Cal-Oregon State Postgame Notes - California Golden Bears Athletics

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8/30/2025 10:29 PM | Football

By: Cal Athletics

CAL-OREGON STATE POSTGAME NOTES (8.30.2025)

Cal won its fourth straight season opener with tonight's 34-15 victory at Oregon State. Justin Wilcox is 6-3 all-time in nine season-openers at Cal.
Cal snapped a two-game losing streak in road games against Oregon State with its first victory in Corvallis since 2018.
Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele became only the second true freshman quarterback to start a season-opener for the Golden Bears with the only other Jared Goff in 2013. Sagapolutele also became the first Cal true freshman signal-caller to win a season opener and finished 20-for-30 for 234 yards passing with three touchdowns. Sagapolutele completed his first nine passes of the game.
TE Landon Morris had a 4-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter that was the second of his career and his first at Cal.
TE Mason Mini registered his first career touchdown catch in the first quarter.
WR Trond Grizzell hauled in his seventh career touchdown pass in the first quarter.
TE Jeffrey Johnson recorded a career-high 20-yard catch in the second quarter.
Brent Austin had his first career forced fumble in the second quarter and Ryan McCulloch tallied his first career fumble recovery.
PK Abram Murray scored the first points of his Cal career by making his only field goal attempt on a 49-yarder on the final play of the first half.
DB Hezekiah Masses returned a fourth-quarter interception 41 yards. The interception was his first at Cal and the third of his career.
RB Brandon High Jr. scored on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter for his first touchdown at Cal and the ninth of his career.
Cal scored touchdowns in three of its four trips to the red zone, while adding a field goal in the fourth. The Golden Bears scored touchdowns on just 24-of-47 (51.1%) of its trips to the red zone in 2024 and added 15 field goals.
Cal did not allow a sack.
Cal had 32 players see their first action for Cal tonight - DB Brent Austin, OL Leon Bell, QB Devin Brown, OLB T.J. Bush Jr., WR Jacob De Jesus, DB Tristan Dunn, DB Nate Escalada, ILB Luke Ferrelli, WR Mark Hamper, P Brook Honore Jr., RB LJ Johnson Jr., P Michael Kern, DB Aiden Manutai, DB Hezekiah Masses, PK Chase Meyer, TE Mason Mini, LS Rino Monteforte, TE Landon Morris, PK Abram Murray, OLB Odera Okaka, DL Michael-Anthony Okwura, OL LaJuan Owens, WR Carson Perry-Smith, RB Kendrick Raphael, OL Tyson Ruffins, QB Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, OL Jordan Spasojevic-Moko, DB Jordan Sanford, DL Zae Smith, ILB Harrison Taggart, OLB Chris Victor, OLB Jayden Wayne.
Cal had 15 players start their first games for the Golden Bears today with eight on offense (OL Leon Bell, WR Mark Hamper, RB Brandon High Jr., OL Braden Miller,TE Mason Mini, OL Tyson Ruffins, QB Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, OL Jordan Spasojevic-Moko) and seven on defense (CB Brent Austin, OLB T.J. Bush Jr., S Isaiah Crosby, ILB Luke Ferrelli, DB Aiden Manutai, DB Hezekiah Masses, DL Curlee Thomas IV).
Cal hosts Texas Southern in its home opener next Saturday, Sept. 6 (3 pm PST, ACCNX/ESPN+).