2006 California Golden Bears football team
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Pac-10 co-champion
Holiday Bowl champion |
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Holiday Bowl, W 45–10 vs. Texas A&M
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 14 |
| AP | No. 14 |
| 2006 record | 10–3 (7–2 Pac-10) |
| Head coach | Jeff Tedford (5th year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Mike Dunbar (1st year) |
| Defensive coordinator | Bob Gregory (5th year) |
| Home stadium |
California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 72,516) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 USC + | 7 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #14 California + | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #21 Oregon State | 6 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scoring summary | ||||
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| Q1 | TA&M | Schroeder 19 yard pass from McGee (Szymanski kick) | TA&M 7–0 | |
| Q1 | CAL | Longshore 1 yard run (Schneider kick) | Tie 7–7 | |
| Q2 | CAL | Lynch 2 yard run (Schneider kick) | CAL 14–7 | |
| Q2 | TA&M | Szymanski 32 yard field goal | CAL 14–10 | |
| Q3 | CAL | Lynch 2 yard run (Schneider kick) | CAL 21–10 | |
| Q3 | CAL | Hawkins 3 yard pass from Longshore (Schneider kick) | CAL 28–10 | |
| Q4 | CAL | Schneider 21 yard field goal | CAL 31–10 | |
| Q4 | CAL | Forsett 7 yard run (Schneider kick) | CAL 38–10 | |
| Q4 | CAL | Schutte 3 yard run (Schneider kick) | CAL 45–10 | |
The 2006 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California, and were coached by Jeff Tedford.
The Bears began the season with a number 12 ranking. After sustaining an upset by then number 23-ranked Tennessee in their opening game, the Bears won their next eight games before suffering another upset to unranked Arizona followed by a subsequent loss to then number 4 USC. All of these defeats came in away games. The Bears qualified for a share of the Pac-10 title after USC was upset by rival UCLA the following week. The team made its second Holiday Bowl in three years, blowing out #21 Texas A&M and finishing the season ranked #14.
Since Jeff Tedford took the Cal football coaching job after their 1–10 2001 campaign, Cal saw an immense improvement in its football program, having five straight winning seasons from 2002 to 2006.
This particular Bears team, with a wealth of talent returning from their previous season, had a good amount of preseason hype surrounding it, with the preseason AP Poll ranking the Bears 9th, while the Coaches Poll rated them 12th, their highest ranking since 1952. After a season-ending injury in the first game of the 2005 season, sophomore Nate Longshore was named the starting quarterback for the Bears over Joe Ayoob, who had struggled in the 2005 games that he had started. After a very impressive season, Cal also launched a program to officially campaign for running back Marshawn Lynch to win the Heisman Trophy.
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