2008 California Golden Bears football team information
American college football season
2008California Golden Bears football
Emerald Bowl champion
Emerald Bowl, W 24–17 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference
Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 25
Record
9–4 (6–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Jeff Tedford (7th season)
Offensive coordinator
Frank Cignetti Jr. (1st season)
Offensive scheme
Pro-style
Defensive coordinator
Bob Gregory (7th season)
Base defense
4–3
Home stadium
California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 71,799)
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 3 USC $
8
–
1
12
–
1
No. 10 Oregon
7
–
2
10
–
3
No. 18 Oregon State
7
–
2
9
–
4
California
6
–
3
9
–
4
Arizona
5
–
4
8
–
5
Arizona State
4
–
5
5
–
7
Stanford
4
–
5
5
–
7
UCLA
3
–
6
4
–
8
Washington State
1
–
8
2
–
11
Washington
0
–
9
0
–
12
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 2008 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California and are coached by Jeff Tedford.
The Bears' 2008 campaign was marked with diminished expectations, as all of California's offensive stars at their skill positions (DeSean Jackson, Lavelle Hawkins, Robert Jordan, Justin Forsett and Craig Stevens) graduated or declared for the NFL draft. Thus the Bears started the season unranked for the first time since 2003.[1] Their 2008 season would confirm this ranking, as they would finish the season undefeated at home but would only win one game on the road. The Bears won their opening game at home against Michigan State 38–31 and eviscerated Washington State in Pullman 66–3, but fell to Maryland 35–27 in College Park. The Bears won two straight home games against Colorado State and Arizona State but fell in the desert to Arizona. Although the Bears still controlled their destiny in the Pac-10 after two more home wins against UCLA and Oregon, two close losses to Pac-10 champion contenders USC and Oregon State on the road put an end to those hopes. Cal reclaimed the Axe by beating Stanford 37–16 in the 111th Big Game and kept Washington's season winless with a 48–7 victory.
Cal finished the regular season 8–4 as Tedford claimed his seventh consecutive winning season for the Golden Bears and third unbeaten home record in five years. The team improved on its 2007 season record of 7–6 to 9–4 and spent most of the season unranked, breaking into the AP Top 25 three times only to get knocked out each time following a loss. The Bears accepted an invitation to take on the Miami Hurricanes at the 2008 Emerald Bowl, which they won 24–17.
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