California Golden Bears Athletics
California
2-1 , 0-1
Arizona
4-0 , 1-0
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 14 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 45 |
| Arizona | 0 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 49 |
Heartbreak in Tucson: Bears Fall, 49-45
9/21/2014 6:35 AM | Football
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Anu Solomon hit Austin Hill on a 47-yard Hail Mary on the game's final play and Arizona scored 36 points in the fourth quarter to pull off an improbable 49-45 win over California Saturday night.
Cal (2-1, 0-1 Pac-12) threatened to turn Arizona's whiteout into a blowout, deflating the Wildcats and their white-shirt-wearing fans with two quick scores and a 22-point halftime lead.
Daniel Lasco scored on a 44-yard run on the game's third play to give the Golden Bears a quick 7-0 lead. Less than three minutes later, quarterback Jared Goff connected with Bryce Treggs for an 80-yard strike, and suddenly Cal led, 14-0, with 11:53 still on the first-yard clock.
Second-quarter TD passes from Goff to Stephen Anderson (26 yards) and Chris Harper (30 yards) gave the Bears a 28-6 advantage at the half.
Arizona (4-0, 1-0), though, charged back behind Solomon, who threw for 520 yards and had four of his five touchdown passes in the fourth quarter.
The Wildcats recovered an onside kick after Cal was called for a batting penalty and pulled within 2 at 45-43 after Solomon hit Cayleb Jones on a 15-yard scoring pass. The tying two-point conversion failed.
Cal recovered the subsequent onside kick and moved the ball to the Arizona 29, but James Langford missed on a 47-yard field goal attempt with just 52 seconds left. The Wildcats got the ball to the Cal 47 with four seconds on the clock and pulled off the miracle when Hill brought the ball down between five Cal defenders.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
CAL 7, ARIZ 0
CAL - Lasco, Daniel 44 yd run (Langford, James kick), 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:43
CAL 14, ARIZ 0
CAL - Treggs, Bryce 80 yd pass from Goff, Jared (Langford, James kick) 1 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:13
CAL 14, ARIZ 3
ARIZ - Skowron, C. 39 yd field goal 7 plays, 39 yards, TOP 2:18
CAL 21, ARIZ 3
CAL - Anderson, Steph 26 yd pass from Goff, Jared (Langford, James kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:44
CAL 21, ARIZ 6
ARIZ - Skowron, C. 28 yd field goal 13 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:27
CAL 28, ARIZ 6
CAL - Harper, Chris 30 yd pass from Goff, Jared (Langford, James kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:45
CAL 28, ARIZ 13
ARIZ - Jones, C. 41 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick) 8 plays, 96 yards, TOP 1:54
CAL 31, ARIZ 13
CAL - Langford, James 45 yd field goal 9 plays, 48 yards, TOP 2:34
CAL 31, ARIZ 16
ARIZ - Skowron, C. 31 yd field goal 7 plays, 39 yards, TOP 2:04
CAL 31, ARIZ 23
ARIZ - Hill, A. 9 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick) 2 plays, 17 yards, TOP 0:32
CAL 38, ARIZ 23
CAL - Muhammad, Khalf 50 yd run (Langford, James kick), 6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:40
CAL 38, ARIZ 30
ARIZ - Jones, C. 16 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Skowron, C. kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:47
CAL 45, ARIZ 30
CAL - Muhammad, Khalf 6 yd run (Langford, James kick), 6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:48
CAL 45, ARIZ 37
ARIZ - Jones-Grigsby 6 yd run (Skowron, C. kick), 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:51
CAL 45, ARIZ 43
ARIZ - Jones, C. 15 yd pass from Solomon, A. (Solomon, A. passfailed) 4 plays, 41 yards, TOP 0:43
CAL 45, ARIZ 49
ARIZ - Hill, A. 47 yd pass from Solomon, A. () 6 plays, 70 yards, TOP 0:52
