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Anderson played in 38 career games during the last four seasons his five campaigns at Cal after redshirting as a true freshman and is the school's all-time leader in both scoring with 316 career points and field goals, making 60-of-74 (81.2%) along with 136-of-139 (97.8%) extra-point tries. Anderson moved past former record holder Doug Brien (1991-93) in both categories late in his senior season, eclipsing Brien's 288 career points in his third to last game against Oregon State and Brien's 56 field goals in his final contest at UCLA. Anderson earned the Pac-12's Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a 2017 senior and was also a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy also commonly known as the academic Heisman, as well as a CoSIDA Academic All-District® selection for a second straight season. Anderson established Cal's modern-era single-season record for points as a 2016 junior with 117 to rank second all-time while equaling the school's all-time single-season mark for field goals made (22-26) and leading the team in both categories as well as PATs (51-51). Anderson then connected on 20-of-27 (74.1%) field goal attempts to rank tied for the fourth-highest field goal total in school history and 35-of-36 (97.2%) of his extra-pont tries as a senior. Anderson also made the first five field goal attempts of his junior season to extend his school-record streak of consecutive field goals made to 17 that began when he made the final 12 attempts of his 2015 sophomore campaign. Anderson was a first-team Pac-12 All-Academic choice as a sophomore before earning second-team honors as well as CoSIDA Academic All-District® recognition in his junior campaign. He also earned the Golden Bear Achievement Award from Cal's Athletic Study Center at the Student-Athlete Academic Honors Luncheon for being the Cal football player with the highest cumulative GPA in each academic year beginning in the fall of 2013 running through the spring of 2016.
Anderson's Career Game Highs
+Field Goals Made: 5 (vs. UCLA, 2016)
Field Goals Attempted: 5 (three times, last at UCLA, 2017)
+Field Goal Percentage (with most field goals made if tie): 100.0, 5-5 (vs. UCLA, 2016)
Long Field Goal: 52 (vs. Arizona, 2017)
PATs Made: 7 (twice, last Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force, 2015)
PATs Attempted: 7 (three times, last Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force, 2015)
PAT Percentage (with most PATs made if tie): 100.0, 7-7 (twice, last Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force, 2015)
Kickoffs: 10 (twice, last Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force, 2015)
Kickoff Yards: 566 (vs. Oregon State, 2015)
Kickoff Average: 65.0, 4-260 (at UCLA, 2015)
Long Kickoff: 70 (multiple times)
Touchbacks: 3 (twice, last at UCLA, 2015)
Tackles: 1 (twice, last vs. Washington State, 2015)
^Points: 18 (vs. UCLA, 2016)
^School Record; +Co-School Record
Cal Career (2013-17)
• Played in 38 career games all off the bench and is Cal's all-time leader in scoring (316 points) and field goals (60)
• Moved past former record holder Doug Brien (1991-93) in both categories late in his 2017 senior season, eclipsing Brien's 288 career points in his third to last game against Oregon State and Brien's 56 field goals in his final contest at UCLA
• Made 60-of-74 (81.2%) field goal attempts as well as 135-of-138 (97.8%) extra-point tries
• Registered all of his single-season career-high numbers as a 2016 junior, equaling a school record with 22 field goals made (22-of-26) while setting a modern-era single-season school mark for scoring that is second all-time with 117 points and adding a career-high 51 PATs in 51 attempts (1.000) that is tied for first on Cal's single-season list for PAT percentage
• Had 98 career kickoffs for 5491 yards and an average of 56.0 yards per kickoff with 17 touchbacks
• Made the first five field goal attempts of his junior season to extend his school-record streak of consecutive field goals made to 17 that began by making the final 12 attempts of his 2015 sophomore campaign
• Equaled a school-record with five field goals made against UCLA as a junior in the regular-season finale while adding 3-of-3 extra points for a career-high 18 points that was tied for the most by a Pac-12 player in 2016
• Attempted a career-high-tying five field goals on three occasions including for the final time in the last game of his collegiate career at UCLA
• Nailed a 26-yard field goal with no time remaining to lift the Golden Bears to a 48-46 comeback victory over Arizona State in the regular-season finale as a sophomore
• Made 34-of-35 (97.1%) career field goal attempts from closer than 35 yards
• Made a career-long 52 yarder vs. Arizona as a senior after missing a career-long 60-yard try at Washington two games earlier
