California Golden Bears football

First season1886; 140 years agoAthletic directorJay Larson
Jenny Simon-O'NeillGeneral managerRon RiveraHead coachTosh Lupoi
1st season, 0–0 (–)LocationBerkeley, CaliforniaStadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 63,000)NCAA divisionDivision I FBSConferenceACCColorsBlue and gold
All-time record707–584–51  (.546)Bowl record12–14–1 (.463)National championshipsClaimed1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937Conference championshipsPCC: 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1958

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The California Golden Bears football program represents the University of California, Berkeley, in college football as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. They were previously a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley and was most recently coached by Justin Wilcox before his firing following the 2025 Big Game. Since beginning of play in 1886, the team has won five NCAA recognized national titles —1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1937—and 14 conference championships, the last one in 2006. It has also produced what are considered to be 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.