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American college football season
The 1999 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
1999 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their third year under head coach
Tom Holmoe , the Golden Bears compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for sixth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 254 to 180.
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Cal was forced to vacate all four wins of the 1999 season for altering the grades of two players.
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The team's statistical leaders included
Kyle Boller with 1,303 passing yards, Joe Igber with 694 rushing yards, and Michael Ainsworth with 499 receiving yards.
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Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 2:30 p.m.
Rutgers *
FSNBA W 21–7 (vacated)35,200
September 11 12:30 p.m. at No. 5
Nebraska *
ABC L 0–4577,617
September 25 2:30 p.m.
Arizona State California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA W 24–23 (vacated)44,500
October 2 1:00 p.m. at
Washington State L 7–3127,682
October 9 4:00 p.m. at No. 24
BYU * ABC L 28–3865,617
October 16 12:30 p.m. at
UCLA ABC W 17–0 (vacated)55,559
October 23 12:30 p.m.
Washington California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA L 27–3143,000
October 30 3:30 p.m.
USC California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA
FSN W 17–7 (vacated)54,000
November 6 3:30 p.m. at
Oregon State FSN L 7–1735,520
November 13 12:30 p.m. No. 10
Oregon California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA L 19–2438,000
November 20 12:30 p.m. at
Stanford L 13–3180,746
*Non-conference game Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in
Pacific time
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Game summaries
USC
1
2 3 4 Total
USC
0
0 7 0
7
• California
0
7 3 7
17
Scoring summary 2 2:39 CAL
Deltha O'Neal 67 yard interception return (Mark-Christian Jensen kick) California 7–0
3 10:44 CAL Mark-Christian Jensen 37 yard field goal California 10–0
3 6:08 USC
Kareem Kelly 72 yard pass from John Fox (David Newbury kick) California 10–7
4 14:53 CAL Ronnie Davenport 33 yard pass from
Kyle Boller (Mark-Christian Jensen kick) California 17–7
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Roster
References
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