• Game 1: California at North Carolina
• Saturday, Sept. 2, 9:20 am PT / Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• TV: ACC Network: Tom Werme (Play-By-Play), Dave Archer (Analyst), D.J. Shockley (Sideline Reporter)
• Channel Finder: San Francisco Bay Area - KOFY, Fresno - KAIL-D2, Los Angeles - KDOC, San Diego - KFMB-D2 , Online at WatchESPN
• KGO 810 AM/Cal Bears Sports Network Powered By Learfield:  Joe Starkey (Play-By-Play), Mike Pawlawski (Analyst), Todd McKim (Sideline Reporter) 
• SiriusXM Radio: XM (384)/Internet (964)
• Cal Game Captains: Matt Anderson, James Looney, Kanawai Noa 

BERKELEY - California opens the 2017 campaign with its first-ever meeting against North Carolina. The Golden Bears will be playing their first day game in the Eastern Time Zone since 2012 (at Ohio State).

North Carolina is the first of three consecutive non-conference opponents (also Weber State and Ole Miss) will be first-time meetings.   

Saturday's contest will mark the head coaching debut of Justin Wilcox after he served the previous 11 seasons as an FBS defensive coordinator. Over his 16 campaign in collegiate coaching, which began as a graduate assistant at Boise State in 2001, Wilcox has helped teams to 14 bowl games and compiled an all-time record of 150-58 as an assistant coach.

Wide receiver Demetris Robertson was a Freshman All-American in 2016 when he had 50 receptions for 767 yards receiving and seven touchdown catches. Robertson broke Keenan Allen's freshman school record for receptions and DeSean Jackson's for yards receiving while also equaling Jackson's for touchdown catches

Ross Bowers was tabbed Cal's starting quarterback on Monday. The redshirt sophomore appeared in one game last year in the season finale against UCLA and has not thrown a collegiate pass. 

Starting placekicker Matt Anderson returns in 2017 after establishing Cal's modern-era school record as a 2016 junior 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). He also led the team in scoring in his first season as the starter as a 2015 sophomore with 104 to tie for the fourth-most in school history, making 18-of-21 field goal attempts, which ranked tied for third in the Pac-12 and tied for 10th nationally in field goal percentage (85.7%) while adding 50 PATs. Anderson was also a first-team Pac-12 All-Academic choice as a sophomore and a second-team selection as a junior.

Raymond Davison III, Devante Downs, Marloshawn Franklin Jr., James Looney and Cameron Saffle started all 12 contests in 2016. A total of 15 returning defensive players have combined for 150 career starts led by James Looney (23), Devante Downs (22) and Tony Mekari (21).