• Converted at least one field goal in 28 of his 38 contests and multiple field goals 20 times
• Posted a career-high 7-of-7 extra points twice in the season-opener of his sophomore campaign vs. Grambling State and the season finale in Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force
• Had a single-game career-high-tying 10 kickoffs vs. Oregon State (single-game career-high 566 kickoff yards) and in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force, while his 65.0 yard average at UCLA was a career best, all during sophomore campaign
• Had a career-high-tying one tackle each vs. San Diego State and Washington State as a sophomore
• A first-team Pac-12 All-Academic choice as a sophomore before earning second-team honors as well as CoSIDA Academic All-District® recognition as both a junior and senior
• Earned the Golden Bear Achievement Award from Cal's Athletic Study Center at the organization's Student-Athlete Academic Honors Luncheon for being the Cal football player with the highest cumulative GPA during each of his first three academic years at Cal beginning in the fall of 2013 running through the spring of 2016
Senior (2017)
• Named the Pac-12 Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year while also earning CoSIDA Academic All-District® and second-team Pac-12 All-Academic recognition both for the second straight season
• Also a semifinalist for the prestigious Campbell Trophy known as the academic Heisman, one of 30 Division I FBS candidates nationally for the Senior CLASS Award and on the preseason watch list for the Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award
• Led the team with 95 points making 20-of-27 (74.1%) field goal attempts to tie for the fourth most made field goals in a single season and 35-of-36 (97.2%) extra-point tries
• Second in the Pac-12 and tied for 11th nationally with an average of 1.67 field goals made per game
• Made field goals from 19, 20, 21, 26 (twice), 31, 32, 34, 36 (twice), 37, 39, 40, 41 (twice), 44, 45, 48, 49 and 52 yards,
• Missed field goal attempts from 29, 40, 45, 46 (twice), 47 and 60 yards
• Made 17 of his last 21 attempts after only making 3-of-6 to begin the campaign
• Also executed 11 kickoffs for 619 yards and an average of 56.3 yards per kickoff as well as all three of the team's onside kick attempts
• Made 4-of-5 field goal attempts (tied for record for field goal attempts) in his final collegiate game at UCLA to move past Doug Brien (56) and set the school's career record for field goals made with 60 while adding one extra point to equal a season high with 13 points
• Equaled Doug Brien's school record for field goals made in his second-to-last collegiate game at Stanford when he made 2-of-3 attempts from 44 and 26 yards to give him 56 on his career but also missed a 47-yard try
• Became Cal's all-time scoring leader in the third-to-last collegiate game of his career against Oregon State when he moved past Doug Brien (288, 1991-93) after connecting on a season-high-tying three field goals in three attempts (45, 49, 31) while going 4-of-4 on extra-point tries to equal a season high with 13 points
• Made a career-long 52-yarder on his only field goal attempt late in the fourth quarter to send Cal's game against Arizona into overtime while also making all five of his extra-point tries
• Hit all three of his field goal attempts (26, 48, 41), as well as all four of his extra-point tries in Cal's 37-3 upset of No. 8/9 Washington State
• Missed his lone field goal attempt in the season-opener at North Carolina from 45 yards but made all five of his extra-point tries and also executed four of the team's six kickoffs for a 64.5 yard average with one touchback while he also served as one of Cal's three game captains
• Made both of his field goal attempts (39, 40) as well as three of his four extra-point tries while executing four of the team's seven kickoffs for a 61.2 average with one touchback vs. Weber State
• Made 2-of-4 field goals attempts from 19 and 41 yards, as well as all three of his extra-point tries vs. Ole Miss but missed on tries from 46 and 40 yards
• Made 2-of-3 field goals attempts (36, 21) and both of his extra-point tries against USC but missed from 29 yards for his only career miss from 35 yards or closer while also kicking off on an unsuccessful onside kickoff attempt
• Had a perfect day at Oregon by making his lone field goal attempt from 36 yards as well as all three of his extra-point tries
• Did not attempt a field goal for the only time during the season at Colorado but did make all four of his extra-point attempts
• Made 3-of-4 field goals in the spring game before missing his final try
Junior (2016)
• An honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection, as well as a Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award semifinalist, CoSIDA Academic All-District® and second-team Pac-12 All-Academic pick
