WHEN WE WONThe Title Time Machine / Est. 1869

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California Golden Bears

California Football last won the college football national championship in the 1922 season. The archive labels this result co-champion (NCF, HAF, CFRA, NCF).
Verified championships
3
Latest title season
1922
Current wait
104 years

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When did California Football last win the college football national championship?

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