2014 California Golden Bears football team

The 2014 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears were led by second-year head coach Sonny Dykes and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. When compared to 2013, Cal improved to 5–7, starting out with a 4–1 start, but losing six of their last seven games.[1] It averaged 38.3 points per game, second-best in the Pac-12 and 11th-best in FBS, generating a program-record 459 total points for the season.[2] However, the Golden Bears lost 367.2 passing yards per game along with 42 total passing touchdowns, both of these numbers ranked last out of 128 FBS teams.[3] From Week 3 to Week 5, the Bears played three consecutive high-scoring games that were won or lost in the final seconds. The Bears lost on a Hail Mary to Arizona 49–45, but beat Colorado 59–56 in double overtime in their next game.[4] The following week, Dykes faced his former Air Raid mentor Mike Leach and the Washington State Cougars. California allowed an FBS record 734 passing yards to Cougars' senior quarterback Connor Halliday, but still won 60–59 when WSU missed a 19-yard field goal with 15 seconds to play.[5] They finished 3–6 in Pac-12, in fourth place in the North Division.

2014 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
2014 record5–7 (3–6 Pac-12)
Head coachSonny Dykes (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorTony Franklin (2nd season)
Offensive schemeAir Raid
Defensive coordinatorArt Kaufman (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 62,467)
Levi's Stadium
(Capacity: 68,500)
2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^  8 –1     13 –2  
Stanford  5 –4     8 –5  
Washington  4 –5     8 –6  
California  3 –6     5 –7  
Oregon State  2 –7     5 –7  
Washington State  2 –7     3 –9  
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x  7 –2     10 –4  
No. 10 UCLA  6 –3     10 –3  
No. 12 Arizona State  6 –3     10 –3  
No. 20 USC  6 –3     9 –4  
No. 21 Utah  5 –4     9 –4  
Colorado  0 –9     2 –10  
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3012:30 p.m.at Northwestern*
ABC/ESPN2W 31–2434,228
September 612:00 p.m.Sacramento State*
P12NW 55–1448,145
September 207:00 p.m.at Arizona
P12NL 45–4945,595
September 271:00 p.m.Colorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
P12NW 59–56 2OT39,821
October 47:30 p.m.at Washington State
P12NW 60–5930,020
October 113:00 p.m.Washington
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
P12NL 7–3144,449
October 1812:30 p.m.UCLA
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
ABC/ESPN2L 34–3649,257
October 247:00 p.m.No. 6 Oregon
FS1L 41–5955,575
November 17:30 p.m.at Oregon State
P12NW 45–3142,479
November 136:00 p.m.at USC
ESPNL 30–3864,615
November 221:00 p.m.Stanford
FS1L 17–3856,483
November 291:30 p.m.BYU*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
P12NL 35–4247,856
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time
Reference:[6]

Personnel
2014 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL Chris Adcock Sr
WR Stephen Anderson Sr
WR Jake Ashton Fr
WR Jack Austin Fr
OL Aaron Cochran Fr
WR Caleb Coleman Fr
WR Trevor Davis Jr
RB Vic Enwere Fr
RB Lucas Gingold Sr
QB Jared Goff So
WR Chris Harper Jr
WR Maurice Harris Jr
QB Austin Hinder Sr
WR Raymond Hudson Fr
RB Patrick Laird Fr
RB Daniel Lasco Jr
WR Kenny Lawler So
WR Bryce McGovern Sr
OL Steven Moore So
RB Khalfani Muhammad So
WR Griffin Platt So
WR Darius Powe Jr
WR Matt Rockett Fr
QB Luke Rubenzer Fr
LB Bryce Treggs Jr
RB Tre Watson Fr
WR Patrick Worstell So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB Darius Allensworth Fr
LB Hamilton Anoa'i Fr
DE Todd Barr Jr
LB Michael Barton So
CB Trey Cheek Fr
DT Austin Clark Sr
S Cormac Craigie Jr
DE Antoine Davis Jr
DT David Davis Jr
LB Raymond Davison Fr
LB Devante Downs Fr
DB Cedric Dozier So
DE Kennedy Emesibe Fr
S David Garner So
CB A.J. Greathouse Fr
DT Mustafa Jalil Sr
LB Jalen Jefferson Jr
DE Jonathan Johnson Jr
LB Jake Kearney So
DT Trevor Kelly Jr
DE Puka Lopa Jr
S Michael Lowe Sr
DE Marcus Manley So
DB Stefan McClure Jr
DL Tony Mekari Fr
LB Hardy Nickerson So
LB Brennan Scarlett Sr
DB Avery Sebastian Jr
LB Edward Tandy So
LB Alsea Tongilava Fr
LB Arthur Wainwright Jr
CB Cameron Walker So
DE Noah Westerfield Fr
CB Darius White Jr
DT Harrison Wilfley Sr
DB Joel Willis Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Jeremy Langford Sr
P Cole Leininger So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Game summaries
    • February 7, 2014 – Defensive end Ted Agu, collapsed and died after a training run[7]

