When Gpa was...
In 1982, when Gpa was 27, Cal defeated Stanford by this final score in the game that featured "The Play."
20-25
Memorial Stadium, the Rose Bowl, and LA Memorial Coliseum were three of the four major collegiate venues that opened in California during the early 1920s, along with this other facility.
Stanford Stadium
This Cal quarterback, who led the team in 2003 and 2004, said this: "It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away."
Aaron Rodgers
Under Jeff Tedford, Cal had eight consecutive winning seasons with this many of those seasons NOT resulting in a bowl appearance.
One
Cal's Wonder Teams won this many consecutive games during their legendary undefeated streak from 1920-1925.
50
This Cal football player was born the same year as Gpa. His jersey, number 12, is the only one ever retired by the California Golden Bears football program.
Joe Roth
The Pac-10 expanded to become the Pac-12 on July 1, 2011 with the addition of two teams from this state.
Utah
During his junior year in 2009, this quarterback led the Golden Bears to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they played the Utah Utes.
Kevin Riley
This Cal running back rushed for 186 yards in the 2008 Emerald Bowl victory over Miami, helping secure the 24-17 win.
Jahvid Best
The Axe made its first appearance in this decade, lonnnnng ago.
1890s
This song, written in 1965 (when Gpa was 10!), has often threatened to replace "All Hail Blue and Gold" as Cal's official alma mater anthem.
"Hail to California"
In 2011 when Memorial Stadium was temporarily closed for renovations, Cal played their home games at this professional venue in San Francisco.
AT&T Park (now Oracle Park)
In 2003, Aaron Rodgers threw this many touchdown passes in the upset victory over #1 USC.
This cracker-named bowl game saw Cal fall to TCU by a score of 10-7 in a defensive struggle in 2018.
The Cheez-it Bowl
Memorial Stadium's construction was funded in 1922 through seat subscriptions that cost this amount each, with all 10,000 selling out in under ten days.
$100
When Gpa was 50 -- in 2005 -- Marshawn Lynch rushed for exactly 1,246 yards, the second-highest single-season total in school history at the time. Second only to this player.
JJ Arrington
This cryptocurrency exchange had a naming rights deal for Cal's Memorial Stadium field alongside Kabam, but both deals were eventually terminated.
FTX
Kyle Boller was drafted in the first round of the 2003 NFL draft by this team.
Baltimore Ravens
Cal crushed number 21 Texas A&M 45-10 in this 2006 bowl game, with Marshawn Lynch and Justin Forsett combining for 235 rushing yards.
Holiday Bowl
Cal was predicted to finish in this position in the Pac-10 in 1990, but did much better and instead reached the Copper Bowl and beat Wyoming 17-15 for their first bowl victory since 1938.
10th...last place!
This future Cal All-American center was born 30 years after Gpa (though not to the day!), was the first Cal player ever to win the Draddy Trophy (AKA the "academic Heisman"), and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame just this year.
Alex Mack (10 yards!)
This word completes the acronym SSAP, which was the official name for Memorial Stadium's seismic retrofit: Seismic Safety and _____ Project.
Accessibility (10 yards!)
Cal holds the record for most starting quarterbacks in Super Bowl history with this many former Golden Bears taking snaps in Super Bowls.
Five (10 yards!)
One of college football's most memorable plays occurred in the 1929 Rose Bowl when one of Cal's players did this (watch reenactment) and received this nickname.
Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels (10 yards!)
From early Rose Bowl appearances to modern bowl games, Cal has competed in this total number of postseason contests.
26 (10 yards!)