• Established Cal's modern-era record for points with 117 to rank second all-time while equaling its all-time single-season mark for field goals made (22), leading the team in both categories as well as in PATs (51-51)
• Ranked among the nation's top 20 in nearly every kicking category including PAT percentage (51-51, 1.000, No. T1), field goals made (22, No. T5), field goals made per game (1.83, No. T5), scoring (9.8 ppg, No. T11), total points scored (No. T14) and field goal percentage (22-26, .848, No. T19)
• Led the Pac-12 in total points scored and scoring, co-led the conference in PAT percentage and ranked second in field goals, field goals per game and field goal percentage
• Made a school-record 17 consecutive field goals spanning his final 12 attempts of 2015 and his first five of 2016
• Connected on his final six field goals of the season including a single-game school-record-tying five against UCLA in the regular-season finale from 43, 25, 44, 24 and 19 yards out while adding 3-of-3 on extra points for a single-game school-record and career-high 18 points that was tied for the most by a Pac-12 player in 2016
• Was a perfect 13-of-13 for field goal attempts from closer than 35 yards with the breakdown including 1-1 from 1-19 yards, 11-of-11 from 20-29 yards, 4-of-5 from 30-39 yards and 6-of-9 from 40-49 yards
• Converted at least one field goal in nine of his 12 contests with multiple field goals seven times
• Had five double-digit scoring contests including the school-record and career-high 18 in the season finale vs. UCLA
• Made three field goals on three occasions, connecting on 3-of-3 in the College Football Sydney Cup vs. Hawai'i (29, 22, 25) and at Oregon State (27, 29, 39) as well as 3-of-4 against Oregon (37, 22, 28) with the final field goal in the second overtime against the Ducks winding up providing the winning margin
• Also connected on two field goals three times, going 2-of-2 at San Diego State (45, 36) and vs. Washington (43, 30) while making two-of-three at Arizona State (20, 47)
• Added a single field goal at USC (27) and vs. Stanford (43) while not connecting on any three times vs. Texas, vs. Utah and at Washington State
• Four field goal misses came at Arizona State (42), vs. Oregon (41), at Washington State (41) and vs. Stanford (39)
• Posted a season-high-tying 6-of-6 extra points twice in the first three games vs. Hawai'i and Texas while his other extra-point numbers came at Arizona State (5-5), at Oregon State (5-5), vs. Oregon (5-5), at San Diego State (4-4), vs. Utah (4-4), vs. Stanford (4-4), at USC (3-3), vs. Washington (3-3), at Washington State (3-3) and vs. UCLA (3-3)
Sophomore (2015)
• Led the team in scoring with 104 points to tie for the fourth-most in school history, making 18-of-21 field goal attempts to rank tied for third in the Pac-12 and tied for 10th nationally in field goal percentage (85.7%) while adding 50-of-52 (96.2%) extra-point tries
• Tied for sixth in the Pac-12 and tied for 31st nationally with an average of 1.38 fields goals made per game
• Made his final 12 field goal attempts and 17 of his last 18
• Was a perfect 13-of-13 for field goal attempts from closer than 35 yards as overall he was 10-of-10 from 20-29 yards, 5-of-6 from 30-39 yards and 3-of-5 from 40-49 yards
• Registered 15 touchbacks on 86 kickoffs for 4,818 yards and a 56.0 yards per kick average
• Converted at least one field goal in 10 of his 13 contests with multiple field goals six times including each of the last five contests
• Had six double-digit scoring contests including each of the team's last four games with a season-high 13 points in the season finale at the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force
• Had arguably the most memorable moment of the season and of his career when he nailed a 26-yard field goal with no time remaining to lift the Golden Bears to a 48-46 comeback victory over Arizona State in the regular-season finale
• Made a season-high 3-of-3 field goals twice vs. Washington (32, 41, 37) and at Stanford (20, 28, 25) while he had two apiece four times at Oregon (27, season-long 48), vs. Oregon State (45, 20), vs. Arizona State (39, 26) and in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force (29, 30), while adding one each also four times vs. Grambling State (20), at Texas (34), at Utah (22) and at UCLA (26)
• Lone field goal misses of the season came vs. San Diego State (35), at Texas (44) and at Utah (40)
• Posted a career-high 7-of-7 extra points twice in the season-opener vs. Grambling State and the season finale in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force while other extra-point numbers came at Texas (6-6), vs. Oregon State (6-7), vs. San Diego State (5-5), vs. Arizona State (4-4), at Washington (3-3), vs. USC (3-3), at Oregon (2-2), vs. Washington State (2-3), at UCLA (1-1) and at Stanford (1-1)
