# 2014 California Golden Bears football team

The 2014 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears were led by second-year head coach Sonny Dykes and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. When compared to 2013, Cal improved to 5–7, starting out with a 4–1 start, but losing six of their last seven games. It averaged 38.3 points per game, second-best in the Pac-12 and 11th-best in FBS, generating a program-record 459 total points for the season. However, the Golden Bears lost 367.2 passing yards per game along with 42 total passing touchdowns, both of these numbers ranked last out of 128 FBS teams. From Week 3 to Week 5, the Bears played three consecutive high-scoring games that were won or lost in the final seconds. The Bears lost on a Hail Mary to Arizona 49–45, but beat Colorado 59–56 in double overtime in their next game. The following week, Dykes faced his former Air Raid mentor Mike Leach and the Washington State Cougars. California allowed an FBS record 734 passing yards to Cougars' senior quarterback Connor Halliday, but still won 60–59 when WSU missed a 19-yard field goal with 15 seconds to play. They finished 3–6 in Pac-12, in fourth place in the North Division.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 12:30 p.m. | at Northwestern* | Ryan FieldEvanston, IL | ABC/ESPN2 | W 31–24 | 34,228 |
| September 6 | 12:00 p.m. | Sacramento State* | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | P12N | W 55–14 | 48,145 |
| September 20 | 7:00 p.m. | at Arizona | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | P12N | L 45–49 | 45,595 |
| September 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Colorado | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | P12N | W 59–56 $^{2OT}$ | 39,821 |
| October 4 | 7:30 p.m. | at Washington State | Martin StadiumPullman,WA | P12N | W 60–59 | 30,020 |
| October 11 | 3:00 p.m. | Washington | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | P12N | L 7–31 | 44,449 |
| October 18 | 12:30 p.m. | UCLA | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA (rivalry) | ABC/ESPN2 | L 34–36 | 49,257 |
| October 24 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 6 Oregon | Levi's StadiumSanta Clara, CA | FS1 | L 41–59 | 55,575 |
| November 1 | 7:30 p.m. | at Oregon State | Reser StadiumCorvallis, OR | P12N | W 45–31 | 42,479 |
| November 13 | 6:00 p.m. | at USC | Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA | ESPN | L 30–38 | 64,615 |
| November 22 | 1:00 p.m. | Stanford | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA (Big Game) | FS1 | L 17–38 | 56,483 |
| November 29 | 1:30 p.m. | BYU* | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | P12N | L 35–42 | 47,856 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||

## Game summaries

* February 7, 2014 – Defensive end Ted Agu, collapsed and died after a training run

### Northwestern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • California | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Northwestern | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sacramento St | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| • California | 28 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 55 |

### At Arizona

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| California | 14 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 45 |
| Arizona | 0 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 49 |
at Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
* Date: September 20, 2014
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. MST
* Game weather: Partly cloudy; 83 °F (28 °C); Wind 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h; 5.2 kn)
* Game attendance: 45,595
* Referee: Terry Leyden
* TV announcers (Pac-12 Network): Kevin Calabro, Glenn Parker, and Jill Savage
Game information :
First quarter
CAL – Daniel Lasco 44-yard run (James Langford kick), 14:17. California 7–0. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:43.
CAL – Bryce Treggs 80-yard pass from Jared Goff (James Langford kick), 11:53. California 14–0. Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:13.
Second quarter
ARZ – Casey Skowron 39-yard field goal, 10:39. California 14–3. Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 2:18.
CAL – Stephen Anderson 26-yard pass from Jared Goff (Jeremy Langford kick), 8:55. California 21–3. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:44.
ARZ – Casey Skowron 28-yard field goal, 5:28. California 21–6. Drive: 13 plays, 65 yards, 5:27.
CAL – Chris Harper 30-yard pass from Jared Goff (Jeremy Langford kick), 3:43. California 28–6. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:45.
Third quarter
ARZ – Cayleb Jones 41-yard pass from Anu Solomon (Casey Skowron kick), 11:02. California 28–13. Drive: 8 plays, 96 yards, 1:54.
CAL – Jeremy Langford 45-yard field goal, 8:28. California 31–13. Drive: 9 plays, 48 yards, 2:34.'
Fourth quarter
ARZ – Casey Skowron 31-yard field goal, 14:46. California 31–16. Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 2:04.
ARZ – Austin Hill 9-yard pass from Anu Solomon (Casey Skowron kick), 13:36. California 31–23. Drive: 2 plays, 17 yards, 0:32.
CAL – Khalfani Muhammad 50-yard run (Jeremy Langford kick), 10:56. California 38–23. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:40.
ARZ – Cayleb Jones 16-yard pass from Anu Solomon (Casey Skowron kick), 8:09. California 38–30. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 2:47.
CAL – Khalfani Muhammad 6-yard run (Jeremy Langford kick), 5:21. California 45–30. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:48.
ARZ – Terris Jones-Grigsby 6-yard run (Casey Skowron kick), 3:30. California 45–37. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 1:51.
ARZ – Cayleb Jones 15-yard pass from Anu Solomon (pass failed), 2:44. California 45–43. Drive: 4 plays, 41 yards, 0:43. *ARZ – Austin Hill 47-yard pass from Anu Solomon, 0:00. Arizona 49–45. Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards, 0:52.
Top passers
CAL – Jared Goff – 18/30, 380 yards, 3 TD, int
ARZ – Anu Solomon – 47/73, 520 yards, 5 TD, 2 int
Top rushers
CAL – Daniel Lasco – 20 rushes, 123 yards, TD
ARZ – Anu Solomon – 16 rushes, 46 yards
Top receivers
CAL – Bryce Treggs – 5 receptions, 119 yards, TD
ARZ – Cayleb Jones – 13 receptions, 186 yards, 3 TD :

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Colorado | 21 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 56 |
| • California | 7 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 59 |

### Washington State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • California | 0 | 13 | 28 | 19 | 60 |
| Washington St | 10 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 59 |

### Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Washington | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| California | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### UCLA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • UCLA | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 36 |
| California | 0 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 16-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Ka’imi Fairbairn kick)
2nd quarter scoring: Cal – Daniel Lasco 3-yard run (James Langford kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 38-yard field goal; Cal – Chris Harper 7-yard pass from Luke Rubenzer (Langford kick); UCLA – Jordan James 11-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Perkins 49-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)
3rd quarter scoring: Cal – Lasco 2-yard run (James Langford kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 24-yard field goal; Cal – Trevor Davis 24-yard pass from Jared Goff (Langford kick); UCLA – Hundley 15-yard run (Hundley pass fail)
4th quarter scoring: Cal – Kenny Lawler 23-yard pass from Goff (Goff run fail); UCLA – Fairbairn 26-yard field goal

### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Oregon | 14 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 59 |
| California | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 41 |

### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • California | 3 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 45 |
| Oregon St | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |

### USC

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| California | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| • USC | 21 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 38 |

### Stanford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Stanford | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| California | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### BYU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • BYU | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| California | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |