Cal Travels To No. 6 Oregon
Jaydn Ott and the Golden Bears take on No. 6 Oregon Saturday at Autzen Stadium.

Cal Travels To No. 6 Oregon

Bears, Ducks Set For 2:30 P.M. Kickoff At Autzen Stadium

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BERKELEY – The California football team takes to the road for a 2:30 p.m. PT kickoff Saturday in Eugene, Oregon against No. 6 Oregon at Autzen Stadium. The Golden Bears (3-5, 1-4 Pac-12) and Ducks (7-1, 4-1 Pac-12) will meet for the 86th time in history.
  
SATURDAY LINEUP
Venue:
 Autzen Stadium
Time: 2:30 p.m. PT
Television (Pac-12 Network): Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst)
Cal Bears Sports Network Powered By Northern California Auto Dealers: 810 AM
Justin Allegri (play-by-play), Mike Pawlawski (analyst), Kevin Danna (sideline reporter);
SiriusXM Ch. 121 or 198 SXM App 960, The Varsity App

ABOUT THE SERIES
– Saturday will be the 86th all-time meeting between California and Oregon 
– The Ducks lead the series 42-41-2 and have won four of the last five matchups
– Cal's last win against Oregon came in 2020 at CMS, defeating the No. 20 Ducks 21-17 behind a second half defensive shutout
– The Bears' last win in Eugene came in 2007, when sixth-ranked Cal took down No. 11 Oregon, 31-24. Desean Jackson recorded 11 catches for 161 yards and two scores, while Justin Forsett added 101 yards and two touchdowns on the ground

RUSHING THINGS
– The Bears are averaging  200.5 yards rushing per game (3rd Pac-12, 19th NCAA), their most since putting up 235.2 per game in 2005 and more than doubling the 96.6 average in 2022  
– Cal is third in the Pac-12 and ninth nationally with 21 rushing touchdowns. The school record for rushing touchdowns in a season is 34 in 1951
Jaydn Ott (756), Isaiah Ifanse (365) and Ashton Stredick (200) have combined for 1,321 yards through eight games. The last time Cal had three rushers with 500+ yards in a season was 2015 (Khalfani Muhammad, Tre Watson and Vic Enwere)
– Ott is among Pac-12 and national leaders in rushing, including rushing yards per game (108.0 ypg, #1 Pac-12, #9 NCAA), rushing yards (756, #3 Pac-12, #23 NCAA), rush yards per carry (6.0, #4 Pac-12, #24 NCAA), rushing TDs (8, #2 Pac-12, #22 NCAA), all-purpose yards per game (120.1 ypg, #5 Pac-12, #23 NCAA) and total touchdowns (9, #1T Pac-12, #20 NCAA)  
– Scoring on touchdown runs of 61 and 43 yards in last Saturday's game vs. USC, Ott now has five career TD runs of at least 40 yards 
– Ott has 1,653 yards rushing in his career (2,083 all-purpose yards) and is looking to become Cal's first 1,000-yard single season rusher since Patrick Laird in 2017
– Ifanse ranks toward the top of the Pac-12 and NCAA in total TDs (8, #8 Pac-12, #37 NCAA) and rushing TDs (7, #6 Pac-12, #36 NCAA)
– Ifanse is the first Cal player to have at least three total touchdowns in two separate games of a season since Kenny Lawler in 2015. The last Cal player to score at least three touchdowns in three separate games in a season was Jahvid Best (3) in 2008

TAKE IT AWAY 
– Cal is third in the Pac-12 and is tied for 18th in the NCAA with 15 turnovers gained
– The Bears top the conference and are tied for sixth nationally in fumbles recovered (8), while sitting tied for fifth in the Pac-12 with seven interceptions

OFFENSIVE MINDSET  
– Cal scored 28 first half points in last Saturday's game vs. No. 24 USC, its most in the first half vs. a ranked opponent since 9/17/2016 vs. No. 11 Texas (35). The Bears' 49 points were the most against a ranked opponent since scoring 50 vs. Texas in 2016 
Fernando Mendoza became the first Cal QB with multiple pass and rush TD in a single-game since Aaron Rodgers in 2003 (Rogers had 2 pass TD and 2 rush TD against Virginia Tech in the Insight Bowl on 12/26/2003)
Jaydn Ott is the first Bear with two career games of 3 rush touchdowns since Shane Vereen got his second in the 2009 Big Game. Vereen ended his Cal career with three games of 3 rush TDs or more, getting his third in 2010 
Trond Grizzell set new career-highs in receptions (6) and reception yards (91) against the Trojans on Saturday

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