Every California football season on one page back to 1916: won-lost records, conference records, bowl results and final rankings for all 111 of them.

111 SEASONS · 1916–2026 · 525–526–27 ALL-TIME · 7 NAMED BOWL GAMES
| SEASON | RECORD | CONFERENCE | BOWL | FINAL RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 2025 | 7–6 | 4–4 | Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl (L) | – |
| 2024 | 6–7 | 2–6 | Art of Sport LA Bowl (L) | – |
| 2023 | 6–7 | 4–5 | Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (L) | – |
| 2022 | 4–8 | 2–7 | – | – |
| 2021 | 5–7 | 4–5 | – | – |
| 2020 | 1–3 | 1–3 | – | – |
| 2019 | 8–5 | 4–5 | REDBOX BOWL (W) | – |
| 2018 | 7–6 | 4–5 | CHEEZ-IT BOWL (L) | – |
| 2017 | 5–7 | 2–7 | – | – |
| 2016 | 5–7 | 3–6 | – | – |
| 2015 | 8–5 | 4–5 | LOCKHEED MARTIN ARMED FORCES BOWL (W) | – |
| 2014 | 5–7 | 3–6 | – | – |
| 2013 | 1–11 | 0–9 | – | – |
| 2012 | 3–9 | 2–7 | – | – |
| 2011 | 7–6 | 5–5 | BRIDGEPOINT EDUCATION HOLIDAY BOWL (L) | – |
| 2010 | 5–7 | 3–6 | – | – |
| 2009 | 8–5 | 6–5 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2008 | 9–4 | 8–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2007 | 7–6 | 5–6 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2006 | 10–3 | 8–2 | Postseason (not named) | #14 |
| 2005 | 8–4 | 6–4 | Postseason (not named) | #25 |
| 2004 | 10–2 | 9–1 | Postseason (not named) | #9 |
| 2003 | 8–6 | 7–5 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2002 | 7–5 | 5–5 | – | – |
| 2001 | 1–10 | 0–10 | – | – |
| 2000 | 3–8 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 1999 | 4–7 | 3–5 | – | – |
| 1998 | 5–6 | 3–5 | – | – |
| 1997 | 3–8 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 1996 | 6–6 | 3–5 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1995 | 3–8 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 1994 | 4–7 | 3–5 | – | – |
| 1993 | 9–4 | 4–4 | Postseason (not named) | #25 |
| 1992 | 4–7 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 1991 | 9–2 | 6–2 | Postseason (not named) | #8 |
| 1990 | 7–4–1 | 4–3–1 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1989 | 4–7 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 1988 | 4–5–1 | 1–5–1 | – | – |
| 1987 | 2–6–2 | 2–3–2 | – | – |
| 1986 | 2–9 | 2–7 | – | – |
| 1985 | 4–7 | 2–7 | – | – |
| 1984 | 1–9 | 1–8 | – | – |
| 1983 | 5–5–1 | 3–4–1 | – | – |
| 1982 | 7–4 | 4–4 | – | – |
| 1981 | 2–9 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 1980 | 3–8 | 3–5 | – | – |
| 1979 | 6–6 | 5–4 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1978 | 5–5 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1977 | 7–4 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1976 | 5–6 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1975 | 8–3 | 6–1 | – | #14 |
| 1974 | 7–3–1 | 4–2–1 | – | – |
| 1973 | 4–7 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1972 | 3–8 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1971 | 6–5 | 4–3 | – | – |
| 1970 | 6–5 | 4–3 | – | – |
| 1969 | 5–5 | 2–4 | – | – |
| 1968 | 7–3–1 | 2–2–1 | – | – |
| 1967 | 5–5 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1966 | 3–7 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1965 | 5–5 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1964 | 3–7 | 0–4 | – | – |
| 1963 | 4–5–1 | 1–3 | – | – |
| 1962 | 1–9 | 0–4 | – | – |
| 1961 | 1–8–1 | 1–3 | – | – |
| 1960 | 2–7–1 | 1–3 | – | – |
| 1959 | 2–8 | 1–3 | – | – |
| 1958 | 7–3 | 6–1 | Postseason (not named) | #16 |
| 1957 | 1–9 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 1956 | 3–7 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1955 | 2–7–1 | 1–5–1 | – | – |
| 1954 | 5–5 | 4–3 | – | – |
| 1953 | 4–4–2 | 2–2–2 | – | – |
| 1952 | 5–3 | 3–3 | – | – |
| 1951 | 7–2 | 5–2 | – | #12 |
| 1950 | 6–1–1 | 5–0–1 | Postseason (not named) | #5 |
| 1949 | 8–1 | 7–0 | Postseason (not named) | #3 |
| 1948 | 8–1 | 6–0 | Postseason (not named) | #4 |
| 1947 | 7–1 | 5–1 | – | #15 |
| 1946 | 1–7 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 1945 | 3–4–1 | 2–4–1 | – | – |
| 1944 | 1–3–1 | 1–3–1 | – | – |
| 1943 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | – |
| 1942 | 3–4 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1941 | 3–4 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1940 | 3–6 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1939 | 3–5 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1938 | 8–1 | 6–1 | – | #14 |
| 1937 | 8–0–1 | 6–0–1 | Postseason (not named) | #2 |
| 1936 | 5–4 | 4–3 | – | – |
| 1935 | 6–1 | 4–1 | – | – |
| 1934 | 5–3 | 3–2 | – | – |
| 1933 | 4–2–2 | 2–2–2 | – | – |
| 1932 | 5–2–1 | 2–2–1 | – | – |
| 1931 | 6–1 | 4–1 | – | – |
| 1930 | 2–4 | 1–4 | – | – |
| 1929 | 5–1 | 4–1 | – | – |
| 1928 | 4–1–2 | 3–0–2 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1927 | 4–3 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1926 | 1–5 | 0–5 | – | – |
| 1925 | 4–2 | 2–2 | – | – |
| 1924 | 5–0–2 | 2–0–2 | – | – |
| 1923 | 5–0–1 | 5–0 | – | – |
| 1922 | 5–0 | 4–0 | – | – |
| 1921 | 6–0–1 | 4–0 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1920 | 6–0 | 3–0 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1919 | 4–2 | 2–2 | – | – |
| 1918 | 3–0 | 2–0 | – | – |
| 1917 | 3–1–1 | 2–1 | – | – |
| 1916 | 2–4 | 0–3 | – | – |
20 further seasons include postseason games our source doesn’t name. They may be bowls, conference championship games or other postseason games, so they aren’t added to the bowl total above.
Final rankings begin with the 1936 season, when the AP poll started. Earlier seasons are blank because no poll existed, not because the team was unranked.