BERKELEY – Five field goals by Matt Anderson gave the Cal football team a leg up and one of the season's strongest defensive efforts held UCLA in check as the Bears wrapped up the 2016 regular season with a 36-10 victory over the Bruins at California Memorial Stadium.

In his final home contest as a Golden Bear, Davis Webb posted yet another good stat line by completing 32 of 48 passes for 301 yards and two touchdowns. Along the way, Webb also moved into second on Cal's single-season list for both total offense and touchdown passes. Chad Hansen hauled in 10 passes for 156 yards and Khalfani Muhammad rushed for 116 yards in his final home game. Cal's defensive numbers were equally impressive as the Bears held UCLA to just 260 yards of total offense.

After taking a 16-point lead to the fourth quarter, Cal (5-7, 3-6 Pac-12) sealed the win courtesy of Anderson's left leg and continued good defense. A 19-yard field goal with 12:26 to play tied Mark Jensen (2011) for Cal's single-game record and tied Randy Pratt (1983) for the single-season record with 22.

An interception by Devante Downs on UCLA's next possession set up a 2-yard touchdown pass from Webb to Bug Rivera and Cal rolled from there to earn its eighth win over the Bruins in their last nine meetings in Berkeley. With the victory, Cal also improved to 9-3 inside California Memorial Stadium over the past two seasons and held an opponent to 10 points or less for the first time since a 2011 win over Oregon State.

"I thought it was a great way to send out our seniors. We have a group of really special young men that deserved to get sent out with a win," head coach Sonny Dykes said. "The most impressive thing about this group really is we had a tough month, we didn't play well for about a month, but these guys just kept practicing. We've had great practices the last two weeks and there's just not many football teams that do that, that continue to invest when the season's maybe not going the way they want it to go. I think it shows the character of our young people in our program."

Touchdowns proved in short supply in the first half but, once the teams had a chance to adjust, the offenses started to click for both Cal and UCLA. The Bruins (4-8, 2-7) struck first in the third quarter when Mike Fafaul connected with Kenneth Walker III for a 7-yard touchdown to cut Cal's lead to 12-7.

The Bears responded on the next drive. A 33-yard pass over man coverage from Webb to Hansen put Cal on the UCLA 1-yard line and Malik McMorris did the rest, vaulting over the middle of the line for his first rushing touchdown (on his first career rush) and putting Cal back in front 19-7.

A fumble on the ensuing kickoff and recovery by Kaodi Dike gave Cal the ball back and Webb connected with Jordan Duncan for a 2-yard touchdown to push the lead to 26-7. JJ Molson made a 28-yard field goal to make it a two-score game but Cal maintained a 26-10 lead heading to the fourth quarter.

Though neither team could lay claim to the entirety of the game's momentum heading into halftime, Cal rode a 12-0 lead into the locker room thanks to four field goals by Anderson. And, the stat sheet told a tale of defensive dominance as Cal stifled the Bruins' attack to the tune of a total yardage edge of 267 to 97.

Along the way, the Bears passed a few significant benchmarks that showed just how dominant they were over the first 30 minutes. Cal possessed the ball for over 20 minutes, shut out its opponent for an entire half for the first time since the Grambling State game in 2015 and did it against a Pac-12 team for the first time since Nov. 5, 2011 against Washington State.

"As an offense, we saw the defense playing out of their minds so we knew we had to step it up and play for them," Hansen said. "We knew we had to give the seniors a good exit. They work really hard, they set an example for all us younger guys. Giving them this is a dream come true for me, for them, the coaches, everybody."