BERKELEY – The California football team returns to the road for a noon PT kickoff on Saturday, Oct. 14, at No. 16 Utah. The Golden Bears (3-3, 1-2 Pac-12) and Utes (4-1, 1-1 Pac-12) will meet for the 13th time in history.
  
SATURDAY LINEUP
Venue: Rice-Eccles Stadium
Time: Noon PT
Television (Pac-12 Network): Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Lincoln Kennedy (analyst)
Cal Bears Sports Network Powered By Northern California Auto Dealers: 810 AM
Justin Allegri (play-by-play), Mike Pawlawski (analyst), Kevin Danna (sideline reporter);
SiriusXM Ch. 386 SXM App 976, The Varsity App

ABOUT THE SERIES
– Saturday will be the 13th all-time meeting between California and Utah
– The series is tied 6-6
– Cal's last win against the Utes came in 2016, a 28-23 victory in Berkeley with a goal line stand from the defense in the final minute. The two teams have only met once since then, a Utah win in Salt Lake City in 2019
– The Bears' last victory at Utah came in 1963, with Cal falling in 2003, 2012 and 2015 at Rice-Eccles Stadium

GROUND GAINS
– The Bears are averaging 217.3 yards per game rushing, Cal's highest since the 2005 team averaged 235.3 ypg
– Cal is outrushing its opponents 1302-695 (217.3 ypg to 115.8 ypg)
– The Bears rank second in the conference and 11th nationally in rushing offense (217.3 ypg)
– Cal is tied for second in the Pac-12 and fifth nationally with 16 rushing touchdowns. The school record for rushing touchdowns in a season is 34 in 1951
– Jaydn Ott (558), Isaiah Ifanse (348) and Ashton Stredick (199) have combined for 1,105 yards through six games. The last time Cal had three rushers with 500+ yards in a season was 2015 (Khalfani Muhammad, Tre Watson and Vic Enwere)
– Ott is among national leaders in rushing, including rushing yards per game (111.6 ypg; #1 Pac-12, #8 NCAA), rushing yards (558; #2 Pac-12, #18 NCAA), all-purpose yards per game (119.0 ypg; #3 Pac-12, #28 NCAA), rushing TDs (5; #3 Pac-12, #43 NCAA) and rush yards per carry (5.8; #6 Pac-12, #44 NCAA)
– Cal leads the Pac-12 and ranks third nationally in plays per game (77.3) and total plays (464). South Florida leads the country (79.8, 479)

GETTING DEFENSIVE
– Cal leads the Pac-12 and is tied for third in the NCAA with 14 turnovers gained, two behind Western Kentucky (16)
– The Bears top the conference and are tied for third nationally in fumbles recovered (7), while sitting fourth in the Pac-12 and knotted at 19th in the NCAA with seven interceptions
– The Bears have two of the top three tacklers in the Pac-12, including the conference leader Kaleb Elarms-Orr (57 tackles, 9.5 tpg). Jackson Sirmon is tied for third (50 tackles, 8.3 tpg)
– Patrick McMorris is tied for first in the Pac-12 and tied for third nationally with two fumbles recovered

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