2016 California Golden Bears football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 football 2016 California Golden Bears California Golden Bears logo.svg 125 Pac-12 Conference North Division Pac-12 5–7 3–6 Sonny Dykes 4th Jake Spavital 1st Art Kaufman 3rd Bear raid 4–3 California Memorial Stadium The 2016 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears were led by fourth-year head coach Sonny Dykes and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. Shortly after the conclusion of the 2015 season, Dykes stated that he did not anticipate any staff turnover.http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2016/1/14/10765368/sonny-dykes-tony-franklin-art-kaufman-california-golden-bears-2016 Sonny Dykes says Cal football coaching staff likely to stay the same, with minor adjustments California Golden Blogs 14 January 2016 February 5, 2016 However, offensive coordinator Tony Franklin resigned from his position at California a few weeks after Dykes made this statement. Franklin left to take up the same position at Middle Tennessee State, citing a desire to move closer to his family in Kentucky.https://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/97537/oc-tony-franklin-leaves-cal-for-middle-tennessee-state OC Tony Franklin leaves Cal for Middle Tennessee ESPN.com 22 January 2016 February 5, 2016 Dykes replaced Franklin with Jake Spavital, who had recently been fired by Texas A&M University. Like Dykes, Spavital was from Mike Leach's Air Raid coaching tree. An additional signing from that lineage was the transfer of quarterback Davis Webb from Texas Tech; Webb completed his bachelor's degree in three years transferring to Cal for his final year of eligibility as a graduate student. Cal went 5–7 in 2016, winning only 3 out of their 9 Pac-12 games. Dykes once again lost to Stanford at home by two touchdowns and to USC in Los Angeles by three touchdowns. His team also lost to San Diego State of the Mountain West Conference. Highlights of that season were Cal's second straight beating of then-No. 11 Texas and the team's win over UCLA. This was the first time that Dykes was able to lead the team to beat one of Cal's three traditional rivals – Stanford, UCLA and USC. In his only season as Cal's quarterback, Davis Webb beat Jared Goff's passing attempts and completions records, and equaled his marks for 300-yard passing games (10) and touchdowns (43), with 37 in the air and six on the ground.http://calbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8245 Davis Webb - 216 Football Roster University of California Golden Bears Athletics en https://web.archive.org/web/20190120043305/https://calbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8245 2019-01-20 2019-07-12https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/calberk.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/7/26/17FB_Cal_Record_Book.pdf 2017 California Football Record Book Cal Athletics University of California, Berkeley 26 September 2017 December 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211213223333/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/calberk.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/7/26/17FB_Cal_Record_Book.pdf dead Webb was drafted in the third round by New York Giants. Sonny Dykes was fired on January 8, 2017.http://www.dailycal.org/2017/01/08/sonny-dykes-fired-cal-football-head-coach/ Sonny Dykes fired as Cal football head coach – The Daily Californian January 8, 2017 He finished at Cal with a four-year record of 19–30. The firing came as a surprise, as his contract was previously extended and most coaching changes come right after the end of a season and not the following year. Two of the stated concerns were Dykes' commitment to the program, as at the end of 2016 Dykes was interviewed by Baylor University for their head coaching position, and the significant decreases in home game attendance – thirty percent fewer season tickets were renewed for 2017 than for the previous year.http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Here-s-the-real-reason-Cal-fired-Sonny-Dykes-10848862.php Here's the real reason Cal fired Sonny Dykes – San Francisco Chronicle October 16, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171016040347/http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Here-s-the-real-reason-Cal-fired-Sonny-Dykes-10848862.php October 16, 