1990 California Golden Bears football team

American college football season

1990 California Golden Bears football
Copper Bowl, W 17–15 vs. Wyoming
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–4–1 (4–3–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bruce Snyder (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Mariucci (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kent Baer (4th season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Washington $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 USC	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
UCLA	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Arizona State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 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 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bruce Snyder, the Golden Bears compiled a 7–4–1 record (4–3–1 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 341 to 325.^[1]^[2]

The team's statistical leaders included Mike Pawlawski with 2,069 passing yards, Anthony Wallace with 1,002 rushing yards, and Brian Treggs with 564 receiving yards.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 28–12	45,980
September 15	No. 10 Miami (FL)*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ABC	L 24–52	47,000
September 22	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		L 31–41	32,229	^[4]
September 29	at No. 16 Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	Prime	W 30–25	52,731	^[5]
October 6	San Jose State*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 35–34
October 13	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		W 31–24
October 20	UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)		W 38–31	50,000
October 27	at No. 7 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 7–46	71,427	^[6]
November 3	at No. 21 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	Prime	T 31–31	62,974	^[7]
November 10	No. 20 Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 28–3	45,000	^[8]
November 17	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)		L 25–27	75,662
December 31	vs. Wyoming*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Copper Bowl)	TBS	W 17–15	36,340
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Miami (FL)

#10 Miami (FL) at California

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hurricanes	10	21	0	21	52
Golden Bears	14	7	0	3	24

Date: September 15
Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA
Game attendance: 47,000
Referee: Gordon Reese
TV announcers (ABC): Gary Bender and Lynn Swann

Scoring summary

Q1	MIA	Huerta 22 yard field goal	MIA 3–0

Q1	CAL	White 99 yard kickoff return (Keen kick)	CAL 7–3

Q1	MIA	Carroll 20 yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick)	MIA 10–7

Q1	CAL	White 1 yard run (Keen kick)	CAL 14–10

Q2	MIA	Bethel 7 yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick)	MIA 17–14

Q2	CAL	Treggs 13 yard pass from Pawlawski (Keen kick)	CAL 21–17

Q2	MIA	Erickson 1 yard run (Huerta kick)	MIA 24–21

Q2	MIA	Hill 4 yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick)	MIA 31–21

Q4	CAL	Keen 25 yard field goal	MIA 31–24

Q4	MIA	McGuire 1 yard run (Huerta kick)	MIA 38–24

Q4	MIA	Conley 7 yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick)	MIA 45–24

Q4	MIA	Spencer 38 yard run (Huerta kick)	MIA 52–24

Wyoming (Copper Bowl)

References

^ "1990 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ "1990 California Golden Bears Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
^ Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide (PDF). University of Arizona. p. 108.
^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 201.
^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 71.
^ Oregon Football 2015 Media Guide (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 135.
^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.

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