Memorial Stadium

Cal will face Washington without star receiver Allen

By: Michael Wagaman 11/01/12 7:43 PM

Having already proven capable of beating some of the Pac-12’s best teams this season, Washington coach Steve Sarkisian’s team faces another monumental task as it tries to close in on a bowl berth. The Huskies are winless in their last six road games dating back to 2011 and have been outscored 145-41 in their three games away from CenturyLink Field this season. Read More

Stanford establishing a blueprint for success

By: The Sports Xchange 10/21/12 11:54 PM

Stanford football coach David Shaw called the Cardinal’s 21-3 Big Game win over archrival Cal on Saturday “a blueprint game.” The No. 19 Cardinal blueprint calls for the team to stop the other team’s running game to force the pass, control the game offensively with its running game and score early to force the other team to play catch-up. The Cardinal did all three things effectively, and, perhaps most importantly, it did it on the road. Read More

Stanford chops down Cal in Big Game

By: Antonio Gonzalez 10/20/12 4:19 PM

Stepfan Taylor ran for a career-high 189 yards and one touchdown, and No. 22 Stanford overwhelmed rival California 21-3 on Saturday for its third straight Big Game victory. Read More

‘The Play’ had special meaning to Cal's Coach Tedford

By: Alexis Terrazas 10/17/12 4:28 PM

Killing time in a Las Vegas hotel room, a 21-year-old quarterback for Fresno State suddenly remembered his pal Kevin Moen was playing. “I was just waiting for our game,” Jeff Tedford said, who on Nov. 20, 1982, was preparing for UNLV, “and I wanted to see what Kevin was doing.” From his TV set, Tedford saw that Moen and Cal were down 20-19 to their then-Pac-10 Conference Bay Area rival Stanford, with a mere four seconds left to play. Read More

115th Cal, Stanford matchup will be played in October for first time

By: Antonio Gonzalez 10/16/12 6:55 PM

The sun is shining, the days are warm and No. 22 Stanford and Cal still have half a season left to play entering the 115th edition of the Big Game rivalry. If the timing seems strange, that’s because it is. Read More

Cal not taking advantage of opportunities

By: The Sports Xchange 09/23/12 9:11 PM

For the second straight week, Cal outplayed a ranked opponent in the third quarter on the road to get back into the game. But for the second straight week, the Golden Bears were unable to make it pay off in a victory, losing to USC 27-9 on Saturday. The Golden Bears were able to move the ball, but managed just nine points on five trips into the red zone, and none of those red-zone possessions turned into a touchdown. Read More

Fans are biggest winners in Memorial Stadium remodel

By: Paul Gackle 08/26/12 9:42 PM

Every fall Saturday, millions of people come together in small cities with names like Norman, Tuscaloosa and Ann Arbor to celebrate a uniquely American tradition. We call it college football. Yes, this even happens in Berkeley and the counterculture hub might provide the best setting in the country. Read More

Tedford, Cal face a make-or-break year

By: Paul Gackle 08/12/12 8:45 PM

Jeff Tedford enters the 2012 season as the winningest football coach in Cal history. So why does it seem like his team might be playing for his job? Read More

Pieces falling into place for Cal football

By: Glenn Dickey 03/05/12 8:35 PM

Quarterbacks were the first subject as Cal coach Jeff Tedford had a media teleconference call Monday. Danville quarterback Zach Kline came to Cal a semester early, so he’s eligible for spring practice, which will start March 13. How much does that help him? “It’s always a help for a quarterback to participate in practice,” Tedford said. “Just being in a huddle, getting to know the offense, all those things help.” Read More

Cal shuffling programs to offset the rising cost of football

By: Glenn Dickey 02/11/11 1:00 AM

Cal is making much-needed upgrades to Memorial Stadium

The cuts in the Cal intercollegiate sports program can be traced to two factors: 1) The increasing costs in football; and 2) The effects of Title IX. And, to make my position clear, I love college football and I’ve supported Title IX since its inception, at a time when that position was very unpopular with my male colleagues. The model for years was that a successful football program could pay for the other sports, but that’s no longer true. Read More