GOLDEN BEAR QUICK FACTS Bear Facts Football Office Location: Berkeley, CA 94720 209 Memorial Stadium
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GOLDEN BEAR QUICK FACTS Bear Facts Football Office Location: Berkeley, CA 94720 209 Memorial Stadium ............ (510) 642-3851 Founded: 1868 Berkeley, CA 94720 ........ Fax: (510) 643-9336 Enrollment: 33,000 Head Coach: Jeff Tedford (Fresno State ’83) Colors: Blue (282) & Gold (116) Record at Cal: 25-12 (3 years) Conference: Pacific-10 Assistant to Head Coach: Debbie Schram Stadium: Memorial Stadium Assistant Coaches: Capacity: 67,537 George Cortez ..... Offensive Coordinator/QBs Surface: Momentum Turf Bob Gregory ................ Defensive Coordinator CALIFORNIA Press Box Phone: (510) 642-3098 Pete Alamar ............ Special Teams/Tight Ends (10-1, 7-1 Pac-10, 2nd) Chancellor: Dr. Robert J. Birgeneau Ken Delgado ............................. Defensive Line Athletic Director: Sandy Barbour Ron Gould ................................ Running Backs vs. 2004 Overall Record: 10-1 Eric Kiesau .............................. Wide Receivers TEXAS TECH 2004 Pac-10 Record: 7-1/2nd Jim Michalczik .... Asst. Head Coach/Off. Line Offensive System: Multiple Justin Wilcox ................................. Linebackers (7-4, 5-3 Big 12 South, 4th) Defensive System: 4-3 J.D. Williams ......................... Defensive Backs Lettermen Returned: 50 Kevin Daft ........... Graduate Assistant-Offense Date: December 30, 2004 22 Offense, 27 Defense, 1 Kicker Bert Watts .......... Graduate Assistant-Defense Time: 5:00 p.m. PT Lettermen Lost: 17 Jim Sterbick ............. Offensive Assistant/QBs TV: ESPN Starters Returned: 16 Support Staff: Radio: KGO (810 AM, San Francisco) 7 Offense, 9 Defense Mike McHugh ............. Director of Operations Executive Associate AD/Communications: John Krasinski .......... Strength & Conditioning Holiday Bowl Directory Bob Rose ..................... Direct: (510) 643-9036 Andrew McGraw ............ Recruiting Assistant Chairman of the Board ........... Pete Hedley [email protected] Kevin Parker .................... Recruiting Assistant President ........................... Larry Blumberg Assistant AD/Media Relations: David Ortega ............... Academic Coordinator Executive Director .......... Bruce Binkowski Herb Benenson ............ Direct: (510) 642-0515 Denis Hallin ............. Administrative Assistant Asst. Executive Director ...... Mark Neville [email protected] Dr. Cindy Chang ............ Head Team Physician Telephone .......................... (619) 283-5808 Media Relations Assistant: Ryan Cobb .................... Head Athletic Trainer Qualcomm Stadium Hannah Gordon ........... Direct: (510) 643-2938 Dana Marquez ................. Equipment Manager 9449 Friars Road, San Diego, CA 92108 [email protected] Matt Fox ............................ Video Coordinator (Holiday Bowl Capacity: 66,000) Table of Contents Holiday Bowl Information ................ 2-3 Cal Head Coach Jeff Tedford ............ 4-6 Cal Assistant Coaches ..................... 7-11 Support Staff/Administration ....... 12-14 Golden Bear Notes ........................ 15-27 2004 Numerical Roster ................. 28-29 Pronunciation Guide .......................... 29 BOB ROSE HERB BENENSON HANNAH GORDON PATRICK MERRILL 2004 Alphabetical Roster .............. 30-31 Exec. Associate AD, Assistant AD, Media Relations Media Relations Depth Chart ....................................... 32 Communications Media Relations Assistant Staff Selected Cal Player Profiles .......... 33-56 2004 Honors/Team Awards ................ 57 2004 Cal Statistics ........................ 58-61 2004 Results Individual Game Highs ....................... 62 Team Game Highs .............................. 63 Date Opponent Score Overall Record Pac-10 Record Attend Individual Game-by-Game Statistics ... 64 Sept. 4 at Air Force 56-14 W 1-0 0-0 50,075 Cal Game-by-Game Statistics ............ 65 Sept. 11 New Mexico State 41-14 W 2-0 0-0 58,949 Opponent Game-by-Game Statistics ... 66 Oct. 2 at Oregon State* 49-7 W 3-0 1-0 36,003 Game-by-Game Comparison ............. 67 Oct. 9 at USC* 17-23 L 3-1 1-1 90,008 Starters/Red Zone Statistics .............. 68 Oct. 16 UCLA* 45-28 W 4-1 2-1 69,898 The Last Time .................................... 69 Oct. 23 at Arizona* 38-0 W 5-1 3-1 52,049 Records Set/Within Range in 2004 .. 70-71 Oct. 30 Arizona State* 27-0 W 6-1 4-1 52,652 Pacific-10 Standings/Statistics ...... 72-74 Nov. 6 Oregon* 28-27 W 7-1 5-1 65,615 Game Summaries ........................... 75-85 Nov. 13 at Washington* 42-12 W 8-1 6-1 63,451 Cal Bowl Appearances .................. 86-90 Nov. 20 Stanford* 41-6 W 9-1 7-1 72,981 Cal Bowl Records .......................... 91-92 Dec. 4 Southern Miss. 26-16 W 10-1 7-1 27,480 Media Clippings .......................... 