Cal Looks To Carry Momentum At Arizona State
Cal Opens The Pac-12 Slate At Arizona State This Week

Cal Looks To Carry Momentum At Arizona State

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California Golden Bears at Arizona State Sun Devils
Saturday, Sept. 24 (7:00 pm PT)   
Frank Kush Field at Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe, Ariz.
TV: ESPN2 – Mike Patrick (Play-By-Play), Ed Cunningham (Analyst), Dr. Jerry Punch (Sideline Reporter)
Cal Radio: KGO 810 AM/Cal IMG Sports Network
Joe Starkey (Play-By-Play), Mike Pawlawski (Analyst), Todd McKim (Sideline Reporter)
Cal Student Radio: KALX 90.7 FM – Glenn Borok (Play-By-Play), Jeff Clancy (Analyst), John Siano (Analyst)
SiriusXM Radio: Sirius (137)/XM (197)/Internet (959)
Series History: Cal leads, 18-15
Last Meeting: at Cal 48, Arizona State 46 (11/28/15)
Last Meeting at Arizona State: Cal 47, at Arizona State 38 (11/25/11)
First Meeting: Cal 31, at Arizona State 22 (9/25/76)
Current Win Streak: Cal, 1

California heads to Arizona State for the 2016 Pac-12 opener, marking the Golden Bears' first trip to Tempe since 2011. When these teams met last season on Nov. 28, the Bears enjoyed a 21-point comeback victory that was their largest since also coming back from a 21-point deficit in the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force.     

Cal is now receiving votes in both the AP Top 25 (44) and the Amway Coaches Poll (6). The Bears are the 31st team listed in the AP Top 25 and tied for 41st in the Amway Coaches Poll. 

Cal ranks second in the nation in passing offense (453.0 ypg), third in total offense (580.3 ypg) and 10th in scoring offense (47.0 ppg). 

The Bears look to carry the momentum from last week's upset-victory over then-No. 11/16 Texas, 50-43. It was Cal's first win over a team ranked as high as No. 11 since a 2007 victory at No. 11 Oregon) and first win over a ranked team since a home victory over No. 25 UCLA in 2012. 

Davis Webb leads the nation in passing attempts (166), second in in passing TDs (13), passing yards (1,359), passing yards per game (453.0 ypg), completions (106) and completions per game (35.33 cpg), and third in total offense (433.0 ypg), points responsible for (90) and points responsible for per game (30.7 ppg).

Wide receiver Chad Hansen was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List on Tuesday. He currently leads the nation in receptions (40), per-game receptions (13.3 rpg), receiving yards (546) and per-game receiving yards (178.7 rpg). He is also tied for first in touchdown receptions (5). Hansen has 103 more receiving yards than his closest competitor. In each of the first three games of the season, Hansen hauled in double-digit receptions and 100 yards receiving. He was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after his career-best 196 receiving yards last Saturday against Texas that rank seventh in school single-game history. While his current career-best of 14 receptions, which he has accumulated twice this season, rank tied for third. He also ranks sixth in the nation in all-purpose yardage (178.67).    

Sonny Dykes has led Cal to wins in 10 of its last 16 contests, and he has gone 15-13 since the Golden Bears' 1-11 season in 2013. 

Matt Anderson has made all 21 of his kick attempts this season, going 5-for-5 in field goals and 16-for-16 on extra points. Anderson equaled his career best with three successful field goal tries in the season0opener against Hawai'i while also adding a 6-of-6 performance on extra points for a career-best 15 total points scored. He has now made 17 straight field goals and 22 of his last 23 dating back to 2015. Anderson ranks tied second in the Pac-12 and tied for 18th nationally in field goals made (1.67 fgpg) as well as tied for first in both for field goal percentage (100.0).
 
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