Golden Bear trio in Super Bowl 50

Three former Cal football players - running back C.J. Anderson (Denver Broncos), head coach Ron Rivera (Carolina Panthers) and assistant defensive backs coach Richard Rodgers Sr. (Carolina Panthers) - will play vital roles in Super Bowl 50, taking place in Santa Clara on Sunday, Feb. Rivera is the first former Cal player to serve as a head coach in the Super Bowl. And this will mark the first time that former Cal players have ever squared off against each other with one an NFL player and the other an NFL coach, according to the Cal Athletics website.  Cal has now had at least one former player represent the Golden Bears in the Super Bowl in 14 of the last 15 seasons. As a senior linebacker at Cal in 1983, Rivera earned consensus first-team All-American, Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Pop Warner Trophy honors while also being a finalist for the Lombardi Trophy. Bug Rivera, a nephew of Ron, is a senior wide receiver on the 2016 Cal football roster.
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