California Golden Bears Athletics
California
4-8 , 2-7
UCLA
9-3 , 6-3
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| California | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
11/25/2022 7:02 PM | Football
Late Touchdown Lifts Bruins Past Cal, 35-28
BERKELEY - The Cal football team led by as many as 11 points in the second quarter but No. 17 UCLA came back to defeat the Bears 35-28 in the 2022 season-finale on Friday at California Memorial Stadium.
The Bears opened up a 21-10 lead with less than a minute left remaining in the first half before the Bruins came back to establish a 27-21 advantage early in the fourth quarter. Cal (4-8, 2-7 Pac-12) took the lead once again on the last of quarterback Jack Plummer's four touchdown passes - an 8-yard strike to Jaydn Ott with 11:16 to play. But UCLA had a final answer, scoring a touchdown and a 2-point conversion with just under eight minutes remaining.
Plummer finished 24-for-34 for 294 yards and four touchdowns. In the process he became just the sixth Cal quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards in a season, finishing sixth on the Bears' all-time single-season list with 3,095 yards.
Two of Plummer's TD throws went to wide receiver Jeremiah Hunter, who in addition to compiling his first career multiple-touchdown performance also set career highs with eight catches for 153 yards. He's the first Cal player to record at least 150 receiving yards in a game since Nikko Remigio registered 157 in the Bears' 41-11 win over Stanford in the 2019 Big Game.
Linebacker Oluwafemi Oladejo had a career-high 17 tackles, the most by a Cal defender since Evan Weaver recorded 22 at Utah in 2019. Safety Daniel Scott had a career-high 16 tackles in his final college game.
"It's been a challenging year with ups and downs," Scott said. "At the same time, you've got to look at the positives. We played a lot of close games. It's just the small details that cost us some games."
The Bears open the 2023 season Sept. 2 at North Texas before opening the home schedule against Auburn on Sept. 9.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
BRU 7, CAL 0
BRU - Bobo,Jake 5 yd pass from Thompson-Robinson,Dorian (Barr-Mira,Nicholas kick) 8 plays, 55 yards, TOP 03:10
BRU 7, CAL 7
CAL - Sturdivant,J.Michael 46 yd pass from Plummer,Jack (Longhetto,Dario kick) 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 02:59
BRU 10, CAL 7
BRU - Barr-Mira,Nicholas 23 yd field goal 15 plays, 65 yards, TOP 05:36
BRU 10, CAL 14
CAL - Hunter,Jeremiah 38 yd pass from Plummer,Jack (Longhetto,Dario kick) 8 plays, 83 yards, TOP 04:50
BRU 10, CAL 21
CAL - Hunter,Jeremiah 22 yd pass from Plummer,Jack (Longhetto,Dario kick) 4 plays, 44 yards, TOP 01:37
BRU 17, CAL 21
BRU - Thompson-Robinson,Dorian 19 yd run (Barr-Mira,Nicholas kick), 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 00:40
BRU 24, CAL 21
BRU - Thompson-Robinson,Dorian 14 yd run (Barr-Mira,Nicholas kick), 12 plays, 90 yards, TOP 04:11
BRU 27, CAL 21
BRU - Barr-Mira,Nicholas 26 yd field goal 9 plays, 35 yards, TOP 04:45
BRU 27, CAL 28
CAL - Ott,Jaydn 8 yd pass from Plummer,Jack (Longhetto,Dario kick) 5 plays, 82 yards, TOP 02:40
BRU 35, CAL 28
BRU - Charbonnet,Zach 5 yd run (Bobo,Jake pass), 10 plays, 73 yards, TOP 03:16
