The California Golden Bears college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of California, Berkeley in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1886, California has appeared in 26 bowl games, including eight appearances in the Rose Bowl Game. Their latest bowl appearance was the 2025 Hawaii Bowl, where California was defeated by the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 35–31, to give the Golden Bears an overall bowl record of 12–14–1 (.444).
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Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceBowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38Head coach1Rose Bowl1920Ohio State BuckeyesTournament ParkPasadena2Rose Bowl1921Washington & Jefferson PresidentsTournament ParkPasadena3Rose Bowl1928Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsRose BowlPasadena4Rose Bowl1937Alabama Crimson TideRose BowlPasadena5Rose Bowl1948Northwestern WildcatsRose BowlPasadena6Rose Bowl1949Ohio State BuckeyesRose BowlPasadena7Rose Bowl1950Michigan WolverinesRose BowlPasadena8Rose Bowl1958Iowa HawkeyesRose BowlPasadena9Garden State Bowl1979Temple OwlsGiants StadiumEast Rutherford10Copper Bowl1990Wyoming CowboysArizona StadiumTucson11Florida Citrus Bowl1991Clemson TigersCitrus BowlOrlando12Alamo Bowl1993Iowa HawkeyesAlamodomeSan Antonio13Aloha Bowl1996Navy MidshipmenAloha StadiumHonolulu14Insight Bowl2003Virginia Tech HokiesBank One BallparkPhoenix15Holiday Bowl2004Texas Tech Red RaidersQualcomm StadiumSan Diego16Las Vegas Bowl2005BYU CougarsSam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas17Holiday Bowl2006Texas A&M AggiesQualcomm StadiumSan Diego18Armed Forces Bowl2007Air Force FalconsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth19Emerald Bowl2008Miami HurricanesAT&T ParkSan Francisco20Poinsettia Bowl2009Utah UtesQualcomm StadiumSan Diego21Holiday Bowl2011Texas LonghornsQualcomm StadiumSan Diego22Armed Forces Bowl2015Air Force FalconsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth23Cheez-It Bowl OT2018TCU Horned FrogsChase FieldPhoenix, Arizona24Redbox Bowl2019Illinois Fighting IlliniLevi's StadiumSanta Clara, California25Independence Bowl2023Texas Tech Red RaidersIndependence StadiumShreveport, Louisiana26LA Bowl2024UNLVSoFi StadiumInglewood, California27Hawaii Bowl2025HawaiiClarence T. C. Ching Athletics ComplexHonolulu, Hawaii (interim)
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