• Had a career-high-tying 10 kickoffs vs. Oregon State (career-high 566 kickoff yards) and in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force, while his 65.0 yard average at UCLA is a career best
• Had a career-high-tying three touchbacks three times at Texas, at Utah and at UCLA, while he had two vs. Arizona State and one each vs. Grambling State, at Washington, vs. Washington State and at Oregon
• Had two tackles with a career-high-tying one each vs. San Diego State and Washington State
• Made 2-of-4 field goals hitting from 42 yards on both while missing from 46 and 47 yards during a competition among the team’s kickers on the day of the spring game
• Earned the Golden Bear Achievement Award from the Athletic Study Center at the Student-Athlete Academic Honors Luncheon in May of 2016 for being the football player with the highest cumulative GPA for the third consecutive season
Freshman (2014)
• Made his collegiate debut by kicking off once for 54 yards vs. UCLA
• Made all four of his kicks in the spring game, hitting on field goals from 36, 39 and 41 yards as well as his lone extra point
• Earned the Golden Bear Achievement Award for being the football player with the highest cumulative GPA from the Athletic Study Center at the Student-Athlete Academic Honors Luncheon in May of 2015 for the second of three straight seasons
Freshman (2013)
• Redshirted
• Did not play
• No. 3 national freshman kicker/punter according to Phil Steele prior to the season
• One of two true freshmen along with Jared Goff who was a mid-year enrollee and participated with the team during its spring practices
• Made his lone kick in the spring game on an extra point attempt
• Earned the Golden Bear Achievement Award for being the football player with the highest cumulative GPA from the Athletic Study Center at the Student-Athlete Academic Honors Luncheon in May of 2014 for the first of three straight seasons
San Ramon Valley HS (Class of 2013)
• An All-American selection as a 2012 senior who played in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, where he made both of his extra point attempts
• Also invited to the Cal State Game following his senior season although he did not participate due to injury
• Other honors as a senior included All-West Region (PrepStar), first-team All-Metro (San Francisco Chronicle), first-team All-East Bay Athletic League, Cream of the Crop No. 5 ranking (Contra Costa Times), Outstanding Special Teams Award and Preseason Top Five West Specialist (Scout)
• Posted a career total of 125 points on 15 field goals and 80 extra points
• Also had 38 touchbacks among his 44 career kickoffs for 3,143 kickoff yards
• Scored 53 points on eight field goals and 29 extra points as a senior when he also made a career-long 50-yard field goal and accumulated all of his kickoff stats
• Scored 72 points on seven field goals and 51 extra points with a season-long field goal of 45 yards as a 2011 junior
• Senior squad was Co-EBAL champs with a 5-1 league mark, while junior team was a North Coast Section finalist and posted a 10-4 overall record
• Also an All-American and first-team All-EBAL selection in swimming, as well as a Division I soccer player
• Member and officer in three campus clubs (California Scholarship Federation, Interact, National Honor Society)
• A four-year North Coast Section Scholar-Athlete who graduated from high school in three and a half years with the highest honors
• Played at the same high school as current Cal football teammate Patrick Worstell, as well as former Cal teammates Kyle Kragen, Zach Kline and John Sheperdson
Recruiting Notes (Class of 2013)
• A unanimous three-star recruit, the highest ranking available for a kicker, according to 247Sports Composite, 247Sports, ESPN, Prepstar, Rivals and Scout
• The nation’s No. 2 ranked kicker according to Scout, while also checking in among the top 11 kickers nationally by 247Sports Composite (No. 3), PrepStar (No. 4), 247Sports (No. 5), Chris Sailer Kicking (No. 5), Rivals (No. 5) and ESPN (No. 11)
• The No. 159 player overall in his region according to ESPN
• Ranked as high as the No. 111 player overall in California while 247Sports Composite (No. 119) and 247Sports (No. 171) also had him ranked
• Invited to the prestigious Chris Sailer Top 12 camp based on his performance at the 2012 National Kicking Camp
• Named the kicking champion for winning the last man standing competition on a 62-yard field goal and also captured the head-to-head brackets competition
Other
• Full name is Matthew Logan Anderson
• Born February 1, 1995
• Son of Alan and Mari Anderson
• Recipient of the 2012 Hugh O’Brien Community Service Award
• Member of the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation for Television and Radio artists
• Graduated from Cal's prestigious Haas School of Business in May of 2017 and is working towards a master's degree in the cultural studies of sport in education graduate program
Last Updated
March 18, 2018
