2017 California Golden Bears football team

The 2017 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears were led by first-year head coach Justin Wilcox and played their home games at California Memorial Stadium. The Bears went 5–7, including non-conference wins over North Carolina and Ole Miss, and three losses by three points or fewer. The season highlight was the Bears' 37–3 defeat of then-No. 8 Washington State, which marked the first time Cal had beaten a top ten opponent since its defeat of No. 3 USC in 2003.

2017 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record5–7 (2–7 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBeau Baldwin (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorTim DeRuyter (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Captain
(14)
  • *Devante Downs (9)
  • *James Looney (8)
  • *Kanawai Noa (7)
  • *Patrick Laird (7)
  • *Matt Anderson (1)
  • *Ross Bowers (1)
  • *Ashtyn Davis (1)
  • *Jordan Veasy (1)
  • *Raymond Davison (1)
  • *Jaylinn Hawkins (1)
  • *Patrick Mekari (1)
  • *Tony Mekari (1)
  • *Vic Wharton III (1)
  • *Addison Ooms (1)
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
2017 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 20 Stanford xy  7 2   9 5  
No. 16 Washington x  7 2   10 3  
Washington State  6 3   9 4  
Oregon  4 5   7 6  
California  2 7   5 7  
Oregon State  0 9   1 11  
South Division
No. 12 USC xy$  8 1   11 3  
Arizona State  6 3   7 6  
Arizona  5 4   7 6  
UCLA  4 5   6 7  
Utah  3 6   7 6  
Colorado  2 7   5 7  
Championship: USC 31, Stanford 28
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
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