2017 dead 16 October 2017 Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Cal years Alma mater Sonny Dykes Head coach / outside wide receivers coach 4th Texas Tech (1993) Art Kaufman Defensive coordinator / linebackers coach 3rd Arkansas–Monticello (1980) Jake Spavital Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach 1st Missouri State (2008) Greg Burns Safeties coach 3rd Washington State (1995) Garret Chachere Associate head coach / running backs coach 4th Tulane (1992) Brandon Jones Run game coordinator / offensive line coach 2nd Texas Tech (2006) John Lovett Cornerbacks coach 2nd C.W. Post (1973) Jacob Peeler Inside wide receivers coach 4th Louisiana Tech (2006) Fred Tate Defensive line coach 3rd Southern Miss (1997) Mark Tommerdahl Assistant head coach / special team coordinator 4th Concordia College (MN) (1983) Damon Harrington Head strength & conditioning coach 4th Louisiana Tech (2000) Roster 2016 California Golden Bears FootballQuarterback  3 Ross Bowers – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'2, 190)  7 Davis Webb – senior (6'5, 230) 10 Victor Viramontes – freshman (6'1, 240) 14 Chase Forrest – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 205) 18 Max Gilliam – freshman (6'2, 205) Running back  5 Tre Watson – junior (5'10, 195) 22 Derrick Clark – freshman (5'11, 210) 23 Vic Enwere – junior (6'1, 240) 28 Patrick Laird – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'0, 205) 29 Khalfani Muhammad – senior (5'9, 175) 30 Billy McCrary III – 10px|Redshirt freshman (5'10, 190) 34 Fabiano Hale – 10px|Redshirt junior (5'11, 210) Wide receiver  1 Melquise Stovall – freshman (5'9, 190)  2 Jordan Duncan – freshman (6'2, 210)  4 Zion Echols – freshman (5'10, 175)  6 Chad Hansen – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'2, 205)  8 Demetris Robertson – freshman (6'0, 175)  9 Kanawai Noa – sophomore (6'0, 185) 11 Raymond Hudson – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 230) 13 Grayson Bankhead – freshman (5'11, 160) 15 Jordan Veasy – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 225) 17 Vic Wharton III – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'0, 200) 19 Brandon Singleton – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'0, 175) 21 Jack Austin – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 215) 24 Matt Rockett – junior (5'9, 190) 26 Bug Rivera – 10px|Redshirt senior (5'8, 175) 30 Chas Peterson – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'0, 190) 80 Jake Ashton – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'4, 220) 81 Logan Gamble – freshman (6'6, 190) 82 Drew Kobayashi – freshman (6'3, 200) 84 Justin Dunn – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 210) 86 Eric Locklin – sophomore (6'2, 195) 88 Patrick Worstell – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'2, 195) 89 Matt Laris – freshman (6'4, 220) Tight end / fullback 40 Justin Norbeck – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 235) 45 Kennedy Emesibe – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 255) 47 Frank Kapp – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'3, 225) 85 J.D. Hinnant – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'4, 295) 87 Kyle Wells – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 240) 99 Malik McMorris – sophomore (5'11, 310) Offensive lineman 54 Gentle Williams – freshman (6'4, 280) 55 Dominic Granado – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'4, 305) 57 Addison Ooms – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'4, 295) 58 Semisi Uluave – sophomore (6'5, 345) 62 Dwayne Wallace – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'5, 330) 64 Steven Moore – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'6, 310) 65 Tanner Prenovost – freshman (6'1, 265) 66 Chris Borrayo – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'3, 325) 70 Benji Palu – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'0, 315) 71 Jake Curhan – freshman (6'6, 335) 72 Kamryn Bennett – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 295) 73 Jeremiah Stuckey – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'6, 300) 74 Ryan Gibson – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'1, 285) 75 Aaron Cochran – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'8, 350) 76 Henry Bazakas – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'6, 295) 79 Patrick Mekari – sophomore (6'4, 295) Daniel Juarez – freshman (6'5, 287) Defensive tackle  9 James Looney – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'3, 280) 50 Hunter Abel – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'1, 265) 90 Rusty Becker – junior (6'4, 275) 92 Marcus Manley – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'3, 310) 93 Luc Bequette – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'1, 290) 96 Tevin Paul – freshman (6'3, 265) 97 Tony Mekari – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'1, 280) 99 Chris Yaghi – freshman (6'4, 269) Defensive end 13 Russell Ude – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'3, 265) 33 Noah Westerfield – junior (6'3, 250) 44 Zeandae Johnson – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'3, 275) 51 Cameron Saffle – sophomore (6'3, 245) 89 Evan Weaver – freshman (6'3, 245) 91 Chinedu Udeogu – freshman (6'5, 255) 94 Trevor Howard – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'3, 245) 95 DeVante Wilson – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'5, 260) Long snapper 45 Grant Gluhaich – 10px|Redshirt freshman (5'10, 195) 46 Garrett Frum – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'2, 230) 48 Bradley E. Northnagel – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'3, 245) Punter 42 Dylan Klumph – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 230) Linebacker  1 Devante Downs – junior (6'3, 250)  4 Derron Brown – junior (6'1, 205) 11 Hamilton Anoa'i – junior (6'2, 250) 19 Cameron Goode – freshman (6'4, 200) 31 Raymond Davison – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'2, 225) 37 Kaodi Dike – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'2, 210) 38 Alex Netherda – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'0, 210) 40 David Ortega Jr. – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (5'10, 215) 46 Drew Bryant – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'3, 225) 55 Aisea Tongilava – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'0, 225) 56 Joe Castignani – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'2, 225) 59 Jordan Kunaszyk – junior (6'3, 235) Cornerback  2 Darius Allensworth – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'0, 190)  8 Nygel Edmonds – freshman (6'0, 195) 14 Antoine Albert – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'1, 190) 14 A.J. Greathouse – junior (6'0, 195) 16 Chibuzo Nwokocha – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 205) 18 Marloshawn Franklin Jr. – junior (6'0, 180) 20 Joshua Drayden – freshman (5'11, 175) 24 Camryn Bynum – freshman (6'1, 180) 27 Ashtyn Davis – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (6'1, 185) 39 Ricky Walker III – freshman (5'11, 190) Nickelback  3 Cameron Walker – senior (5'10, 180)  5 Trey Turner – sophomore (6'0, 195) 22 Traveon Beck – freshman (5'10, 165) 28 Quentin Tartabull – 10px|Redshirt sophomore (5'11, 190) 34 De'Zhon Grace – 10px|Redshirt junior (5'10, 175) Safety  6 Jaylinn Hawkins – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'1, 200)  7 Khari Vanderbilt – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'1, 195) 17 Luke Rubenzer – junior (6'0, 195) 21 Evan Rambo – sophomore (6'3, 205) 23 Malik Psalms – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'2, 185) 32 Jacob Anderson – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'0, 190) 42 David Garner – 10px|Redshirt junior (5'9, 195) Placekicker  9 Matt Anderson – 10px|Redshirt junior (6'0, 190) 19 Noah Beito – 10px|Redshirt senior (6'0, 190) (+P) 39 Franklyn Cervenka – 10px|Redshirt senior (5'10, 165) 41 Gabe Siemieniec – freshman (6'1, 190) 49 Matt Abramo – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'2, 185)Source and player details: California Golden Bears Football 2016 Roster Schedule 2016 AP Pacific August 26, 2016 7:00 p.m.s Game date and time are listed in Pacific Time; Sydney is on Australian Eastern Time, which at game time was 17 hours ahead of Pacific Time. w y y Hawaii Australia ANZ Stadium Sydney, Australia Sydney Cup ESPN 51–31 61,247 September 10 7:30 p.m. l y y San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA CBSSN 40–45 42,473 September 17 7:30 p.m. w y Texas 11 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA ESPN 50–43 50,448 September 24 7:00 p.m. l y Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ ESPN2 41–51 49,295 October 1 3:00 