1999 California Golden Bears football team

1999 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	0–7, 4 wins vacated (0–5 Pac-10, 3 wins vacated)
Head coach	Tom Holmoe (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Hagen (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Lyle Setencich (3rd season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium

1999 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Stanford $		7	–	1					8	–	4
No. 19 Oregon		6	–	2					9	–	3
Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Arizona		3	–	5					6	–	6
USC		3	–	5					6	–	6
California		3	–	5					4	–	7
UCLA		2	–	6					4	–	7
Washington State		1	–	7					3	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Cal was forced to vacate all four wins of the 1999 season for altering the grades of two players.

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	2:30 p.m.	Rutgers*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	FSNBA	W 21–7 (vacated)	35,200
September 11	12:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 0–45	77,617
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	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		L 7–31	27,682
October 9	4:00 p.m.	at No. 24 BYU*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	ABC	L 28–38	65,617
October 16	12:30 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (rivalry)	ABC	W 17–0 (vacated)	55,559
October 23	12:30 p.m.	Washington	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		L 27–31	43,000
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	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	L 7–17	35,520
November 13	12:30 p.m.	No. 10 Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		L 19–24	38,000
November 20	12:30 p.m.	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	FSN	L 13–31	80,746
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

USC

1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 0 7 0 7 • California 0 7 3 7 17 Date: October 30 Location: Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California Game attendance: 54,000

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

Roster

1999 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 3 Michael Ainsworth  Fr QB 7 Kyle Boller Sr WR 9 Ronnie Davenport Fr WR 15 Omar Bennett  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 8 Deltha O'Neal Sr S 20 Peter Destefano Sr LB 43 Jamal Cherry So LB 46 Tully Banta-Cain  Fr LB 49 Scott Fujita So ILB 59 Matt Beck Sr DT 94 Jacob Waasdorp Jr DE 97 Andre Carter Jr DE 98 Jerry DeLoach Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 89 Nick Harris Jr	Head coach Tom Holmoe Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2001-04-17