BERKELEY – The California football team returns from its bye week to host No. 24 USC at 1 p.m. PT on Saturday in California Memorial Stadium. The Golden Bears (3-4, 1-3 Pac-12) and Trojans (6-2, 4-1 Pac-12) will meet for the 110th time in history.
  
SATURDAY LINEUP
Venue: California Memorial Stadium
Time: 1 p.m.
Television (Pac-12 Network): Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (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. 136 or 201 SXM App 964, The Varsity App

ABOUT THE SERIES
– Saturday will be the 110th all-time meeting between Cal and USC 
– The Trojans lead the series 72-32-5
– Cal has won two of the last four meetings (2018, 2021) after snapping a 17-game USC win streak from 2004-17
– 2023 marks the 20-year anniversary of Cal's thrilling 34-31 triple overtime victory over previously unbeaten and No. 3 ranked USC on Sept. 27, 2003. Tyler Frederickson's walk-off 38-yard field goal sealed the win for the Golden Bears

TAILGATE SHOW
– "Pac-12 Tailgate" kicks off Pac-12 Networks coverage on Saturday at Noon PT with host Jordan Robinson live from CMS. Head men's basketball coach Mark Madsen and quarterback Fernando Mendoza are set to join the show to talk about their respective seasons 
– Ashley Adamson, Shane Vereen and Nick Aliotti preview the day's slate live during "The Pregame," at 12:30 p.m. PT

GROUND ATTACK
– The Bears are averaging 195.6 yards per game rushing, third-most in the Pac-12 and 19th nationally  
– 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 (603), Isaiah Ifanse (357) and Ashton Stredick (199) have combined for 1,159 yards through seven 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 Pac-12 and national leaders in rushing, including rushing yards per game (100.5 ypg, No. 1 Pac-12, No. 14 NCAA), rushing yards (603, No. 2 Pac-12, No. 22 NCAA), rush yards per carry (5.8, No. 4 Pac-12, No. 33 NCAA), rushing TDs (5, T-No. 4 Pac-12, T-No. 46 NCAA), all-purpose yards per game (114.7 ypg, No. 6 Pac-12, No. 32 NCAA) and total touchdowns (6, T-No. 8 Pac-12, T-No. 52 NCAA)    
– Ott has 1,500 yards rushing in his career (1,930 all-purpose yards) and is looking to become Cal's first 1,000-yard single season rusher since Patrick Laird in 2017
– Ifanse ranks toward the top of the Pac-12 and NCAA in total TDs (8, T-No. 1 Pac-12, T-No. 18 NCAA) and rushing TDs (7, T-No. 2 Pac-12, T-No. 18 NCAA). He is the first Cal player to have at least three total touchdowns in two separate games of a season since Kenny Lawler in 2015. The last Cal player to score at least three touchdowns in three separate games in a season was Jahvid Best (3) in 2008
– Jaivian Thomas is averaging a team-high 7.9 yards per carry on his 12 rushes for 95 yards
– Ifanse (85.4 ypg) and Ott (83.3 ypg) rank second and third among active Pac-12 players in career rushing yards per game

GETTING DEFENSIVE
– Cal is tied for the Pac-12 lead and is tied for sixth in the NCAA with 14 turnovers gained
– The Bears top the conference and are tied for fifth nationally in fumbles recovered (7), while sitting tied for fifth in the Pac-12 and knotted at 29th in the NCAA with seven interceptions 
– Kaleb Elarms-Orr co-leads the Pac-12 with 64 tackles and 9.2 tackles per game (T-No. 24 NCAA)
– Patrick McMorris is tied for first in the Pac-12 and tied for third nationally with two fumbles recovered. McMorris passed 200 career tackles at Utah on Oct. 14 and now has 203 combined at San Diego State and Cal
– Jackson Sirmon's 301 career tackles are the second-most of any active Pac-12 player while his 5.81 tackles per game are sixth
– Jeremiah Earby's 0.84 passes defended per game are third-most of any active Pac-12 player and his 0.11 fumbles recovered are sixth. Nohl Williams' 0.21 interceptions per game are sixth and Lu-magia Hearns' 0.71 passes defended rank seventh

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