93-120 * indicates conference game 2004 California Golden Bear Football Postseason Media Guide 1 2004 HOLIDAY BOWL MEDIA INFORMATION TRAVEL INFORMATION: Due to the holidays, most Cal student- CREDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION: All credentials will be distributed athletes will be arriving on individual flights. Coach Tedford, selected by your team’s media relations director before the holidays. athletic department officials and a few players will arrive Friday morning, Credentials can be picked up at Media Headquarters at the Hilton, Dec. 24. The Bears return on Friday, Dec. 31. located in the Newport Room, beginning at 9 a.m. on Dec. 26. Media Headquarters will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 26-29. On game TEAM HEADQUARTERS: Cal will be housed during its seven-day day, Thursday, Dec. 30, credentials can be picked up from noon until stay in San Diego at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, One Market kickoff at Press Will Call at Qualcomm Stadium, which is located at Gate Place, San Diego, CA 92101. The phone number is (619) 232-1234. Texas H on the southwest side of the stadium. Tech will be housed at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, 333 W. A photo I.D. is required for pick-up. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101. The phone number is (619) 234- 1500. MEDIA HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS: The Hilton Hotel Mission Valley will serve as the primary media hotel for the Pacific Life Holiday MEDIA HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICES Bowl. Lodging is available for the media at a discounted rate of $89 by calling 1-800-733-2332 or 619-543-9000. Contact staff member Mark Hilton Hotel Mission Valley Neville for further information at 619-283-5808. Indicate “Holiday Bowl 901 Camino Del Rio South Media” when making reservations. Rooms will be booked on a first- San Diego, CA 92108 come, first-served basis. Hotel Switchboard ................................................... (800) 733-2332 REGISTRATION: Located in the Newport Room in the Hilton Hotel (619) 543-9000 Mission Valley, the media may pick up their credentials, parking passes Hotel Fax .................................................................. (619) 682-3922 and other information, including media guides, daily practice notes and Hotel Website .................... www.sandiegomissionvalley.hilton.com quote sheets in this room. Media Headquarters Contacts MEDIA WORKROOM: There will be no media workroom. Media are encouraged to work in their sleeping rooms. Mark Neville ...................................... Assistant Executive Director (619) 283-5808, ext. 309 HEAD COACHES PRESS CONFERENCE: Once the teams arrive (858) 967-0901 (cell) in San Diego, the only formal media conference will feature both head [email protected] coaches on Wednesday, Dec. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at the San Diego Convention Center, Room 22, which is located at 111 W. Harbor Drive in downtown TEAM PRACTICE SITE AND DIRECTIONS: The University of San Diego. Directions from the media hotel to the convention center: Go California will dress, practice and shower at San Diego State University, northeast on Camino Del Rio South towards Glasoe Lane; turn left onto 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, 619-594-4191. Directions Mission Center Rd.; turn right onto Camino Del Rio North; Merge onto I- from Media Headquarters to the Bears’ practice facility: Go northeast on 8 West; merge onto CA-163 South toward downtown; take the exit on the Camino Del Rio South towards Glasoe Lane; turn left onto Mission Cen- left; Stay straight to go onto 10th Ave.; turn right onto Market St.; turn ter Rd.; merge onto I-8 East; take College Avenue South exit toward left onto Front St.; turn left onto W. Harbor Dr. Only credentialed media Alvarado Rd.; merge onto College Ave.; turn right onto Lindo Paseo and members will have access to the press conference. turn right onto Campanile Dr. Texas Tech will practice at UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 858-534-5667. Contact the Red Raid- FILMS/VIDEOTAPES/STILL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR COMMER- ers’ SID staff for more information. CIAL PURPOSES: The Pacific Life Holiday Bowl reserves all rights to the use of still photographs, films and videotapes of the Pacific Life MEDIA ATTENDANCE AND INTERVIEW POLICIES AT PRAC- Holiday Bowl football game. All rights to such material may be assigned TICE: All Cal practices, with the exception of the team walk-through to media representatives for news purposes, but otherwise are to be Dec. 29 at Qualcomm Stadium, are open to the media for the first 15 controlled exclusively by the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. The sale of pho- minutes. In addition, the Golden Bears’ entire practices on Friday and tographs, or the use of photographs for printed materials such as posters, Saturday, Dec. 24-25, will be open to all credentialed media. Players and and videotape footage of the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl game by any coaches will be available for