p.m. w y Utah 18 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA P12N 28–23 46,618 October 8 6:00 p.m. l y Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR P12N 44–47 OT 34,066 October 21, 2016 7:30 p.m. w Oregon California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA ESPN 52–49 2OT 43,048 October 27, 2016 7:30 p.m. l y USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ESPN 24–45 61,725 November 5 7:30 p.m. l Washington 4 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA ESPN 27–66 47,756 November 12 7:30 p.m. l y Washington State 23 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ESPN 21–56 30,135 November 19 2:30 p.m. l Stanford 24 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA Big Game P12N 31–45 52,266 November 26 4:00 p.m. w UCLA California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA rivalry ESPN2 36–10 39,633 http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-california-golden-bears-football-schedule.php 2016 California Golden Bears Football Schedule FB Schedules January 7, 2016 Notes s Game summaries Vs. Hawaii 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team Rainbow Warriors 14 0 10 7 Golden Bears 17 17 7 10 Statistics HAWCAL First downs 26 31 Total yards 482 630 Rushing yards 248 189 Passing yards 234 441 Turnovers 3 0 Time of possession 29:07 30:53 Team Category Player StatisticsHawaii Passing Ikaika Woolsey 17/34, 234 yards, TD, INT Rushing Diocemy Saint Juste 14 rushes, 118 yards, TD Receiving Marcus Kemp 4 receptions, 73 yards, TDCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 38/54, 441 yards, 4 TD Rushing Khalfani Muhammad 10 rushes, 96 yards, TD Receiving Chad Hansen 14 receptions, 160 yards, 2 TD Calling the game for ESPN: Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti and Warren Smith. At San Diego State 2016 San Diego State Aztecs football team Golden Bears 14 7 10 9 Aztecs 14 17 7 7 Statistics CALSDSU First downs 30 22 Total yards 604 463 Rushing yards 82 334 Passing yards 522 129 Turnovers 4 2 Time of possession 25:30 34:30 Team Category Player StatisticsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 41/72, 522 yards, 5 TD, 3 INT Rushing Vic Enwere 10 rushes, 72 yards Receiving Chad Hansen 14 receptions, 190 yards, TDSan Diego State Passing Christian Chapman 14/23, 129 yards, TD, INT Rushing Donnel Pumphrey 29 rushes, 281 yards, 3 TD Receiving Eric Judge 4 receptions, 47 yards No. 11 Texas 2016 Texas Longhorns football team No. 11 Longhorns 17 16 0 10 Golden Bears 14 21 0 15 Statistics TEXCAL First downs 34 24 Total yards 568 507 Rushing yards 307 111 Passing yards 261 396 Turnovers 2 0 Time of possession 31:47 28:13 Team Category Player StatisticsTexas Passing Shane Buechele 19/33, 196 yards, TD, INT Rushing D'Onta Foreman 21 rushes, 157 yards, 2 TD Receiving Armanti Foreman 4 receptions, 72 yardsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 27/40, 396 yards, 4 TD Rushing Vic Enwere 18 rushes, 110 yards, 2 TD Receiving Chad Hansen 12 receptions, 196 yards, 2 TD At Arizona State 2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football team Golden Bears 7 17 3 14 Sun Devils 3 7 10 31 Statistics CALASU First downs 29 23 Total yards 637 454 Rushing yards 159 164 Passing yards 478 290 Turnovers 3 1 Time of possession 29:21 30:39 Team Category Player StatisticsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 32/56, 478 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT Rushing Khalfani Muhammad 12 rushes, 84 yards Receiving Chad Hansen 10 receptions, 110 yards, TDArizona State Passing Manny Wilkins 21/30, 290 yards, TD, INT Rushing Manny Wilkins 23 rushes, 72 yards, 3 TD Receiving Tim White 6 receptions, 86 yards No. 18 Utah 2016 Utah Utes football team No. 18 Utes 0 10 7 6 Golden Bears 14 0 7 7 Statistics UTAHCAL First downs 29 17 Total yards 442 362 Rushing yards 176 56 Passing yards 266 306 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 42:01 17:59 Team Category Player StatisticsUtah Passing Troy Williams 24/43, 266 yards Rushing Armand Shyne 25 rushes, 99 yards, 2 TD Receiving Raelon Singleton 7 receptions, 98 yardsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 22/35, 306 yards, 4 TD, INT Rushing Tre Watson 4 rushes, 37 yards Receiving Chad Hansen 5 receptions, 98 yards, 2 TD At Oregon State 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team Golden Bears 0 10 7 24 3 