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1998 California Golden Bears football
Conference Pacific-10
Record5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Doug Cosbie (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Lyle Setencich (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1997
1999 →
1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 UCLA $   8 0     10 2  
No. 4 Arizona   7 1     12 1  
Oregon   5 3     8 4  
USC   5 3     8 5  
Washington   4 4     6 6  
Arizona State   4 4     5 6  
California   3 5     5 6  
Oregon State   2 6     5 6  
Stanford   2 6     3 8  
Washington State   0 8     3 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Tom Holmoe, the Golden Bears compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in seventh place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 251 to 183. [1] [2]

The team's statistical leaders included Justin Vedder with 2,322 passing yards, Marcus Fields with 734 rushing yards, and Dameane Douglas with 1,150 receiving yards. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 512:30 p.m. Houston*W 14–1033,000
September 124:00 p.m.No. 4 Nebraska*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
FSNL 3–2467,000
September 194:00 p.m.at Oklahoma* FSNBAW 13–1274,235
September 264:00 p.m. Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
ABCW 24–1432,497
October 103:30 p.m.at No. 19 USCFSNBAW 32–3165,678
October 173:30 p.m.at WashingtonFSNL 13–2171,215
October 2412:30 p.m.No. 2 UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA ( rivalry)
ABCL 16–2855,000
October 311:00 p.m.at Oregon StateW 20–1923,594
November 73:00 p.m.at Arizona StateL 22–5564,973
November 1412:30 p.m.No. 9 Arizona
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
FSNL 23–2736,500
November 2112:30 p.m. Stanford
ABCL 3–1069,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[4]

Roster

1998 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 3 Michael Ainsworth Fr
WR 15 Omar Bennett Fr
TE 85 Eric Brandon
C 63 Caleb Brown Sr
QB 5 Samuel Clemons
QB 18 Wesley Dalton
QB 86 Ronnie Davenport Fr
FB 38 Josh Del Prado
C 60 Reed Diehl So
OT 71 Kevin Doherty Jr
WR 81 Dameane Douglas Sr
TB 4 Marcus Fields
OL 62 Adam Fisher Fr
FB 46 Mike Freeman
OL 79 Brian Gray
RB 25 Chris Hanks
TE 47 Marcus Helfman
TE 45 A.J. Kunkle
G 79 Brandon Ludwig
WR 82 Eddie Macha Fr
OL 74 Joe Major Fr
OT 70 Jeff Martin
G 76 Tate McCallister
WR 91 Scott McMorris
FB 37 Saleem Muhammad
RB 35 Marcus Oliver
QB 16 David Page
FB 93 Matt Peters
WR 83 Bruce Pierre
WR 88 Phillip Pipersburg
OT 72 Warren Rick
C, G 73 John Romero
FB 48 Rashad Slocumb
TE 32 Corey Smith
FB 41 Ryan Stanger
WR 80 Brian Stumpf Jr
OL 77 Doug Styles
TE 87 Brian Surgener
OT 75 Kevin Swillis
QB 17 Ryan Tollner
QB 10 Justin Vedder
OL 66 Langston Walker Fr
G 64 John Welbourn Sr
WR 4 Brian White
FB 40 Joshua White
TB 2 Brandon Willis Sr
WR 6 Joel Young Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 46 Tully Banta-Cain Fr
ILB 59 Matt Beck Jr
DE 97 Andre Carter So
LB 43 Jamal Cherry Fr
CB 29 Anthony Coffey Jr
DE 98 Jerry DeLoach Jr
S 20 Peter Destefano Jr
LB 44 Albert Dorsey Sr
LB 50 Fa'avae Fa'avae Jr
ILB 42 Justin Flagg Sr
S, LB 49 Scott Fujita Fr
DB 31 Derrick Gardner Sr
ILB 99 Nate Gelderman So
NT 92 James Gibson Sr
S 36 Dewey Hale Fr
CB 11 Drae Harris Jr
DB 25 Chidi Iwuoma So
DT 55 Kasey Jackson Jr
DE 30 Roy Jackson
LB 17 Juan Jimenez Jr
S 24 Damian Marzett
DE 33 John McLaughlin Sr
ILB 53 Keith Miller Jr
LB 45 Matt Nixon Fr
CB 8 Deltha O'Neal Jr
DB 22 Mark Orr Sr
DL 95 Jeremiah Parker Jr
DB 28 Harold Pearson
CB 21 Jemeel Powell Fr
OLB 13 Sekou Sanyika Jr
S 19 Don Smith
LB 51 Jason Smith
S 9 Marquis Smith
DB 23 Demetrius Stampley
LB 47 Josh Trowbridge
DE 58 Mawuko Tugbenyoh Jr
LB 34 Paul Urgenti
DT 94 Jacob Waasdorp So
DB 14 LaShaun Ward Fr
S 37 Bert Watts
DB 39 David Watts
DE 78 Zech Whittington
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
PK 27 Ignacio Brache
P 89 Nick Harris So
PK 29 Tim Wolleck
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2017-Sep-11

References

  1. ^ "1998 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "1998 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  4. ^ 2011 California football information guide