2002 California Golden Bears football team

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2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Washington State $+		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 4 USC  %+		7	–	1					11	–	2
Arizona State		5	–	3					8	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4					8	–	5
Oregon State		4	–	4					8	–	5
California		4	–	4					7	–	5
Washington		4	–	4					7	–	6
Oregon		3	–	5					7	–	6
Arizona		1	–	7					4	–	8
Stanford		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 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 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Jeff Tedford, the Golden Bears compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 427 to 318.

The team's statistical leaders included Kyle Boller with 2,815 passing yards, Joe Igber with 1,130 rushing yards, and Lashaun Ward with 709 receiving yards.

Schedule

August 3112:30 PMBaylor*

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

KRONW 70–22 27,185 September 73:30 PMNew Mexico State*

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

KRONW 34–13 24,692 September 149:00 AMat No. 15 Michigan State*

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

ESPN2W 46–22 72,634 September 212:00 PMAir Force*No. 23

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

L 21–23 31,816 September 282:00 PMNo. 16 Washington State

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

L 38–48 29,297 October 512:30 PMat No. 12 Washington

• Husky Stadium
• Seattle, WA

W 34–27 71,337 October 123:30 PMat No. 20 USC

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

FSNL 28–30 63,113 October 194:00 PMUCLA

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

TBSW 17–12 46,697 October 261:00 PMat Oregon State

• Reser Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

L 13–24 36,603 November 93:30 PMat No. 25 Arizona State

• Sun Devil Stadium
• Tempe, AZ

FSNW 55–38 40,769 November 1612:30 PMArizona

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

L 41–52 28,808 November 2312:30 PMStanford

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA (Big Game)

W 30–7 71,224

Game summaries

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 7 0 8 7 22 • California 35 14 0 21 70 Date: August 31 Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA Game start: 12:30 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3:33 Game attendance: 27,185 Game weather: Sunny; 72°F; wind 3–5 W Referee: Jim Fogltance Television network: KRON

Scoring summary Q1 14:40 CAL Gray 71 yard pass from Williams (Jensen kick) CAL 7–0 Q1 12:58 CAL McArthur 4 yard pass from Boller (Jensen kick) CAL 14–0 Q1 8:19 CAL Igber 8 yard pass from Boller (Jensen kick) CAL 21–0 Q1 1:49 CAL Nixon 100 yard interception return (Jensen kick) CAL 28–0 Q1 :57 CAL Powell 26 yard interception return (Jensen kick) CAL 35–0 Q1 :00 BAY Newhouse 85 yard pass from Karas (Andino kick) CAL 35–7 Q2 10:41 CAL Manderino 18 yard pass from Boller (Jensen kick) CAL 42–7 Q2 1:16 CAL McArthur 5 yard run (Jensen kick) CAL 49–7 Q3 :31 BAY Golden 1 yard run (Ricks run) CAL 49–15 Q4 12:12 CAL Boller 3 yard run (Jensen kick) CAL 56–14 Q4 10:06 CAL Ward 52 yard pass from Robertson (Jensen kick) CAL 63–14 Q4 4:16 CAL O'Keith 2 yard run (Jensen kick) CAL 70–15 Q4 1:31 BAY Armstrong 6 yard run (Andino kick) CAL 70–22