Postgame Notes: Texas Southern-Cal

TEXAS SOUTHERN-CAL POSTGAME NOTES (9.6.2025)

With today's 35-3 victory over Texas Southern, Cal has started the season 2-0 for the second straight year (started 3-0 last season).
Saturday's game marked the first time Cal's defense has held an opponent without a touchdown since a 26-3 victory against Colorado on Oct. 23, 2021.
The 194 yards allowed were also the fewest since giving up 104 in the same win over Colorado in 2021.
RB Kendrick Raphael rushed for a career-high 122 yards on 17 carries. He also recorded his fifth career rushing touchdown (first at Cal).
QB Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw for a career-high 267 yards on 27-of-38 passing.
Sagapolutele also registered his first career rushing touchdown on a 1-yard run in the second quarter.
ILB Luke Ferrelli recorded a career-high 11 tackles in his second career game.
QB Devin Brown threw his fourth career touchdown pass (first at Cal) on a 14-yards pass to WR Jayden Dixon-Veal in the fourth quarter. It was Dixon-Veal's second career touchdown catch and first at Cal.
LJ Johnson's 12-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was his first rushing score at Cal and 10th of his career.
ILB TJ Bush Jr tallied his first sack at Cal.
Raphael, WR Jacob De Jesus and WR QuaRon Adams each made his first career start at Cal on Saturday.
Attendance: 35,898

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