2017 California Golden Bears football team


The 2017 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears were led by first-year head coach Justin Wilcox and played their home games at California Memorial Stadium. The Bears went 5–7, with wins over North Carolina, Ole Miss, and No. 8 Washington State, and three losses by three points or fewer. The season highlight was the Bears 37–3 defeat of Washington State, the first time Cal beat a top ten opponent since its defeat of No. 3 USC in 2003.

Previous season

Fourth-year head coach Sonny Dykes led the Golden Bears to a record of 5–7 in 2016 to finish in a tie for fourth place in the North Division. On January 8, 2017, Dykes was fired. He finished at Cal with a four-year record of 19–30.
On January 14, 2017, Justin Wilcox was hired as the new head coach for the Golden Bears, following the dismissal of Dykes.

Recruiting

Position key

Recruits

The Golden Bears signed a total of 14 recruits.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Schedule

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Game summaries

at North Carolina

Weber State

Ole Miss

USC

Overall recordLast meetingResult
29–70–52016USC, 45–24

at Oregon

Overall recordLast meetingResult
41–37–22016CAL, 52–49

at Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
39–53–42016WASH, 66–27

Washington State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
46–27–52016WSU, 56–21

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–16–22014ARIZ, 49–45

at Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–32014CAL, 59–56

Oregon State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
36–332016ORST, 47–44

Overall recordLast meetingResult
43–57–102016STAN, 45–31

at UCLA

Overall recordLast meetingResult
33–52–12016CAL, 36–10

Coaches