2013 California Golden Bears football team


The 2013 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was Cal's first year of being led by the head coach Sonny Dykes. Cal's athletic director Sandy Barbour stated that it was his emphasis on offense that was the primary factor in the decision. Dykes was hired from Louisiana Tech, and was known for his reliance on the pass heavy and high scoring Air Raid offense, that utilized a shotgun formation with four wide receivers. Cal finished this season with a 1–11 record. With Dykes becoming the first head coach since the University began playing football in 1886 to fail to defeat a single D-1 opponent in a season that has lasted at least five games. Bears lost to Stanford by 50 points, the largest margin ever in the 119-year history of the Big Game. During the season, the team was featured on The Drive, a weekly documentary series on the Pac-12 Network.
One of the season's few positives was the performance of true freshman Jared Goff as the starting quarterback. Under Dyke's Air Raid, Goff delivered a record breaking season setting Cal single-season records for passing yards, yardage gained, total offense, passes completed, and passes attempted.

Schedule

Game summaries

Northwestern

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–11949NW, 20–14

Portland State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02006CAL, 42–16

Ohio State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–62012OSU, 35–28

Oregon

Overall recordLast meetingResult
40–33–22012ORE, 59–17

Washington State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
44–25–52012CAL, 31–17

Cal holds a 44–25–5 record in the series and had won the last eight meetings. This was the Cougar's first victory against the Golden Bears in 11 years. Their last victory occurred in 2002 where the Cougars beat the Golden Bears 48-18 at Memorial Stadium.
1st quarter scoring: WSU – Vince Mayle 35-yard pass from Connor Halliday ; WSU – Jeremiah Laufasa 5-yard run
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Deandre Coleman 2-yard safety on Teondray Caldwell; CAL – Vincenzo D'Amato 35-yard field goal; CAL – Chris Harper 89-yard pass from Jared Goff ; WSU – Marcus Mason 68-yard from Halliday ; CAL – D'Amato 43-yard field goal
3rd quarter scoring: WSU – Teondray Caldwell 10-yard run ; WSU – Vince Mayle 72-yard pass from ; CAL – James Grisom 53-yard pass from Goff
4th quarter scoring: WSU – Furney 44-yard field goal; WSU – Furney 41-yard field goal; WSU – Furney 28-yard field goal

UCLA

Overall recordLast meetingResult
32–50–12012CAL, 43–17

California is 32–50–1 against UCLA since the series began in 1933. This was Sonny Dykes first year taking on the Bruins as California's head coach.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 24-yard field goal; UCLA – Devin Fuller 18-yard pass from Brett Hundley
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 1-yard run ; CAL – Vincenzo D'Amato 51-yard field goal;
CAL – Daniel Lasco 6-yard run ; UCLA – Thomas Duarte 27-yard pass from Hundley
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 22-yard field goal; UCLA – Fairbairn 27-yard field goal
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 22-yard pass from Hundley

Oregon State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
34-312012ORST, 62–14

Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
38–50–42012WASH, 21–13

Arizona

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–142010AZ, 10–9

1st quarter scoring: CAL – Khalf Muhammad 11-yard pass from Jared Goff ; ARIZ – B. Denker 9-yard run ; ARIZ – Team safety
2nd quarter scoring: ARIZ – Smith 53-yard field goal; ARIZ – N. Phillips 21-yard pass from Denker ;
CAL – Kenny Lawler 17-yard pass from Goff
3rd quarter scoring: ARIZ – Denker 1-yard run ; CAL – Lawler 3-yard pass from Goff ; ARIZ – Denker 14-yard run
4th quarter scoring:
CAL – Lawler 29-yard pass from Goff

USC

Overall recordLast meetingResult
29–67–52012USC, 27–9

1st quarter scoring: USC – Nelson Agholor 75-yard punt return ; USC – Silas Redd 12-yard pass from Cody Kessler ; USC – Javorius Allen 43-yard
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – Kenny Lawler 4-yard pass from Jared Goff ; CAL – Darius Powe 24-yard pass from Goff ; USC – Allen 57-yard pass from Kessler ; USC – Josh Shaw 86-yard punt return ; USC – Agholor 93-yard punt return
3rd quarter scoring: USC – Allen 79-yard run ; USC – Ty Isaac 4-yard run ; CAL – Khalfani Muhammad 7-yard run
4th quarter scoring: USC – Isaac 37-yard run ; CAL – Lawler 4-yard pass from Goff

Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–22011CAL, 36–33

Stanford

Overall recordLast meetingResult
46–58–112012STAN, 21–3

In a 63–13 victory, #10 Stanford broke the record for most points scored in a Big Game and for the largest margin of victory. With the victory, Stanford clinched the Pac-12 North Division Championship while Cal ended their season at 1–11, the most losses in one season in Cal football history.
1st quarter scoring: STAN - T. Montgomery 31-yard run CAL - Maurice Harris 15-yard pass from Goff, Jared ; STAN - Montgomery 50-yard pass from K. Hogan ; STAN - Montgomery 12-yard pass from Hogan ; CAL - D’Amato 29-yard field goal
2nd quarter scoring: STAN - Montgomery 72-yard pass from Hogan ; STAN – M. Rector 45-yard pass from Hogan ; CAL - D’Amato 47-yard field goal; STAN - Montgomery 9-yard pass from Hogan
3rd quarter scoring: STAN - Gaffney,T 58-yard run
4th quarter scoring: STAN – K. Young 27-yard run ; STAN – F. Owusu 14-yard pass from E. Crower

Awards