2003 California Golden Bears football team

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] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.

2003 California Golden Bears football
Insight Bowl champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGeorge Cortez (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Gregory (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 67,537)
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 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*
ESPNL 28–4250,823
August 301:00 p.m.Southern Miss*
HDNetW 34–233,552
September 63:00 p.m.Colorado State*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
FSNL 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
ABCL 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
TBSL 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
Source:[10]

Conference opponent not played this season: Washington State

Game summaries

Vs. Kansas State
California vs. #7 Kansas State
1 234Total
Golden Bears 7 7014 28
• Wildcats 10 1787 42
Scoring summary
112:45KSUDarren 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
412:34CalJ. 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
See also: 2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team and BCA Classic

USC
#3 USC at California
1 234OT2OT3OTTotal
USC 7 0143070 31
• California 7 1403073 34
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
  • "They always take us lightly", said receiver Jonathan Makonnen, who had seven catches for 104 yards. "They really don't respect us. They're a talented team, but they were kind of lackadaisical out there."
  • "I'm not knocking Leinart or their running backs, but I didn't see a whole lot of firepower from them", said Echemandu, the first player to rush for 100 yards against USC in 16 games. "Mike Williams is basically their whole offense."
  • The loss was USC's last until the 2006 National Championship Game, in which Texas snapped USC's 34-game win streak.
  • Aaron Rogers was the starter as Cal's quarterback, but due to injury he was replaced in the second half by Reggie Robertson.[4][5]

Washington
1 234Total
Washington 0 700 7
• California 13 20714 54
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
29:04CALJ.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
1 234Total
• California 0 0721 28
Stanford 10 006 16
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
  • CAL: Aaron Rodgers 26/37, 359 yds
  • CAL: Geoff McArthur 16 rec, 245 yds (single game record – Dameane Douglas, 1998)
  • CAL: bowl eligible for first time since 1996

Roster
2003 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
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 21 Donnie McCleskey So
CB 22 Tim Mixon  Fr
DE 90 Ryan Riddle Jr
DE 91 Monte Parson Sr
DT 99 L. P. Ladouceur Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2003-12-13

References
  1. "2003 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. "Player Bio:Aaron Rodgers". University of California. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  4. "Cal-USC Postgame Quotes". Cal Athletics. September 27, 2003. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012.
  5. Beacham, Greg (September 28, 2003). "Cal bears down in OT, snaps USC streak". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. D1.
  6. "Cal fans storm field after win". ESPN. September 27, 2003. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  7. Baum, Bob (December 27, 2003). "Cal kicker wins another big one". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
  8. "Cal Records". University of California. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  9. "2003 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  10. 2011 California football information guide
  11. "California 54, Washington 7". ESPN. November 15, 2003. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
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