2003 California Golden Bears football team

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2003 California Golden Bears football
California Golden Bears logo.svg
Insight Bowl champion
Insight Bowl, W 52–49 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record8–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator George Cortez (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Bob Gregory (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Captains
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  2002
2004  →
2003 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 USC $  7 –1   12 –1  
No. 9 Washington State  6 –2   10 –3  
Oregon  5 –3   8 –5  
California  5 –3   8 –6  
Oregon State  4 –4   8 –5  
Washington  4 –4   6 –6  
UCLA  4 –4   6 –7  
Arizona State  2 –6   5 –7  
Stanford  2 –6   4 –7  
Arizona  1 –7   2 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 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 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Jeff Tedford, the Golden Bears compiled an 8–6 record (5–3 in Pac-10, tied for third) and outscored their opponents 457 to 341. [1] [2]

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The Bears were led on the field by sophomore quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a junior college transfer who became the starter on September 20 against Illinois. [3] In his second start the following week, Rodgers led Cal to a 21–7 halftime lead over third-ranked USC before being replaced due to injury in the second half by Reggie Robertson. [4] The Bears won in triple overtime, 34–31. [5] [6] In late December, Cal defeated Virginia Tech 52–49 in the Insight Bowl at Phoenix; Rodgers passed for 394 yards and was the game's offensive MVP. [7]

Rodgers tied Cal's season record with five 300-yard games and set a Cal record for the lowest percentage of passes intercepted at 1.43%. [8] The Golden Bears' statistical leaders included Rodgers with 2,903 passing yards, Adimchinobe Echemandu with 1,195 rushing yards, and Geoff McArthur with 1,504 receiving yards. [9]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 236:45 p.m.vs. No. 7 Kansas State *
 ESPN L 28–4250,823
August 301:00 p.m. Southern Miss *
 HDNet W 34–233,552
September 63:00 p.m. Colorado State *
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
 FSN L 21–2334,096
September 114:45 p.m.at Utah *
ESPNL 24–3146,768
September 209:00 a.m.at Illinois *
 ESPN+ W 31–2458,363
September 273:30 p.m.No. 3 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
FSNW 34–31 3OT51,208
October 42:00 p.m. Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 21–3539,150
October 1812:30 p.m.at UCLA
ABC L 20–23 OT53,825
October 2512:30 p.m. Arizona
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 42–1433,249
November 112:30 p.m.at Arizona State
W 51–2348,452
November 87:00 p.m.at Oregon
TBS L 17–2157,511
November 1512:30 p.m. Washington
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 54–738,576
November 2212:30 p.m.at Stanford
ABCW 28–1667,950
December 265:00 p.m.vs. Virginia Tech *
ESPNW 52–4942,364
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[10]

Game summaries

Vs. Kansas State

California vs. #7 Kansas State
1234Total
Golden Bears7701428
•Wildcats10178742
Scoring summary
112:45KSU Darren Sproles 5-yard run (Joe Rheem kick)KSU 7–0
110:39CalVincent Strang 34-yard pass from Reggie Robertson (Tyler Fredrickson kick)Tied 7–7
16:29KSUJoe Rheem 22-yard field goalKSU 10–7
27:37KSUTravis Wilson 5-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick)KSU 17–7
24:25KSUJoe Rheem 37-yard field goalKSU 20–7
23:54KSUJames Terry 52-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick)KSU 27–7
21:58CalGeoff McArthur 65-yard pass from Reggie Robertson (Fredrickson kick)KSU 27–14
38:46KSUEll Roberson 11-yard run (Roberson run)KSU 35–14
412:34Cal J. J. Arrington 22-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Fredrickson kick)KSU 35–21
410:14KSUDavin Dennis 28-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick)KSU 42–21
44:27CalJ. J. Arrington 7-yard pass from Reggie Robertson (Fredrickson kick)KSU 42–28

USC

#3 USC at California
1234OT2OT3OTTotal
USC7014307031
•California7140307334
Scoring summary
111:02CALAaron Rodgers 3 yard run (Tyler Frederickson kick)CAL 7-0
12:47USCDominique Byrd 27 yard pass from Matt Leinart (Ryan Killeen kick)Tied 7-7
214:12CALGarrett Cross 2 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tyler Frederickson kick)CAL 14-7
28:09CALBurl Toler 27 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tyler Frederickson kick)CAL 21-7
37:26USCLenDale White 6 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)CAL 21-14
37:16USCLofa Tatupu 26 yard interception return (Ryan Killeen kick)Tied 21-21
49:04CALTyler Frederickson 51 yard field goalCAL 24-21
40:16USCRyan Killeen 33 yard field goalTied 24-24
2OTCALJonathan Makonnen 20 yard pass from Reggie Robertson (Tyler Frederickson kick)CAL 31-24
2OTUSCKeary Colbert 10 yard pass from Matt Leinart (Ryan Killeen kick)Tied 31-31
3OTCALTyler Frederickson 38 yard field goalCAL 34-31

Washington

1234Total
Washington07007
• California132071454
Scoring summary
114:42CALGeoff McArthur 79 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tyler Frederickson kick)California 7–0
19:39CALTyler Frederickson 20 yard field goalCalifornia 10–0
12:36CALTyler Frederickson 20 yard field goalCalifornia 13–0
214:45CALBrandon Hall 13 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (run failed)California 19–0
212:06WASHZach Tuiasosopo 3 yard run (Evan Knudson kick)California 19–7
211:26CALVincent Strang 12 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tyler Frederickson kick)California 26–7
29:04CAL J.J. Arrington 15 yard run (Tyler Frederickson kick)California 33–7
310:30CALAaron Rodgers 1 yard run (Tyler Frederickson kick)California 40–7
411:59CALMarcus O'Keith 48 yard run (Tyler Frederickson kick)California 47–7
42:44CALMichael Porter 51 yard run (Tyler Frederickson kick)California 54–7

[11]

Stanford

California at Stanford
1234Total
•California0072128
Stanford1000616
Scoring summary
112:30STANMichael Sgroi 22 yard field goalSTAN 3-0
110:03STANLuke Powell 24 yard pass from Chris Lewis (Michael Sgroi kick)STAN 10-0
311:03CALGeoff McArthur 44 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tyler Frederickson kick)STAN 10-7
414:55CALVincent Strang 14 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tyler Frederickson kick)CAL 14-10
410:07CALGeoff McArthur 21 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Tyler Frederickson kick)CAL 21-10
41:39CALAdimchinobe Echemandu 17 yard run (Tyler Frederickson kick)CAL 28-10
40:00STANMark Bradford 20 yard pass from Chris Lewis (pass failed)CAL 28-16

Roster

2003 California Golden Bears football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 8 Aaron Rodgers So
RB 18 Adimchinobe Echemandu Sr
RB 30 J. J. Arrington Jr
OL 63 Mark Wilson Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 20 Matt Giordano Jr
DB 21Donnie McCleskeySo
CB 22Tim Mixon Redshirt.svg  Fr
DE 90Ryan RiddleJr
DE 91Monte ParsonSr
DT 99 L. P. Ladouceur Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2003-12-13

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