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Cal visits USC on Saturday in its final regular-season road contest of the 2018 campaign.
Cal is ranked among the nation's top 35 in several key defensive categories. 
Cal has allowed only 36 points in last three games (12.0 ppg) while holding those three opponents to 95 yards or less rushing (88.3 avg) including a season-low 79 yards at Washington State last Saturday. Cal has held four opponents to 95 yards or less rushing this year.
Cal opponents have been successful on 35 percent or fewer of their third-down conversions in eight of nine games this season. 
Cal is allowing 21.9 points, 139.1 rushing yards and 184.2 passing yards per game with the first two numbers nearly cut in half and the third sigificantly lower from 2016 the season before Justin Wilcox (42.6, 272.8, 245.4).  
Jordan Kunaszyk leads the Pac-12 and is second nationally in solo tackles per game (7.6), while he ranks second in the Pac-12 and is tied for 10th nationally in total tackles per contest (11.4).
Patrick Laird needs 300 rushing yards to become the third player in Cal history to rush for 1000 yards in multiple seasons (Marshawn Lynch, Russell White). Laird also needs 108 rushing yards to get to 2000 for his career.  

Shut-Down Defense
The Cal defense has allowed only 36 points in last three games (12.0 ppg), and Cal has held its last three opponents to 95 yards or less rushing (88.3 avg) including a season-low 79 yards at Washington State and have held four opponents to 95 yards or less rushing this year.
Cal's defense allowed a season-low 241 total yards against Oregon State – the lowest ever under head coach Justin Wilcox and the least by a Cal defense since giving up 224 against Washington State in 2011. 
The Bears have held three opponents to under 100 yards rushing including a season-low-tying 91 against Washington.
The Bears have allowed its first nine opponents to score on only 28 of 122 combined drives (23.0%). The 28 scoring drives have resulted in 18 touchdowns and 10 field goals.
Cal is allowing 184.2 yards per game passing and 323.3 yards of total offense, which are its best marks since 1994 when the Bears gave up 165.2 passing yards and 299.9 total yards per game. Cal's 21.9 points allowed per game are its least since the 2004 team gave up 19.9. 
Cal ranks first in the Pac-12 and 21st nationally in pass defense (184.2).
Cal is tied for first in the Pac-12 and tied for seventh nationally with three defensive touchdowns. The Bears are also tied for first in the Pac-12 and tied for seventh in the nation with 13 interceptions.
Jaylinn Hawkins ranks tied for 23rd in the nation and tied for the third in the Pac-12 in interceptions with three.
Camryn Bynum leads the squad with seven pass breakups including a career and game-high four in the season-opener against North Carolina. After adding an interception and a pass breakup against Washington, he ranks tied for fifth in the Pac-12 in passes defended with a total of nine.
In the last three contests, Cal has allowed averages of 12.0 points and 88.3 rushing yards, as well as 3.7 yards per play to go along with four turnovers, 10.0 sacks and 23.0 tackles for loss.

Dynamic Duo At Inside Linebacker
Evan Weaver and Jordan Kunaszyk are Cal's leading tacklers this season with 103 for Kunaszyk and 96 for Weaver. The last time Cal had two players with 100 tackles was in 2007 (Thomas DeCoud 116, Worrell Williams 105 and Anthony Felder 101).
Kunaszyk and Weaver have notched double-digit tackles six times this year. Kunaszyk boasted a career-best 22 tackles vs. UCLA, which equaled the most by a Cal player since Jerrott Willard collected 22 against USC in 1993. He is on pace for 137 this season, which would be the most since Willard finished with 147 in 1993. 
Kunaszyk is second in the Pac-12 and tied for 10th in the nation in total tackles per game (11.4). He also has team highs of 10.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and three forced fumbles.  
Kunaszyk's career totals include 228 tackles, 17.0 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery with all categories except the interceptions either leading or co-leading among all active players. 
Kunaszyk is 30 tackles away from Cal's career top-10 list. 
Weaver set a career high with 14 tackles vs. North Carolina and Oregon. He garnered Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 29 after collecting 11 tackles and returning his first career interception 37 yards for his first touchdown against Washington.
Their combined average of 14.2 solo tackles per game leads the nation. Kunaszyk is second in the Pac-12 and second in the nation in solo tackles per game (7.6) while Weaver is fourth in the Pac-12 and 7th nationally (6.6).

Patrick Laird Closing In On 1,000 Rushing Yards
Patrick Laird eclipsed 1500 career rushing yards and 2000 career all-purpose yards against UCLA. His career totals now stand at 1892 and 2463. He rushed for 193 yards at Oregon State, his sixth career 100-yard rushing performance and his first of 2018. His 5.8 yards per rush against Oregon State tied for second-best of his career (Weber State, 2017).
Laird scored three touchdowns for the second time in his career at Oregon State (two rushing and one receiving). It was the second time in his career that he has scored a rushing and a receiving TD in the same game (North Carolina, 2018). He now boasts 14 career rushing touchdowns, four shy of Cal's career top-10 list in that category. 
Laird is the Bears' leading rusher in 2018 with 160 carries for 700 yards and five touchdowns (all team highs), while he is second in receptions with 38 catches for 251 yards and a team-high-tying three touchdown grabs. Laird is on pace for 50 receptions and currently seven catches shy of his 2017 total of 45, which were the most by a Cal running back since 1988. His eight receptions (34 yards) at Arizona in 2018 were a career high. He is 14 catches shy of 100 for his career.   
Laird has totaled 316 of his 700 rushing yards in the last three games. In the final five games last season, Laird had 727 of his 1127 rushing yards on the season, boasting four 100-yard performances including a career-high 214 yards against Oregon State.
Laird has an opportunity to become only the third two-time 1000-yard rusher in Cal history with the others Russell White (3) and Marshawn Lynch (2). He needs another 300 yards in 2018 to accomplish the feat.

First-Half Advantage
Cal did not allow a TD in the first half of the first three games of 2018 and at Oregon State. The Bears shut out the Beavers in the first half for the second time this season (North Carolina). 
Through nine games, the Bears have outscored their opponents in the second quarter (79-43) and first half (113-77).
Cal held Washington to seven first-half points.
Last Saturday at Washington State, the Bears held the nation's top passing offense to 13 first-half points.

Long Scoring Drives
Twelve of Cal's 28 scoring drives this season have been 75 yards or more. 
Cal's first scoring drive against Oregon was its longest of the season in number of plays (15) and time elapsed (7:29). It ended with a Greg Thomas 25-yard field goal. 
Cal's fourth-quarter scoring drive against Oregon was its longest of the season in number of yards (97). The Bears also scored on a drive of 90 yards in length in the second quarter, the second longest this season.

Twelve Consistent Starters
Twelve Bears (6 offense, 6 defense) have started every game this year (Addison Ooms, Patrick Mekari, Jake Curhan, Valentino Daltoso, Patrick Laird, Vic Wharton III, Luc Bequette, Jordan Kunaszyk, Evan Weaver, Alex Funches, Camryn Bynum, Ashtyn Davis). 

Third-Down Dominance 
Cal opponents have finished 35 percent or worse on third-down conversions in eight of nine games this season.
Cal boasts a third-down conversion rate of 40.0 percent (51-of-128) on the year, while holding opponents to an average of 32.0 percent (42-132).

Lack Of Penalties
Cal has only committed 13 penalties for 135 yards in four games since committing 13 penalties for 115 penalties at Arizona. 
Last Saturday at Washington State, the Bears were only penalized 25 yards on two penalties, while the Cougars were guilty of seven for 80 yards.