The 1899 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1899 college football season.
The team competed as an independent under head coach Garrett Cochran and compiled a record of 7–1–1.
[1] For just the second time in history, an eastern team traveled to the Pacific coast.
[2][3] The news reported the contest as the first matchup of East and West, but was pre-dated by the 1894 Chicago vs. Stanford football game.
[8][9][10] Berkeley was the site of a football-related death in 1899 when Cal senior Jesse Norris Hicks died November 4 from injuries sustained in an inter-class football game.