BERKELEY - The California Golden Bears will travel to the South Bay for the 122nd edition of the Big Game. Cal will take on Stanford at 1 p.m. PT at Stanford Stadium, the game will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network. 

CAL HEADS TO STANFORD LOOKING FOR BIG GAME WIN
- Stanford leads the all-time series 64-46-11.
- Stanford has won nine straight in the series after Cal had won seven of the previous eight in the series. 
- This will be the 122nd playing of the Big Game, the oldest rivalry in the west. The Big Game began in 1892, the second-oldest rivalry in the west is the Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State, which began in 1894.
- The first incidence of card stunts was performed by Cal fans at the halftime of the 1910 Big Game. Card stunts have been a tradition at Cal home games ever since. 
- Cal WR coach Burl Toler III caught a touchdown pass in the 2004 Big Game vs. Stanford. 
- Cal will become bowl eligible with another win, it would be the team's third bowl appearance in last five years and first back-to-back bowl appearances since since 2008 and 2009.
- If Cal can win either of their final two road games, the Bears will have back-to-back seasons of .500 or better records on the road for first time since 2004 (5-1) and 2005 (3-2). 

EVAN WEAVER: TACKLING MACHINE
- National Defensive Player of the Year candidate ILB Evan Weaver leads the nation in total tackles (151), solo tackles (83), total tackles per game (15.1) and solo tackles per game (8.3).
- Has forced three fumbles in 2019, tied for 10th in the NCAA and tied for first in the Pac-12 
- Is on pace for 181.2 tackles in a 12-game season and 196.3 in a 13-game campaign (NCAA record for total tackles in a season is 193 set by Lawrence Flugence of Texas Tech in 2002). 
- The only FBS player with three 20+ tackle games in a season since 2000.
- The only Pac-12 player since 2000 with multiple games of 20+ tackles, not just in one season but in a career.
- The third FBS player since 2000 to have three career games of 20+ tackles and he has recorded them all this year.   
- Has 24 more tackles than anyone else in FBS and 31 more tackles than anyone else who has played 10 games or less. 
- 151 tackles ranks fourth in school history. He has two of the top four tackle seasons in school history. 
- Recorded double-digit tackles for 12 straight games, a streak that ended at Oregon. Has 10+ tackles in 16 of past 17 games. 
- Has five 15+ tackle games, most in the country (18 at Washington, 22 at Ole Miss, 15 vs. ASU, 21 vs. Oregon State, 22 vs. Utah). No one else has more than three. 
- Has 9.0 tackles for loss and has recorded at least 0.5 tackles for loss in nine straight games, including seven of 1.0 or more. 
- Recorded three of the top six tackle games in the FBS this year. 
- The only FBS player with four games with 18+ tackles. There have been 19 times when a player has recorded 18+ tackles this year and Weaver has four of them, no one else has more than one. 

DISCIPLINED EFFORT 
- Cal is one of the least penalized teams in the country and the Bears lead the Pac-12 in all four categories that measure penalties. 
- Cal has 398 penalty yards (12th NCAA, 1st Pac-12), 39.8 penalty yards per game (12th, 1st), 49 penalties (17th, 1st) and 4.90 penalties per game (17th, 1st).

DEFENSIVE LOCK DOWN
- Cal held 14 straight opponents under 25 points prior to the game vs. Utah. That tied for the ninth-longest streak in the Pac-12 since 1980. 
- It was the longest streak by a Cal defense since 1950.
- The Bears have been stingy inside the red zone, holding teams to only 22 touchdowns in 41 red zone appearances, good for a 53.7% rate of touchdowns allowed.
- Cal has allowed only 13 passing touchdowns in 10 games this season, which is 4th in the Pac-12 and tied for 36th in the FBS. 
- Cal has held three opponents 20 or more points below their season average against all other opponents this year: North Texas (20.0), Oregon (23.1) and Washington State (22.6), while holding eight of 10 opponents below their season average against everyone else. 
- The Cal defense has stopped opponents from generating explosive plays, holding teams to three or fewer 20+ yard plays in six of 10 games this season: UC Davis (2), Washington (2), North Texas (3), Arizona State (3), Oregon State (3) and Washington State (3).
- Cal held Washington State to only 16 yards rushing in the Bears' win. 

DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD SHOWCASES EXPERIENCE
- Cal's experienced defensive backfield has taken on the nickname of the "Takers" after the 2010 movie with the same name. A group of seven players - senior NB/CB Traveon Beck, redshirt junior CB Camryn Bynum, redshirt senior S Ashtyn Davis, senior CB/NB Josh Drayden, junior CB Elijah Hicks, senior S Jaylinn Hawkins, redshirt senior S Trey Turner - have started 143 games and played in 286.
- Cal's defensive backfield has combined for 28 career interceptions (Hawkins 8, Davis 6, Bynum 5, Beck 4, Drayden 2, Trey Turner III 2, Hicks 1).
- The 28 interceptions is tied for the second most interceptions by a defensive back group in the country with Syracuse, trailing only Louisiana Tech (35). 
- Davis was named second-team Midseason All-American by both The Athletic and Athlon Sports and is one of three finalists for the Burlsworth Trophy.
- Davis has forced and recovered two fumbles each, he is tied for 16th in the FBS and fourth in the Pac-12 in fumble recoveries.  He is tied for seventh in fumble recoveries in the conference. 

DENG IMPACTS GAME FROM LINEBACKER SPOT 
- Kuony Deng is 14th in the country and is third in the Pac-12 in total tackles per game (9.8) and is 34th in the NCAA and sixth in the Pac-12 in solo tackles per game (4.9). He has also tallied 3.0 sacks, 7.5 TFLs and four pass breakups. He is tied for seventh in the Pac-12 in tackles for loss. 
- Deng has seven games with 8+ tackles and four games with 11+ tackles. He has recorded at least 1.0 TFL in six games. 
- Deng and Weaver are the top ranked tackling duo in the country with 24.9 tackles per game, more than any other duo by 3.0 tackles per game. The next best duo is Akron's John Lako and Bubba Arslanian who average 21.9 tackles per game. 
- The duo has combined for 249 tackles through 10 games and is on pace (323.7) to break the school record for combined tackles in a 13-game season, set in 2018 by Weaver and Jordan Kunaszyk at 307.
- That mark also ranks first amongst all Pac-12 duos since 2000 and eighth amongst FBS duos. 

OFFENSE TAKING CARE OF THE BALL, CONVERTING IN RED ZONE
- Cal did not turn the ball over vs. Washington or North Texas to mark the first time the Bears recorded back-to-back zero turnover games since the final two games of the 2016 season. 
- The Bears have 0 or 1 turnovers in seven of 10 games in 2019, they did that only four times in 2018.
- Cal is 19-of-22 in converting in the red zone, scoring 14 touchdowns and hitting five field goals, including the game-winning 17-yard field goal by Greg Thomas to defeat Washington. 

FOUR QUARTERBACKS SEE ACTION IN PAST THREE GAMES
- All four quarterbacks on the Cal roster have played over the team's last three games and three have made starts. Cal has played multiple quarterbacks in five games this year. 
- Chase Garbers has led the Bears to a 10-6 record as the starting quarterback, but the Bears are 10-2 in games where Garbers has played more than half the game. 
- Garbers had a career-high in passing yards (357), touchdowns (4) and completions (23) vs. Ole Miss. 
- in the first half vs. Arizona State, Garbers was 9-12 for 117 yards and a touchdown before being injured. He started vs. USC, but left the game in the second quarter.  
- Devon Modster went 16-24 for 230 yards while adding 43 yards rushing and scoring four total touchdowns vs. Washington State.