MARCH 20, 2020 • 2:00 PM PST • CALIFORNIA MEMORIAL STADIUM • BERKELEY, CA CAL SPRING GAME SET FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 20 CARRYING SUCCESS INTO 2021 - Cal has defeated the reigning Pac-12 Champion in three consecutive years (2018 vs. USC, 2019 vs. SPRING NOTES Washington, 2020 vs. Oregon). - Cal has wins over Washington (2018) and Oregon (2020) in the year they won the Pac-12 titles. - Cal has defeated a ranked team during every season of Justin Wilcox's tenure (2017 vs. No. 8/9 TELEVISION Washington State, 2018 vs. No. 15/13 Washington, 2019 vs. No. 14/12 Washington and 2020 vs. No. 23/21/20 Oregon). TV: Pac-12 Networks – Ted Robinson (Play-By-Play), Yogi Roth (Analyst), Mike Pawlawski (Sideline Reporter) - Cal has defeated each of the other five teams in the Pac-12 North during Justin Wilcox's tenure. - The Bears are 9-0 in regular season non-conference games during Wilcox’s tenure, including wins over 2021 SCHEDULE North Carolina (Home & Away), Ole Miss (H&A), BYU (A), North Texas (H), UC Davis (H), Idaho State (H) and Weber State (H). Cal also has a 2019 Redbox Bowl win over Illinois. DATE OPPONENT TIME Sept. 4 Nevada TBD Sept. 11 at TCU TBD BEARS RETURN EXPERIENCED GROUP Sept. 18 Sacramento State TBD - Five student-athletes have started 20 or more games at Cal. Valentino Daltoso (34), Elijah Hicks (34), Sept. 25 at Washington* TBD Cameron Goode (26), Michael Saffell (23) and Chase Garbers (23) have more than 20 starts. Oct. 2 Washington State*+ TBD - A total of 13 players have made 10 or more starts with the others Kuony Deng (17), Matthew Cindric Oct. 15 (F) at Oregon* TBD Oct. 23 Colorado* TBD (16), McKade Mettauer (16), Christopher Brown Jr. (14), Brett Johnson (13), Nikko Remigio (13), Jake Oct. 30 Oregon State* TBD Tonges (12) and Josh Drayden (10). Nov. 6 at Arizona* TBD - Cal returns 11 players that made at least nine starts during the team's last full season in 2019: Nov. 13 USC*^ TBD Brown, Cindric, Daltoso, Deng, Garbers, Goode, Hicks, Johnson, Mettauer, Tonges and Saffell. Nov. 20 at Stanford*# TBD - Cal returns 28 of the 33 players who made starts during the 2020 season. Nov. 27 at UCLA* TBD - The Bears bring back nine of the 11 players that started all four games last season: Crawford, Deng, Dec. 3 Pac-12 Championship TBD Drayden, Garbers, Goode, Hicks, Johnson, Mettauer and Saffell. Home Games In Bold At California Memorial Stadium, - Cal returns 29 of the 33 players who played in all four games in 2019 Berkeley, CA; *Pac-12 Game; +Homecoming; ^Senior Day/ - The offensive line returns an experience unit that includes 10 players that have combined for 143 Joe Roth Game; #124th Big Game; Pac-12 Championship Game, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV games played and 99 starts. 2020 RESULTS TRAVERS FAMILY ENDOWS HEAD COACH POSITION - The Travers made a $10 million commitment from the Travers Family Foundation to UC Berkeley's DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME Light the Way campaign. Nov. 7 vs. Washington (ESPN)* Canceled Nov. 14 at Arizona State (ESPN2)* Canceled - The Travers have made a $7.5 million commitment to endow the Travers Family Head Football Nov. 15 at UCLA (FS1)* L, 10-34 Coach, providing essential resources for Cal football to ensure a world-class program, an exceptional Nov. 21 at Oregon State (FS1)* L, 27-31 coaching staff and a continued positive impact on student-athletes. In addition, the Travers have also Nov. 27 vs. Stanford (FOX)*# L, 23-24 made a $2.5 million commitment to augment their endowment for the Charles and Louise Travers Dec. 5 vs. #23/21/20 Oregon (ESPN)* W, 21-17 Department of Political Science that supports this preeminent, nationally-ranked department. Dec. 12 at Washington State (FS1)* Canceled Dec. 19 vs. Arizona (P12N)* Canceled SEASON TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW, JOIN US SATURDAY FOR VIRTUAL FAN FEST Home Games In Bold At California Memorial Stadium, - Season tickets are available now for Cal fans - Join us and see all the big Pac-12 Conference Berkeley, CA; *Pac-12 Game; #123rd Big Game matchups. Visit calbears.com or email [email protected] to place a deposit for 2021 Cal Football Season Ticket Membership. - We remain optimistic to have our #CalFamily return to Memorial Stadium this fall. As always, we will TABLE OF CONTENTS abide by state and local health protocols. We will continue to provide updates on City of Berkeley Public 2 Team Notes 8 Position Breakdowns Health guidelines as the season approaches. 