1928 California Golden Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1928
| team = California Golden Bears
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf = PCC
| record = 6–2–2
| conf_record = 3–0–2
| head_coach = Nibs Price
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = Irvine Phillips
| stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| bowl = Rose Bowl
| bowl_result = L 7–8 vs. Georgia Tech
| uniform = 20scaliforniauniform.png
}}
{{1928 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
The 1928 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1928 college football season. In their third year under head coach Nibs Price, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record (3–0–2 against PCC opponents), finished in second place in the PCC, lost to Georgia Tech in the 1929 Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 141 to 36.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/california/1928-schedule.html|title=1928 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=October 21, 2016}}{{cite web|title=California 2015 Football Information Guide |url=https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf |website=CalBears.com |publisher=Cal Golden Bears Athletics |access-date=October 21, 2016 |page=162 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170757/https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf |archive-date=October 26, 2016 }} The team was ranked No. 2 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.{{cite news|title=Trojans Rated as Leading College Team in Country|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=December 9, 1928|page=42|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98582943/dickinson-ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}
The Rose Bowl game has become one of the most famous moments in Rose Bowl history.{{Cite news|title = Wrong-Way Run Finally Turns Out Right: College football: Despite his mistake that cost Cal in 1929, Roy Riegels is inducted into Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-09-sp-257-story.html|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|date = 1991-08-09|access-date = 2015-11-13|issn = 0458-3035|first = SHAV|last = GLICK}} In the second quarter, California's defense forced a Georgia Tech fumble on their own 30-yard line, and the loose ball was scooped up by California center Roy Riegels. He began to run towards the Georgia Tech end zone for a score, but then, in trying to get around the Tech players, he inexplicably turned around and headed in the other direction. Riegels advanced all the way to the Golden Bears' one-yard line before teammate Benny Lom was able to stop him, whereupon he was immediately tackled by what seemed like the entire Georgia Tech team. California elected to punt on the next play; the punt was blocked for a safety, giving the Yellow Jackets a 2–0 lead and what turned out to be the decisive points.{{Cite news|url=http://gtalumni.org/news/magazine/spr98/div04.html|title=Wrong Way Reigels|work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|date=Spring 1998|access-date=2007-09-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026160744/http://gtalumni.org/news/magazine/spr98/div04.html |archive-date = October 26, 2007}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Pacific
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Santa Clara
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 22–0
| attend = 40,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Bears Win, 22-0: Lom, Eisan Star for U. C.; Captain Irv Phillips Scores First Touchdown at Berkeley|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|author="Dink" Templeton|date=September 30, 1928|pages=35, 38|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99841940/bears-win-22-0-lom-eisan-star-for-u/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Saint Mary's
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 7–0
| attend = 60,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Bears Triumph, 7-0: Pass Lom to Norton, Wins for California|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|author=William Leiser|date=October 7, 1928|pages=35, 39|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99962089/bears-triumph-7-0-pass-lom-to-norton/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 13–3
| attend = 30,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| time =
| w/l = t
| opponent = USC
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 0–0
| attend = 74,245 or 80,000
| source = {{cite book|title=USC Football 2017 Media Guide|publisher=University of Southern California Athletics|page=70|url=http://usctrojans.com/documents/2017/7/25/2017_USC_Football_Media_Guide.pdf}}{{cite news|title=Lom's Great Punting Checks Trojan Attack: Price's Defense Crushes Don Williams' Flank Plays|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|author=Theon Wright|date=October 21, 1928|pages=1D, 3D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99173759/loms-great-punting-checks-trojan/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Olympic Club
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 0–12
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Oregon
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 13–0
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| score = 6–0
| attend = 20,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Nevada
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 60–0
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| time =
| w/l = t
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| gamename = Big Game
| score = 13–13
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = January 1, 1929
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| site_stadium = Rose Bowl
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| gamename = Rose Bowl
| score = 7–8
| attend = 66,604
}}
}}
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