Several major teams finished the season with undefeated records, including Cornell (8-0-0), Princeton (8-0-0), California (9-0-0), Iowa (7-0), West Virginia (10-0-1), Vanderbilt (8-0-1), Michigan (6-0-1), and Army (8-0-2).
Born in Wisconsin, Barnes played high school football at San Diego High for Clarence "Nibs" Price, who encouraged his brightest players, starting with Barnes, to follow his path to Berkeley to play for the California Golden Bears under coach Andy Smith.
The Stanford Axe is a trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Big Game, a college football match-up between the University of California Golden Bears and the Stanford University Cardinal.
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The 1950 Michigan Wolverines football team, coached by Bennie Oosterbaan, won the Big Ten Conference championship with a record of 6–3–1 (4–1–1 in conference) and defeated the California Bears in the 1951 Rose Bowl, 14–6.
John Elway's last football game at Stanford was one of the most famous games of all time, the 1982 Big Game versus rival California
Going to the university at Riegels' suggestion, Chapman starred in football for the Golden Bears, being named an All-American for the 1937 Pacific Coast Conference and national champion "Thunder Team", which went on to win the 1938 Rose Bowl; the last time California has won the game.
The 1958 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1958 college football season.
The 2006 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the college football 2006–2007 season.