2012 California Golden Bears football team

The 2012 California Golden Bears football team represented University of California, Berkeley in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Bears were led by eleventh-year head coach Jeff Tedford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium after having played at home the previous season at AT&T Park due to reconstruction on Memorial Stadium. They were members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

2012 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record3–9 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Michalczik (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorClancy Pendergast (3rd season)
Base defense3–4
MVPIsi Sofele
Steve Williams
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$  8 1   12 2  
No. 2 Oregon x%  8 1   12 1  
No. 20 Oregon State  6 3   9 4  
Washington  5 4   7 6  
California  2 7   3 9  
Washington State  1 8   3 9  
South Division
UCLA x  6 3   9 5  
Arizona State  5 4   8 5  
USC  5 4   7 6  
Arizona  4 5   8 5  
Utah  3 6   5 7  
Colorado  1 8   1 11  
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Coming off a 7–5 previous season, the Bears fell to 3–9 (2–7 in the Pac-12), the second losing season in three years and the worst of the Tedford era. Despite a decisive win over eventual Pac-12 South winner UCLA, Cal closed out the season with five consecutive losses. While wide receiver Keenan Allen became the team's all time leader in career receptions, no receiver posted a 1,000-yard season and no running backs broke the 1,000-yard rushing mark. Tedford was subsequently fired as head coach on November 20.

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