    Northwestern
    See also: 2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team
    1 234Total
    • California 14 1070 31
    Northwestern 0 7143 24

    Sacramento State
    See also: 2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team
    1 234Total
    Sacramento St 0 770 14
    • California 28 17100 55

    at Arizona
    See also: 2014 Arizona Wildcats football team
    California Golden Bears (2–0) at Arizona Wildcats (3–0)
    1 2 34Total
    California 14 14 31445
    Arizona 0 6 73649

    at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

    Colorado
    See also: 2014 Colorado Buffaloes football team
    1 234OT2OTTotal
    Colorado 21 771470 56
    • California 7 7211473 59

    Washington State
    See also: 2014 Washington State Cougars football team
    1 234Total
    • California 0 132819 60
    Washington St 10 14287 59

    Washington
    See also: 2014 Washington Huskies football team
    1 234Total
    • Washington 14 1403 31
    California 0 070 7

    UCLA
    See also: 2014 UCLA Bruins football team
    1 234Total
    • UCLA 7 1793 36
    California 0 14146 34

    1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 16-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Ka’imi Fairbairn kick)

    2nd quarter scoring: Cal – Daniel Lasco 3-yard run (James Langford kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 38-yard field goal; Cal – Chris Harper 7-yard pass from Luke Rubenzer (Langford kick); UCLA – Jordan James 11-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Perkins 49-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)

    3rd quarter scoring: Cal – Lasco 2-yard run (James Langford kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 24-yard field goal; Cal – Trevor Davis 24-yard pass from Jared Goff (Langford kick); UCLA – Hundley 15-yard run (Hundley pass fail)

    4th quarter scoring: Cal – Kenny Lawler 23-yard pass from Goff (Goff run fail); UCLA – Fairbairn 26-yard field goal

    Oregon
    See also: 2014 Oregon Ducks football team
    1 234Total
    • Oregon 14 24147 59
    California 14 1476 41

    Oregon State
    See also: 2014 Oregon State Beavers football team
    1 234Total
    • California 3 17718 45
    Oregon St 0 10147 31

    USC
    See also: 2014 USC Trojans football team
    1 234Total
    California 2 7714 30
    • USC 21 1007 38

    Stanford
    See also: 2014 Stanford Cardinal football team, Big Game (American football), and Stanford Axe
    1 234Total
    • Stanford 10 1477 38
    California 0 737 17

    BYU
    See also: 2014 BYU Cougars football team
    1 234Total
    • BYU 14 01414 42
    California 7 1477 35

    References
    1. Vernon, Mike (December 6, 2014). "For now, Cal football boosters like Dykes' game plan". SFGate. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
    2. "Sports Force Analytics, College Statistics - 2014 National Team Leaders". www.cfbstats.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
    3. Kunnath, Avinash (December 1, 2014). "Cal defense gives up most passing yards ... ever!". California Golden Blogs. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
    4. DeMarzo, John (October 6, 2014). "Cal has the craziest 3 weeks in college football history". New York Post. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
    5. Vernon, Mike (October 5, 2014). "Missed field goal allows Cal to edge WSU 60-59". SFGate. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
    6. "Schedule". University of California Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
    7. Killion, Ann (February 8, 2014). "Cal Grieving Over Death of Football Player Ted Agu". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
    8. "California at Arizona Game Stats". Stat Broadcast. September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
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