4 Roster Report 12 Justin WIlcox - Cal will have a pregame virtual fan fest prior to the start of Saturday's Spring Game. The 45-minute 5 Roster 13 Assistant Coaches fan fest will begin at 1 p.m. and will be broadcast live on YouTube. The show will feature videos from 7 Experience/ 14 Stats coaches and contests for fans to win. Pronunciations 16 Sideline Report PRIMARY CONTACT/ROAD CREDENTIALS – ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS: KYLE MCRAE – PHONE: (510) 219-9340 • EMAIL: [email protected] SECONDARY CONTACT/SOCIAL MEDIA – ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATION: JARED PRESCOTT – PHONE: (510) 701-8924 • EMAIL: [email protected] HOME CREDENTIALS/OPERATIONS – ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS: HERB BENENSON – PHONE: (510) 642-0515 • EMAIL: [email protected] Media CalBears.com/FBMediaCenter: CalBears.com/FBMedia | Twitter: | Twitter:@CalFootball @CalFootball • @CalFootballPR • @CalFootballPR • @CalAthletics • @CalAthletics | Instagram: | Instagram: Cal_Football Cal_Football • CalAthletics • CalAthletics | Facebook: | Facebook: @CalAthletics @CalAthletics 1 CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL SPRING GAME • MARCH 20, 2021 | TEAM NOTES CAL ENTERED 2020 ON BEST STRETCH IN A DECADE 2020 SEASON PRODUCED NUMEROUS TWISTS - Prior to the abbreviated 2020 season which prevented Cal from practicing - Cal was at a scheduling disadvantage for each of the team's first three as a team and saw multiple position groups decimated through contact games of the 2020 season: UCLA (Decided on two days notice, UCLA had tracing, the Bears were building momentum as a program. played a game while Cal hadn't and Cal hadn't practiced 11 vs. 11 for 14 - Cal finished the 2019 season with an 8-5 record (4-5 in the Pac-12). days prior to game), Oregon State (Cal played on one less day of rest, having - Cal tied for second place in the Pac-12 North in 2019, the Bears highest played UCLA on Sunday morning), Stanford (Stanford's game on 11/21 was finish in the division since the conference realigned in 2011. canceled, meaning they had a week of rest). Oregon was Cal's first game - Cal made in its third bowl appearance in five seasons and the first back-to- where the two teams both played seven days prior. back bowl appearances since the team went to seven straight bowl games - Last season, Cal was held to four spring practices before the cancellation of between 2003-09. all Pac-12 sports on March 11. - The 2018-19 seasons are the first two-year period where Cal recorded back- - Cal practiced in two groups for the entirety of the 2020 season. The Bears to-back winning seasons and bowl game appearances since 2008-09. were limited to 75 players for a practice and did not field a scout team for the - Cal has been to 24 bowls in school history, but the team has only been entirety of the 2020 season. to multiple bowl games in a row five times including the 2018-19 seasons - The team is now allowed access to the weight room after utilizing Maxwell (1921-22, 1949-51, 1992-93, 2008-09, 2018-19). Field as an outdoor weight room throughout the fall. - The Bears had back-to-back seasons of .500 or better records on the road - The team does not have access to the locker room and didn't during the for first time since 2004 (5-1) and 2005 (3-2) as they went 4-2 in 2019 after 2020 season. going 3-2 in 2018. - On January 16, 2020, Cal announced a 12-game 2020 schedule which - Cal won on the road at UCLA for the first time since 2009 in 2019. included the first-ever game in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas vs. UNLV and a - The Bears reclaimed The Axe in 2019 by defeating Stanford for the first time home matchup against TCU. since 2009, as they won, 24-20, at Stanford Stadium. - After multiple schedule updates, Cal was finally scheduled to start its - Cal won back-to-back road games in Los Angeles (USC in 2018 and UCLA season vs. Washington on Nov. 7, but the game was canceled on Nov. 5 and in 2019) for the first time since 1970-71. The Bears also won in 1999-2000, declared a no-contest due to Cal's inability to field a competitive roster due but the 1999 win at UCLA was later forfeited due to the use of ineligible to one positive COVID-19 test and subsequent contact tracing. players. - Cal was scheduled to play Arizona State on Nov. 14, but the game was - 2018-19 was the first time that Cal had won on the road at all three of its canceled at 9 a.m. on Nov. 13 due to positive COVID-19 tests within ASU's California rivals (Stanford, UCLA, USC) over a two-year span since 1949-50. team. On the same day at 1:30 p.m., the Pac-12 announced that Cal would - The Bears won also 2019 road games over No. 14/12 Washington and in travel to UCLA for a rescheduled season-opener on Nov. 15. SEC Territory by defeating Ole Miss.