993	Pac-10	9	4	0	.692	Keith Gilbertson	Alamo Bowl-W
1992	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	Keith Gilbertson
1991	Pac-10	10	2	0	.833	Bruce Snyder	Citrus Bowl-W
1990	Pac-10	7	4	1	.625	Bruce Snyder	Copper Bowl-W
1989	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	Bruce Snyder
1988	Pac-10	5	5	1	.500	Bruce Snyder
1987	Pac-10	3	6	2	.364	Bruce Snyder
1986	Pac-10	2	9	0	.182	Joe Kapp
1985	Pac-10	4	7	0	.364	Joe Kapp
1984	Pac-10	2	9	0	.182	Joe Kapp
1983	Pac-10	5	5	1	.500	Joe Kapp
1982	Pac-10	7	4	0	.636	Joe Kapp
1981	Pac-10	2	9	0	.182	Roger Theder
1980	Pac-10	3	8	0	.273	Roger Theder
1979	Pac-10	6	6	0	.500	Roger Theder	Garden State Bowl-L
1978	Pac-10	6	5	0	.545	Roger Theder
1977	Pac-8	7	4	0	.636	Mike White
1976	Pac-8	5	6	0	.455	Mike White
1975	Pac-8	8	3	0	.727	Mike White
1974	Pac-8	7	3	1	.682	Mike White
1973	Pac-8	4	7	0	.364	Mike White
1972	Pac-8	3	8	0	.273	Mike White
1971	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545	Ray Willsey
1970	Pac-8	6	5	0	.545	Ray Willsey
1969	Pac-8	5	5	0	.500	Ray Willsey
1968	Pac-8	7	3	1	.682	Ray Willsey
1967	AAWU	5	5	0	.500	Ray Willsey
1966	AAWU	3	7	0	.300	Ray Willsey
1965	AAWU	5	5	0	.500	Ray Willsey
1964	AAWU	3	7	0	.300	Ray Willsey
1963	AAWU	4	5	1	.450	Marv Levy
1962	AAWU	1	9	0	.100	Marv Levy
1961	AAWU	1	8	1	.150	Marv Levy
1960	AAWU	2	7	1	.250	Marv Levy
1959	AAWU	2	8	0	.200	Pete Elliott
1958	PCC	7	4	0	.636	Pete Elliott	Rose Bowl-L
1957	PCC	1	9	0	.100	Pete Elliott
1956	PCC	3	7	0	.300	Pappy Waldorf
1955	PCC	2	7	1	.250	Pappy Waldorf
1954	PCC	5	5	0	.500	Pappy Waldorf
1953	PCC	4	4	2	.500	Pappy Waldorf
1952	PCC	7	3	0	.700	Pappy Waldorf
1951	PCC	8	2	0	.800	Pappy Waldorf
1950	PCC	9	1	1	.864	Pappy Waldorf	Rose Bowl-L
1949	PCC	10	1	0	.909	Pappy Waldorf	Rose Bowl-L
1948	PCC	10	1	0	.909	Pappy Waldorf	Rose Bowl-L
1947	PCC	9	1	0	.900	Pappy Waldorf
1946	PCC	2	7	0	.222	Frank Wickhorst
1945	PCC	4	5	1	.450	Buck Shaw
1944	PCC	3	6	1	.350	Stub Allison
1943	PCC	4	6	0	.400	Stub Allison
1942	PCC	5	5	0	.500	Stub Allison
1941	PCC	4	5	0	.444	Stub Allison
1940	PCC	4	6	0	.400	Stub Allison
1939	PCC	3	7	0	.300	Stub Allison
1938	PCC	10	1	0	.909	Stub Allison
1937	PCC	10	0	1	.955	Stub Allison	Rose Bowl-W
1936	PCC	6	5	0	.545	Stub Allison
1935	PCC	9	1	0	.900	Stub Allison
1934	PCC	6	6	0	.500	William Ingram
1933	PCC	6	3	2	.636	William Ingram
1932	PCC	7	3	2	.667	William Ingram
1931	PCC	8	2	0	.800	William Ingram
1930	PCC	4	5	0	.444	Nibs Price
1929	PCC	7	1	1	.833	Nibs Price
1928	PCC	6	2	2	.700	Nibs Price	Rose Bowl-L
1927	PCC	7	3	0	.700	Nibs Price
1926	PCC	3	6	0	.333	Nibs Price
1925	PCC	6	3	0	.667	Andy Smith
1924	PCC	8	0	2	.900	Andy Smith
1923	PCC	9	0	1	.950	Andy Smith
1922	PCC	9	0	0	1.000	Andy Smith
1921	PCC	9	0	1	.950	Andy Smith	Rose Bowl-T
1920	PCC	9	0	0	1.000	Andy Smith	Rose Bowl-W
1919	PCC	6	2	1	.722	Andy Smith
1918	PCC	6	2	0	.750	Andy Smith
1917	PCC	5	5	1	.500	Andy Smith
1916	PCC	6	4	1	.591	Andy Smith
1915	Ind	8	5	0	.615	James Schaeffer
1905	Ind	4	1	2	.714	J. W. Knibbs
1904	Ind	6	1	1	.813	James Hopper
1903	Ind	6	1	2	.778	James Whipple
1902	Ind	8	0	0	1.000	James Whipple
1901	Ind	9	0	1	.950	Frank Simpson
1900	Ind	4	2	1	.643	Addison Kelly
1899	Ind	7	1	1	.833	Garrett Cochran
1898	Ind	8	0	2	.900	Garrett Cochran
1897	Ind	0	3	2	.200	Charles P. Nott
1896	Ind	6	2	2	.700	Frank Butterworth
1895	Ind	3	1	1	.700	Frank Butterworth
1894	Ind	0	1	2	.333	Charles Gill
1893	Ind	5	1	1	.786	W. W. Heffelfinger
1892 FA	Ind	2	1	1	.625	Thomas McClung
1892 SP	Ind	4	2	0	.667	Thomas McClung
1891	Ind	0	1	0	.000	None
1890	Ind	4	0	0	1.000	None
1888	Ind	6	1	0	.857	None
1887	Ind	4	0	0	1.000	None
1886	Ind	6	2	1	.722	O. S. Howard