Mike Wondolowski
The Rivalry Is Tied For The Sixth Longest Active FBS College Football Series
FB11/15/2016 3:00 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Cal Hosts Stanford In 119th Big Game
Stanford Cardinal at California Golden Bears
Saturday, Nov. 19 (2:30 pm PT)Â
Kabam Field at California Memorial Stadium | Berkeley, Calif.
- TV: Pac-12 Network – Roxy Bernsten (Play-By-Play), Anthony Herron (Analyst), Lewis Johnson (Sideline Reporter) Â
- Cal Radio: KGO 810 AM/Cal Bears Sports Network Powered By Learfield
- Joe Starkey (Play-By-Play), Mike Pawlawski (Analyst), Todd McKim (Sideline Reporter)
- Cal Student Radio: KALX 90.7 FM – Glenn Borok (Play-By-Play),David Straub (Analyst), Rasanna Rajan (Analyst)
- SiriusXM Radio: Sirius (132)/XM (202)/Internet (962)
- Series History: Stanford leads, 61-46-11
- Last Meeting: at Stanford 35, Cal 22 (11/21/15)
- Last Meeting at Cal: Stanford 38, Cal 17 (11/22/14)
- Last Cal Win: Cal 34, at Stanford 28 (11/21/09)
- Last Cal Home Win: at Cal 37, Stanford 16 (11/22/08)
- Current Win Streak: Stanford, 6 (2010-15)
Cal and Stanford will meet this Saturday in the 119th edition of the Big Game that was first played in 1892. The series is tied for the sixth-longest active current series and tied for the seventh-longest all-time between Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams. Stanford has won the last six meetings after Cal had captured seven of the previous eight.
The Big Game has featured some of the most memorable finishes in the history of college football with five contests being decided on the final play and 52 by one touchdown or less, including the famous 1982 Big Game that ended with Cal's five-lateral, 57-yard kickoff return through the Stanford Band for a touchdown that will forever be remembered simply as "The Play" giving the Bears an improbable 25-20 victory.
Cal's most recent Big Game victory came at Stanford Stadium in 2009, a 34-28 win in a contest that featured Mike Mohamed's memorable game-saving interception inside of two minutes remaining in the contest at the Cal three-yard line and
Shane Vereen's performance with a career-high 42 rushes for a season-high 193 yards and a career-high-tying three rushing scores.Â
Cal has won five of its last six games and eight of its last 10 home contests in Berkeley.
Saturday's kickoff time of 2:30 pm will mark Cal's earliest Pacific Time start this year and only the second Pacific Time day game. Â Â Â
Chad Hansen has co-led and led Cal in receptions the last two games after missing the previous two contests due to injury. He is the Pac-12's leader and ranks nationally in receptions per game (9.4, No. 2 NCAA), receiving yards per game (122.4, No. 5 NCAA), recetpions (75, No. 9 NCAA) and receiving yards (No. 18 NCAA). He is also fourth in the Pac-12 and tied for 17th in the nation in touchdown catches (9).
Freshman wide receivers
Demetris Robertson and
Melquise Stovall have been the most productive rookie duo of receivers in Cal history and are candidates for Freshman All-America honors. Robertson now holds Cal's single-season freshman record for receiving yards (692) and is tied for the school's freshman record for touchdown receptions (7), moving past and equaling
DeSean Jackson's 2005 totals during Cal's most recent contest at Washington State. Both Robertson (44) and Stovall (42) are on the verge of breaking Cal's all-time single-season freshman record of 46 receptions set by Keenan Allen in 2010.Â
Davis Webb leads the nation in passing attempts (515), while ranking second in the Pac-12 and third nationally in passing yards (3,601), passing yards per game (360.1), completions (316) and completions per game (31.60). He is also second in the Pac-12 in passing touchdowns (33) and total offense (350.2), ranking fifth and tied for fifth nationally. His 3,601 passing yards and 33 passing TDs this season are both third on Cal's single-season list behind the numbers
Jared Goff posted in 2014 and 2015. Â Â
With rain expected in the forecast on Saturday, umbrellas are a prohibited item from Memorial Stadium. Ponchos will be available at the student store in the stadium. For more information, click
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