BERKELEY – Cal is scheduled to open 2016 spring football practices at Kabam Field at California Memorial Stadium on Monday, March 7 (3:30 pm PT). The majority of the spring workouts will be open to the public and conclude on Cal Day with the Cal Football Spring Scrimmage televised live by Pac-12 Networks on Saturday, April 16 (11 am PT).
“We are excited to share with our fans what we are doing in the offseason to prepare for the 2016 campaign,” head coach Sonny Dykes said. “College football games are not only won on Saturdays in the fall but with the work put in during the offseason. The work we did to prepare for the 2015 season led to much of the success we enjoyed. We're excited about the upcoming spring practices and using them to help continue the upward trajectory of our football program.”
The Cal Football Spring Scrimmage is an admission free and interactive event that gives thousands of Cal fans an opportunity to better get to know players and coaches in the Cal football program. In addition to the scrimmage, a wide array of Cal Football activities scheduled to take place include opportunities for fans to interact with Cal football players and coaches; commemorative posters (first 2,000 fans); a Fun Zone with photo station and much more to be announced at a later date.
Cal will hold its annual Pro Day on Friday, March 18 (8 am PT). The event will feature former players that are professional football prospects working out for professional football scouts with the public portion of the event at Kabam Field at California Memorial Stadium expected to begin at approximately 9 am PT. Gates will open one hour in advance.
Cal opens its 2016 season in Australia at the Sydney Cup against Hawaii on Aug. 27 with the teams playing the first college football game ever in Sydney.
Cal will have six home contests including five Pac-12 games following the non-conference home opener Sept. 17 against Texas. The Bears will host their first conference game Oct. 1 against Utah and play a Friday night home contest against Oregon on Oct. 21 before three of their final four regular-season games at home against Washington (Nov. 5), Stanford (Nov. 19) and UCLA (Nov. 26).
In addition to the neutral-site road game against Hawai'i in Sydney, Cal travels to San Diego State (Sept. 10) for a non-league road contest before conference trips to Arizona State (Sept. 24), Oregon State (Oct. 8), USC (Oct. 27) and Washington State (Nov. 12).
The Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's® Stadium is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 2.
Kick times and television networks for all game will be announced at later dates.
CalBears.com along with the Cal football Twitter (@CalFootball), Instagram (Cal_Football) and Snapchat (CalFootball) social media accounts provide coverage of Cal football. Fans can join in the conversation using the hashtags #GoBears and #CalFamily.
Fans can place a $100 deposit now to secure 2016 Cal football season tickets. For more information, visit CalBears.com/tickets or call (800) GO BEARS (462-3277).
CAL FOOTBALL 2016 SPRING OPEN PRACTICE SCHEDULEDAY, DATE – START TIMEMonday, March 7 – 3:30 pm
Wednesday, March 9 – 3:30 pm
Friday, March 11 – 3:30 pm
Monday, March 14 – 3:30 pm
Friday, March 18 (Pro Timing Day) – 9 am (Public Portion Of Event)
Friday, March 18 – 4:30 pm
Friday, April 1 – 3:30 pm
Monday, April 4 – 3:30 pm
Wednesday, April 6 – 3:30 pm
Monday, April 11 – 3:30 pm
Saturday, April 16 – 11 am (Cal Football Spring Game, Pac-12 Networks)
All practices above scheduled to be open to the public at Kabam Field at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.; Additional practices will be held that are not open to the public; All times Pacific; Schedule subject to change
