1998 California Golden Bears football team

1998 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	5–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tom Holmoe (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Cosbie (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Lyle Setencich (2nd season)
Captains	Matt Beck Dameane Douglas Sekou Sanyika John Welbourn
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,028)

1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 UCLA $		8	–	0					10	–	2
No. 4 Arizona		7	–	1					12	–	1
Oregon		5	–	3					8	–	4
USC		5	–	3					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	4					6	–	6
Arizona State		4	–	4					5	–	6
California		3	–	5					5	–	6
Oregon State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington State		0	–	8					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 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 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Tom Holmoe, the Golden Bears compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in seventh place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 251 to 183.

The team's statistical leaders included Justin Vedder with 2,322 passing yards, Marcus Fields with 734 rushing yards, and Dameane Douglas with 1,150 receiving yards.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 p.m.	Houston*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 14–10	33,000
September 12	4:00 p.m.	No. 4 Nebraska*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 3–24	67,000
September 19	4:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FSNBA	W 13–12	74,235
September 26	4:00 p.m.	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 24–14	32,497
October 10	3:30 p.m.	at No. 19 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FSNBA	W 32–31	65,678
October 17	3:30 p.m.	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 13–21	71,215
October 24	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	ABC	L 16–28	55,000
October 31	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 20–19	23,594
November 7	3:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		L 22–55	64,973
November 14	12:30 p.m.	No. 9 Arizona	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	FSN	L 23–27	36,500
November 21	12:30 p.m.	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (The Big Game)	ABC	L 3–10	69,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1998 California Golden Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 3 Michael Ainsworth WR 15 Omar Bennett TE 85 Eric Brandon C 63 Caleb Brown QB 5 Samuel Clemons QB 18 Wesley Dalton QB 86 Ronnie Davenport FB 38 Josh Del Prado C 60 Reed Diehl OT 71 Kevin Doherty WR 81 Dameane Douglas TB 4 Marcus Fields OL 62 Adam Fisher FB 46 Mike Freeman OL 79 Brian Gray RB 25 Chris Hanks TE 47 Marcus Helfman TE 45 A.J. Kunkle G 79 Brandon Ludwig WR 82 Eddie Macha OL 74 Joe Major OT 70 Jeff Martin G 76 Tate McCallister WR 91 Scott McMorris FB 37 Saleem Muhammad RB 35 Marcus Oliver QB 16 David Page FB 93 Matt Peters WR 83 Bruce Pierre WR 88 Phillip Pipersburg OT 72 Warren Rick C, G 73 John Romero FB 48 Rashad Slocumb TE 32 Corey Smith FB 41 Ryan Stanger WR 80 Brian Stumpf OL 77 Doug Styles TE 87 Brian Surgener OT 75 Kevin Swillis QB 17 Ryan Tollner QB 10 Justin Vedder OL 66 Langston Walker G 64 John Welbourn WR 4 Brian White FB 40 Joshua White TB 2 Brandon Willis WR 6 Joel Young	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 46 Tully Banta-Cain ILB 59 Matt Beck DE 97 Andre Carter LB 43 Jamal Cherry CB 29 Anthony Coffey DE 98 Jerry De Loach S 20 Peter Destefano LB 44 Albert Dorsey LB 50 Fa'avae Fa'avae ILB 42 Justin Flagg S, LB 49 Scott Fujita DB 31 Derrick Gardner ILB 99 Nate Gelderman NT 92 James Gibson S 36 Dewey Hale CB 11 Drae Harris DB 25 Chidi Iwuoma DT 55 Kasey Jackson DE 30 Roy Jackson LB 17 Juan Jimenez S 24 Damian Marzett DE 33 John McLaughlin ILB 53 Keith Miller LB 45 Matt Nixon CB 8 Deltha O'Neal DB 22 Mark Orr DL 95 Jeremiah Parker DB 28 Harold Pearson CB 21 Jemeel Powell OLB 13 Sekou Sanyika S 19 Don Smith LB 51 Jason Smith S 9 Marquis Smith DB 23 Demetrius Stampley LB 47 Josh Trowbridge DE 58 Mawuko Tugbenyoh LB 34 Paul Urgenti DT 94 Jacob Waasdrop DB 14 LaShaun Ward S 37 Bert Watts DB 39 David Watts DE 78 Zech Whittington	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 27 Ignacio Brache P 89 Nick Harris PK 29 Tim Wolleck	Head coach Tom Holmoe Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2017-Sep-11