Beavers 10 7 17 7 6 Statistics CALORST First downs 27 27 Total yards 441 559 Rushing yards 317 474 Passing yards 124 85 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 26:48 33:12 Team Category Player StatisticsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 23/44, 113 yards, INT Rushing Khalfani Muhammad 21 rushes, 165 yards, TD Receiving Vic Wharton III 3 receptions, 37 yardsOregon State Passing Darrell Garretson 13/24, 85 yards, 2 INT Rushing Ryan Nall 14 rushes, 221 yards, 3 TD Receiving Victor Bolden Jr. 4 receptions, 28 yards Oregon 2016 Oregon Ducks football team Ducks 0 14 14 14 7 0 Golden Bears 14 17 3 8 7 3 Statistics ORECAL First downs 27 40 Total yards 450 636 Rushing yards 192 311 Passing yards 258 325 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 23:40 36:20 Team Category Player StatisticsOregon Passing Justin Herbert 22/40, 258 yards, 6 TD, INT Rushing Tony Brooks-James 15 rushes, 109 yards, TD Receiving Charles Nelson 7 receptions, 84 yards, 2 TDCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 42/61, 325 yards, 5 TD Rushing Tre Watson 28 rushes, 154 yards Receiving Vic Wharton III 7 receptions, 55 yards, TD At USC 2016 USC Trojans football team Golden Bears 0 10 7 7 Trojans 14 14 14 3 Statistics CALUSC First downs 29 31 Total yards 475 629 Rushing yards 142 398 Passing yards 333 231 Turnovers 2 3 Time of possession 28:09 31:51 Team Category Player StatisticsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 34/53, 333 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Khalfani Muhammad 15 rushes, 89 yards Receiving Demetris Robertson 9 receptions, 92 yardsUSC Passing Sam Darnold 18/25, 231 yards, 5 TD, INT Rushing Ronald Jones II 18 rushes, 223 yards, TD Receiving Darreus Rogers 6 receptions, 97 yards, 2 TD No. 4 Washington 2016 Washington Huskies football team No. 4 Huskies 21 14 21 10 Golden Bears 13 7 0 7 Statistics WASHCAL First downs 31 18 Total yards 704 362 Rushing yards 287 100 Passing yards 417 262 Turnovers 1 3 Time of possession 35:47 24:13 Team Category Player StatisticsWashington Passing Jake Browning 19/28, 378 yards, 6 TD Rushing Lavon Coleman 7 rushes, 108 yards, TD Receiving John Ross III 6 receptions, 208 yards, 3 TDCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 23/47, 262 yards, TD, 3 INT Rushing Khalfani Muhammad 8 rushes, 34 yards Receiving Demetris Robertson 3 receptions, 82 yards At No. 23 Washington State 2016 Washington State Cougars football team Golden Bears 0 7 7 7 No. 23 Cougars 14 14 7 21 Statistics CALWSU First downs 30 34 Total yards 525 654 Rushing yards 100 254 Passing yards 425 400 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 26:14 33:46 Team Category Player StatisticsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 34/53, 425 yards, 3 TD, INT Rushing Tre Watson 15 rushes, 58 yards Receiving Demetris Robertson 6 receptions, 141 yards, TDWashington State Passing Luke Falk 36/50, 373 yards, 5 TD, INT Rushing Gerald Wicks 9 rushes, 128 yards, TD Receiving River Cracraft 9 receptions, 87 yards, 3 TD No. 24 Stanford 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team Big Game (American football) No. 24 Cardinal 7 10 14 14 Golden Bears 7 7 10 7 Statistics STANCAL First downs 24 27 Total yards 555 483 Rushing yards 357 90 Passing yards 198 393 Turnovers 0 0 Time of possession 35:46 24:14 Team Category Player StatisticsStanford Passing Keller Chryst 13/23, 198 yards, 2 TD Rushing Christian McCaffrey 31 rushes, 284 yards, 3 TD Receiving J. J. Arcega-Whiteside 4 receptions, 107 yardsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 34/57, 393 yards, 2 TD Rushing Tre Watson 11 rushes, 60 yards, 2 TD Receiving Chad Hansen 7 receptions, 114 yards, 2 TD UCLA 2016 UCLA Bruins football team California–UCLA football rivalry Bruins 0 0 10 0 Golden Bears 3 9 14 10 Statistics UCLACAL First downs 11 34 Total yards 260 496 Rushing yards 84 195 Passing yards 176 301 Turnovers 2 0 Time of possession 17:51 42:09 Team Category Player StatisticsUCLA Passing Mike Fafaul 12/30, 176 yards, TD, INT Rushing Nate Starks 11 rushes, 73 yards Receiving Caleb Wilson 3 receptions, 83 yardsCalifornia Passing Davis Webb 32/48, 301 yards, 2 TD Rushing Khalfani Muhammad 29 rushes, 116 yards Receiving Chad Hansen 10 receptions, 156 yards References expanded California Category:California Golden Bears football seasons California Golden Bears football